Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
' ]2 N6 B, O) p, l6 x. w, \& ^9 \• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
# x9 f/ l/ g$ b2 B8 k5 c• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
  O: L! j( H1 q& e• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
, B: X# g7 j, T• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
8 p( B2 D4 N, h0 w, ?$ Z8 q• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
* {2 P6 O& m% p) x2 e1 K  P, ]• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
$ A" s" X* ^5 o# J• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
, K7 t4 ^3 n8 f% a1 O3 @+ p• 安理会 Security Council
  ~8 _  ]2 x2 ~; `1 d& W* G• 安全岛 safety strip
• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
) O' S+ s9 T" t7 _* x* r" |• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
2 c! b- T, [0 @: q• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
- W$ A9 B- ]3 W& Q' X" j( M• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
  q4 z2 I* m: t4 ^; ]  ^• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
: m( r4 Y, r0 ~' z" j• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
' X0 e0 S/ R5 y3 d) J4 P( T, F; h• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
% _4 f5 g: L& \7 f# Z8 L% y' V• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
" S: k6 g: \. A• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
0 M% T  B2 [# i; }• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
) P2 Z# |' O- G• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
: @9 a* Q  h5 }( _7 ]9 v) n& r3 ?• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
• B超 type-B ultrasonic
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
( p& K  m+ \& p: j6 M• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
" u: _! \; R/ b& ~+ G# J• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
1 Y$ X4 }+ Q' |• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
2 s; h5 L2 e, J4 `2 V  L+ v+ y! w• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
6 Y- A: ^. Q# E; Z4 i( }2 u8 D- O  h• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
6 ~& d1 E* h% {7 U5 W• 摆花架子 a metaphor for presenting an attractive facade but in reality lacking substance, do for show • 白金汉宫 Buckingham Palace
• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
9 o5 ?, f, b; d2 V$ Z1 ^4 S  i• 白领工人 white-collar worker
• 白领工人 White collar (早在1928年，人们开始用whiteollar来形容非体力劳动者，如老师、公务员等。“白领”顾名思义，表示其职业要求着装整齐、清洁。)
6 u. T  X! C1 t5 h3 v; N4 y* ~• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
% F7 [/ P. q9 V, }# K- e• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
" ~6 a( T& p) n4 ^; X• 白色污染 white pollution
9 J4 }( D1 e, E( P6 F9 [7 N& k• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
. L$ i, O; f, e- l• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
& k% i) M, R4 ]• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
) V7 @' A- e3 F! }2 W• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
- y+ t% o" F6 g2 H  [/ H' }• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
• 白色行情表 white sheet  
• 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"  
7 d; z4 g* A6 E; o! f" s• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
- q+ p) l6 B) t$ ^• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
& f  \/ f4 \' t! t/ y% j& N1 f. |: B• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
$ L$ v# K5 `1 b% u; l) A" S• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
. a% _) j- ~! }% E# I/ d" |+ L; `• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
8 B; W7 ^; c- K• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
* ^4 H9 _. N9 W9 h• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
7 h9 i- n3 V# x$ l# n6 r• 斑马线 zebra crossing
" U3 z8 n3 m$ O4 ~• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
4 O- c9 R/ @7 J3 N" L2 L% F* j• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
1 v( y  M# W! B7 b  b• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
3 M; u7 v' j$ i/ ~8 L- @4 D6 t• 半托 day care (for kids)  
• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
( ]+ y4 B' C2 X3 }9 u# p• 伴宴人员 escort  
• 搬运工人 transport worker
• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
! }* r# z$ G8 `" M! C• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
2 U, [5 S  s4 e, _) G9 O' L$ F• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
2 j& s! R, @; g3 r' Y• 保持清醒头脑，增强忧患意识和历史责任感 remain sober-minded, become more aware of potential problems and enhance our sense of historical responsibility
4 Y7 l! ~$ z( V6 s- l4 Y' {6 r- n• 保兑银行 confirming bank
: i3 @, C9 z5 D2 O+ A) j5 l# ^5 u# Q0 o• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
4 t+ k5 L) O7 r: z9 Y- Z• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
, G) I" ~! C: _• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
6 s) }2 w+ \/ \1 @/ g7 |• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
% E8 `9 V% L% H0 m- j; t/ |; y7 x• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
$ W7 Z' ~4 ?6 N- ^2 \• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
) |  L& ?9 G( ^6 E7 Q; J1 n$ R4 ^( |• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
* U4 F5 S4 I8 C1 H% H• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
$ d* O$ g+ R* T7 `# P2 q& ]• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
# W% {4 d9 X0 Y' y. z$ B% {• 保释 on bail
( z6 _  h9 @4 L7 F- a4 O4 d8 N• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
+ v3 x- m9 M4 h• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
3 O: k+ U  d3 ?% v" B• 报销 apply for reimbursement
( Y! m& N5 e& }• 包销人 underwriter
( I: h1 @) C% r  N' J0 m0 L. x6 N• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
• 保障措施 supporting measures
• 保证金账户 margin account
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
5 l; X: J+ S% A• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
% Y2 i! }% i1 Q• 保安员 security staff
- A7 p2 m1 S7 W& z• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
  ?5 Z, W' [+ {( D8 ~• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
6 E9 {% C' \7 U  D. M1 y7 b9 M  `• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
- x& p' J; [3 Q" \) w& F• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
4 r! R% ?7 F8 N1 ?* q" V  ]• 保健食品 health-care food  
! k) ?; L+ L, j- K& Y• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
+ C, k9 w# _) U; O, I  t+ l& m4 c• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
1 Y" Q% v( O; c( H6 j5 i• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
0 _( m; ]% v5 C/ j: ]& f4 M• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
• 保证金 margins, collateral  
9 @1 G0 \  x( \6 s+ a: Y* Y  u• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
' j0 g" R' t' C• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
% R2 j: B- a" N. @# d# n0 v• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
+ \( H. _% n5 V• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
$ E$ |+ m' v6 b• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
1 P. W4 u( r: o• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
• 备用资金 reserve fund
% w, P( i& Y2 w5 I6 A9 A+ P7 y3 E• 北约 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-- established in April 1949--it has 15 member states and a headquarters in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.  
• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
& r% f* u" D4 U) f• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
• 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches  
• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
: G# [: m! e1 R% b! _. v" Y1 h) d• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
4 r6 y5 M7 B' ]• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
& x2 t6 b/ M9 [5 e& Z& G$ }• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
* q6 a$ @' K7 O• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
$ M3 J6 k+ B1 Y1 t' J  _0 J• 比上不足比下有余 "worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst”
• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
/ ?3 X! r% t/ Y8 b/ r6 w& q• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
/ g) J5 ]9 M) @2 P% H6 z- l- k. i• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
5 M; z" U  K. ^% A/ e; T% [& Q3 h• 边防证 fronter pass
1 y: V% F  a- B( T3 N2 \5 `• 边际效益 marginal benefit
* [$ t  Q/ l- H( W' ?4 k* k• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
4 O+ Q% |) y9 K& T3 i% B1 ^• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
3 A/ N+ k% z6 Z1 v* T, k• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
: Y1 r$ a* `9 ?0 `% t8 n6 d6 h• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
9 t  d  T, c- y: o7 v$ a% }• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
1 j0 c3 M/ |5 N' X• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
1 i& U  j4 ~. ^7 B5 ~9 G- x/ n1 p• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
1 s: `7 y$ f' i9 T• 病毒性感染 viral infection
! `* v, c+ Q0 T/ b7 s• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
9 P7 k6 M9 R" D9 D• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
8 U8 m9 w$ @( p/ y* v- u: x6 w  {• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
- l- J, x4 K2 W0 f. O• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
7 }. r: u  _2 x% r8 E2 O• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
' V% v+ Y" h" Z9 R" z• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
/ I5 H+ |* x( o• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
• 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention  
6 U/ d) C* z" z• 伯乐 good judge of talent (the name of a legendary person in the state of Qin during the Spring and Autumn Period who excelled in evaluating horses)
• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
3 M% k/ C0 P& \8 l# u• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
8 r4 w( q. [3 _• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
  _. A7 T: h; n) T• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
- Y: j; e( W6 e5 |4 L* S• BP 机 beeper, pager
- m; L+ S! o5 q; s# Z6 e( \$ o8 |• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
: K9 n/ f, {# X• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
: W( p8 X0 }8 ~4 E• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
* `) X" a: o6 ^* N• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
+ m; p2 Z2 g$ M8 w8 [• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
2 p* ^8 o% S9 h2 V3 F$ H' h) W• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
• 不得转让 not negotiable
( e6 E$ D7 l! @* G0 A• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
• 不感冒 have no interest
. v3 {+ P/ h+ \6 Q• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
4 p# W1 b+ N, {3 C' c• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
# S9 ]) C$ H: m• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
  I) M/ u) N5 y9 a• 不记名投票 secret ballot
4 a6 f. ~2 V1 Q+ W• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
8 M5 ?' c3 l6 W8 a3 x) z• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
5 p- p, W* O: U" U+ l+ C• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
- y2 U& |) @" P8 ]: ^5 r• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
- Q5 S  ^& c* f9 d% E2 x• 不眠之夜 white night　
: _6 Z# ^! G1 q- h: t• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
# t$ J1 I) k5 e• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
7 B3 {  I# n5 D# w5 V  |; ?8 W" \% ^, ]• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
# H" f) h4 o0 V! }% y7 i• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
• 不夜城 "sleepless city, ever-bright city"

spark

You are great to write so many. thank you very much. I like.:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

SlimPig

这些词在国内很流行，这里用的比较少了。