Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
" l( C  W3 j0 A1 y' k• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
• A股市场 A share market  
  {% M; N6 O0 _6 j+ ^• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
/ t7 J" ~( S. A! J; z• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
, K* n- Z) r: f• 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)  
8 K: L  R6 U) {  m1 `• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
- l* v9 H7 p3 f. ^. P• 安家费 settling-in allowance
  p/ ]  U% E6 l6 N/ l  [( i5 [. J% o• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
0 s# B0 G- ^; C( u& L' `# b• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
• 按时足额发放基本养老金 pay the pensions of retirees on time and in full  
( Z+ l2 ?3 @0 n6 n; ^+ i: n• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
( ~! b; r8 e/ J/ K- j• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
• 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  
' S' E/ ~8 X1 Z+ p9 I2 v" ]• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
* r' D; v( C% u. D• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
( I, ?9 T: U9 ]& J• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
0 a) m4 }  X5 X$ f4 o& L! O" p• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
, n2 p3 F% H( a7 L8 z8 `• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
• 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult

OliveOil

首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
# a& Q" x9 R' b$ |, u" I; z0 J• B超 type-B ultrasonic
. R% E* L$ B' v• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
' B1 c! A9 F( f; e7 V• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
  t" g: q  D( v3 h1 ~6 ^& C• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
5 m- ^& a% b4 ?6 a• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
1 @. R& Y. C* J9 I• 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
. {! H+ T5 V0 H8 z7 E  W8 `0 q• 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
: @" g) f0 l) ?  X, J• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
% I) ?" t3 b8 |9 b• 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
4 |$ F! ]# s. R0 }) s8 J• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 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。)
• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
8 m  `4 n/ h9 B0 n• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
+ {. P! q0 t' u, N$ _• 摆架子 put on airs  
8 ]9 B8 Y7 ]$ e- j• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
! p! \! ?' _" _. o0 o5 _• 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.)"  
* e. e) p% |& I3 }8 g$ ?9 Z% l• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
& a+ o8 f2 r* I9 \9 R2 ^• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
% X- p) w" u: d* C2 `• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
$ t" {+ j3 o/ L7 e" t• 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
• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
• 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
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
% }( Q4 o. I9 }6 |' w! A5 S) g  _• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
- x, Z, |$ D& F- M1 ?• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
' G/ q% n$ m) k2 ?2 g• 伴宴人员 escort  
• 搬运工人 transport worker
. m" I6 d: a' [8 Y8 F5 U6 S, O• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
$ M0 y2 `3 p* L& V' I0 b• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
1 r  A. d, R8 {) P• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
2 F% ]+ U7 q. ]3 _( O6 |7 {• 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
& A: e6 _7 s8 W5 z5 ?; Z  \2 l; `• 保兑银行 confirming bank
• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
, |  h' Q' C0 n7 k, i• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
. |4 l+ a6 y4 C: E7 u• 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
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
4 i2 q* N$ J1 u+ E$ w9 e, I• 保护价格 protective price
0 D6 O0 v" S( Q2 `+ e• 保护伞 protective umbrella
# [1 U7 F( r0 p" j$ {4 n# j• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
! v" ]5 Z4 Z: S! Q, n  C, ]: 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
• 保健操 health exercises
$ M% `/ W* Z& C& T1 x1 \" v• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
• 保健食品 health-care food  
& G9 u+ y, Q' @- f9 Z' l; O$ ?• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
( m0 [6 f8 T: `) [$ {3 P• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
' @+ v5 j7 E$ l2 d1 |) s• 保释 on bail
• 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
. D0 O1 X+ B! a4 [( Z" G. \; V4 A2 y• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
& O7 a% u" x# F• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
# D" a* ?+ `" D7 C% i" j# ^• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 包销人 underwriter
4 \4 G( z4 p3 F+ B8 B, y3 T• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
" D5 e, H" S  g• 保障措施 supporting measures
" H+ f, T5 h- b+ U: {. w5 d) ~• 保证金账户 margin account
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
. a3 L# e) R# {# r• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
) j. J# N: r. f6 V0 E* B• 包装业 package industry
2 G- N/ i! R- L• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
  n$ I9 i  [$ a; _8 j3 c+ X• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
) Q) c4 `0 m. z% ^• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
9 V) h! |, p8 S• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
7 U# D: @' U" J4 D1 C" ?& M1 @• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
: {5 K& s9 y5 @" l1 n' E• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
( b6 X9 x/ h2 c' g• 保理业务 factoring business  
# W5 y* j9 P9 k& G' c& b• 保险费 insurance premium
& x, j+ I( g& T5 O& K! a$ A0 F/ r• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
6 t7 C$ d6 R( o% L; S5 x6 p3 v• 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  
% y) t7 V3 g- U* {! k) b- T- }! k2 c# Z• 保证金 margins, collateral  
• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
• 保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings

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• 被动吸烟 passive smoking; second-hand smoking
• 背黑锅 become a scapegoat
• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
2 C9 U8 a2 _; W6 o( t  }• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
• 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
• 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  
• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
$ C# G' p9 c/ a' P, H* v• 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.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
7 h% a" N- I! u, M• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
9 t, g9 K8 S4 v$ o8 C! l: Q• 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
: \& t/ }# S0 F+ R+ e/ b• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
( B7 P8 z- [- p1 \2 p8 K• 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”
5 D5 w6 ?6 b8 P• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
" s. H& Y- {+ R0 }• 避税 tax avoidance
- ]  _# C% u& M/ E3 t) d& h• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
6 H  r& ^  C2 s/ P# i" E• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
2 H; J* u1 I: G% X9 ]• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
3 b7 e: G% _$ Z% F& ?• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
• 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
/ `0 m- k% T  F: V7 }) w5 R" I• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
- v9 ]8 R* M+ G, y' p• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
* }; K& t4 \6 b- [+ g• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
/ @+ C# T2 E5 u( t4 g* w• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
& v' r# z8 B4 K: ?, ?  a! ]) ]• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
6 v9 \+ E4 {+ i* K( e" c• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
+ Y; S2 b( z$ V) R: p2 p6 ~• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
6 ^# x2 ~0 ~; S/ ^• 冰雕 ice sculpture
" F: D# G# B1 P9 r( P+ j• 病毒性感染 viral infection
7 v1 H' Y  h9 o: y- ]" H, L' R• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
- Q* y& w0 i, a" d) P! p& P• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
0 D7 C9 L3 G5 e" u• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
% A+ L& Y9 k/ Z/ Q$ @5 A  D• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
• 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  
" `, Z$ B4 ^0 h0 G  P• 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)
+ J2 l5 W0 c; B! @6 `• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
& f* d4 G' p, J- \+ H( {2 c' G5 M• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
% [$ t: o- o: B& y) {$ K" `; h2 G5 ~' h• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
# \8 ?/ C2 M- a4 P, W" H) T• 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  
: E) O/ V: s% ^* J, j( M6 s' Q. i/ R• BP 机 beeper, pager
• 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  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
& k3 D8 g( F" E9 D6 r" T• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
. r4 t% F; C) D4 A, d2 ^3 g. i• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
• 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
• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
• 不感冒 have no interest
• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
5 V( [1 Y# y5 y5 `, a; S0 c7 N• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
9 @6 A, \  K! ]. U( m4 m( ^. _• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
& e# O$ V) a0 B) W• 不记名投票 secret ballot
9 }3 I2 h( k* ]• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
0 N) [' Q6 a# x+ s/ [• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
2 E* Z9 T% A! x: l• 不可抗力 force majeure  
# k. r3 D1 X: W• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
( x$ b* D2 M/ i+ }, i• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
3 [8 y4 k, A. d0 L; ?6 W3 N• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
+ G9 n) s7 g9 S1 u: I- N  n• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 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
# z2 u2 d* g( q) B( r% @• 补缺选举 by-election  
6 `! J+ v. ]" y& M6 C• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
; [8 n: Y" ~8 ]) Q9 b9 Z1 N" o• 不速之客 gate-crasher
• 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
) _- K  S5 H9 _( i• 步行街 pedestrian street  
9 S; R5 n1 O- B3 n5 [2 O4 m• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
+ `7 F3 k0 b" d; C• 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。