Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
0 Q  t) h: w& L8 C( j6 S# G: d7 l: z: Q: k• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
, a! ]: V" V" t9 d8 {• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
) F( ~7 o4 U* Z# c1 X) n, Y• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
  L$ |7 D$ v$ b: `- [. _' U• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
3 ~0 @8 s1 V2 s& f) I' d• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
% }7 o( E1 x) _• 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
/ x! d# w( z6 [& O% M) d7 y2 [6 L• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
4 k! y2 \* S. ]0 _) L• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
6 P" N+ R* u0 T• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
, \$ B0 N/ d5 g" C$ r• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
0 g6 m, N6 D. z" ]. B) U• 安全岛 safety strip
5 t8 B; n3 Q! m* t& s# V& L• 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  
• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
• 暗箱操作 black case work
+ J3 `$ H3 B- H3 @' N• 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
8 f6 m9 y* u7 s+ _• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
1 W- J3 [- G( b* n7 h' J' W' A- e& g• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
* X. F8 v$ J4 _1 i& a• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
/ H/ |' k7 F  X  @• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
. a4 h* V. m/ |' {! t• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
$ R* f# B- V$ {, M1 k• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
& L  e- |. i' o% ~0 R8 ~• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
$ X2 s3 B, r" v' R% q• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
$ |8 S6 a( _' B! I+ B• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
. ^' v3 J& H6 P0 ]6 T- U# O• 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.)
• 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)
0 U8 q  c$ W) [: t! G• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
& O$ g/ b# U; G7 b0 |4 Q• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
" c0 \: x' _- u- m- _0 ?, ^• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
6 m" A1 \' }* e• 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.
* e9 W8 ~" z) N" G• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
- m. r* B" g# }( ?7 r• 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
# X$ _0 r2 X$ c! v$ t• 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
2 d. D1 K8 B3 I  t• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
4 r+ s* j4 ~1 M  n0 z; P+ U$ r7 f0 c• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
- g. w& `6 e2 I0 p; R• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
9 p$ P1 J  f. U5 ^• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
9 \5 m$ V$ Q0 ^2 x0 u% B; e• 摆架子 put on airs  
- ~& U+ F$ M. \8 z" e# Z; G• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
7 c/ W- g9 R& ^3 B* n/ K7 ?9 Q• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
• 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances  
9 H/ ~* P0 l1 ~6 F5 l• 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.)"  
" |! P& Z# V, ^6 i• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
% \. v0 F( b0 A' ]2 M* }( A$ _! w• 白雪公主 Snow White  
3 H( _. r2 f1 y9 ?+ _+ X: R6 R9 g* z• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
+ B' ]& m' _2 o) h3 s. Z. c+ B, s$ O• 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
9 y# H- K1 J. x) c• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
& h+ f  c) c2 R) y+ V! ~% W4 O) M( ^• 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  
0 i' }/ l: j& x• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
7 b1 r4 w% P9 {: r" A4 m3 S• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
+ h* N% Z: S& f: I• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
• 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
2 M! E1 x# C5 N• 傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag  
: V; E- i( V4 x/ s6 G" w. q+ Q4 E• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
2 k2 v" t( F. y• 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
! k& E. c' H( ^) ^4 e6 D% A8 m* k• 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
• 保兑银行 confirming bank
5 R6 X% y) Z" M6 E• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
/ }5 R  J( E4 q• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
7 d  G  p) _- v' P• 包干到户 work contracted to household
$ ]5 ^9 ^% O2 G. a; ~( P• 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
/ R, V% k/ g. n, d: q; [: x( ?• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
+ Q3 N/ R  L+ j) \0 l• 保护消费者合法权益 protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers
% V0 q4 A: d7 U% ~  I$ p• 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
) |9 q, Q% }. F- n/ R' u• 保健操 health exercises
• 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  
! i$ @/ V6 Q+ ^* v• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
( V4 _- k# r$ X• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
6 t% I6 b/ |6 H& J* Z3 e• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
• 保释 on bail
  E: R9 o- |- E2 g! x• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
/ j4 t  G" j4 B3 L• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
! \& A4 y6 X: S) Z4 m, a0 G• 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
' \2 \, p, j! K* J! u& I• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
( ]( I; z0 N. ?. o• 报销 apply for reimbursement
• 包销人 underwriter
• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
9 {  l+ X; F+ b5 W9 d- {, _• 保障措施 supporting measures
! S' j+ w$ \% ]9 S" o• 保证金账户 margin account
4 u2 B& l& x6 Q9 }+ P; Z! E- c" K• 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
• 包装精美 delicately packed
, Z% u8 J7 s, N: `% k0 P• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
( Y' R+ E, h" w: \) S6 M• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
8 r$ |# p! x' B4 d. \• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
' _1 T9 u( w6 a3 U2 T• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
% I2 }  u5 I0 V- q0 v: o8 }• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
, s  K, }+ ]  k9 p" B• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
8 S; u; G/ F, D# j7 S6 N& c• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
7 c: N+ |9 V8 J9 }$ j& B2 O• 保健食品 health-care food  
. f. _' V" t" n  A• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
$ W5 t$ d4 C$ l9 G, D• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
- n4 |) L; p  \2 c6 s# [• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 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  
• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
  M8 j5 z- ^% ~, v& j8 J8 o* e# h• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
: q( [  {8 C0 _% f9 k2 G• 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
# @  p. x9 |, R* C• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
% b" j+ Q( p$ B$ ~& S• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
" Z1 B. Y; m$ Y3 a; H! p+ p. N• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
& N3 a6 z. r/ V  Y7 Z/ ]• 备用资金 reserve fund
2 ~1 N3 |3 [3 _  C/ K7 D• 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.  
$ T4 `/ S3 C- L' s+ `2 p7 g• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
1 V' X9 a5 S3 a9 T/ d* U2 k• 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  
- [) }( R) d2 P# I( u! o- r• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
! c# u& f4 T0 L4 r) o• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
, D! y! E) ?9 O( d2 y• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
# N: U9 P$ p& I/ E( ]! `, q0 B* D• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
• 蹦迪 disco dancing
/ k5 f3 g: F% M) C  f9 Y- c+ P• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
! Z8 Z+ I& w: k! ~) D4 d) x• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
  B2 p2 O/ Y  R- G: k/ x• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
' {" k. m+ L/ n7 E, G• 闭卷 closed-book exam
) b' c- ~' Z6 n; N$ t$ k6 i3 N• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
: K( `; Q4 }! Y5 \' I% B, U2 e• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
• 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”
/ |* r* p; g4 P* V• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
7 F- j" ^  L- q2 _- I$ i/ R5 J• 毕业设计 graduation design
( O! ?4 i6 `( T6 r• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
" w# p( L0 z  {! A- L• 边防证 fronter pass
2 u  D' ]: D# l/ S% P8 g• 边际效益 marginal benefit
* k9 h8 I7 w; |; g8 E• 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
• 边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline

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• 边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
3 X; r  q. p! B• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
: G2 j1 u) d6 A1 [" I3 R• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
4 s  m# @% G/ G8 |• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
7 D2 I- y0 J/ J• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
* X& {8 E# Z0 w) i9 G• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
- u0 x! j% m% l6 H: {• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
! |6 \3 }* K* g6 v# P• 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
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
2 l4 H. f6 x9 v& ]" S• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
% Z' A) O! ?, }9 v) E1 b$ ^• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
; K8 l1 z3 Q8 {& w# {) T( z4 L• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
5 c- D' }; k$ b9 @" g6 {/ K5 @% n• 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  
$ n/ f/ Y" v3 J- g2 z9 [  w+ Y' Z2 w- @• 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)
" M9 E4 N: v, U, Y' T. f• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
& F0 N" f* f' p# [9 H/ }• 博士后 post-doctoral
3 [) w% |4 L/ j9 {; h! q( E2 |• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
. l; c9 Z% s5 p; d• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
9 T4 @5 P. K- d6 A• 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  
" s# q4 i; W$ R- c) z• BP 机 beeper, pager
• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
/ o% ?. u" [) y, h  D4 d• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
2 j5 ~1 B% t& S9 m* T8 Q• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
. _  h: `3 E0 |( Y5 q$ O; O• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 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
• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
2 K3 F: z- ^  o" p# d0 D- W. H& z9 ?• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
- A; b& ~" q4 k• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
. W4 D/ R# e( n- ^5 c5 N• 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
# Y! u3 [( G$ g5 j; ^• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
' r3 m3 ?4 H' ]2 p- j• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
- I% T; F" D% ~% V  o: E• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
% c8 M  ]( z0 t• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
. D* F. t- h% z: w) }# |$ G• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
: U3 U3 |5 f# r+ s' R7 E$ {• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
! j( n9 [: R" U$ o/ M& s• 不眠之夜 white night　
9 i' t" ?! u: k1 l• 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
• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
* {  L8 B  L+ ~- a' {8 |• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
4 g9 j. B7 e) e- W( F/ f• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
6 X1 }, I- p& f, j$ i$ Z$ L: s; {• 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。