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  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
, e5 q7 C" g6 g( n- f# S/ H) m% ~• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
2 _7 g& @" k  d1 Y• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
) _9 p- V7 N; H4 r1 l- P• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
8 P8 _& J7 [6 m* @; @$ ]6 a• 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)  
• 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
• 安家费 settling-in allowance
+ b; c, j: |( R: e! w+ n• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
1 s5 z) g9 g2 q/ }( m: N3 ?• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
• 安全岛 safety strip
• 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  
: {, g# {3 }# a" |• 安慰奖 consolation prize  
# U; K7 ]* S! q: d) Q) H* a! h• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
6 F" y4 K& q6 T, P7 M1 S• 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
* S  z+ C! W7 c, D3 u• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
2 K; d1 C/ e4 t2 f$ b. R• 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  
• 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  
, |* f2 v6 H- y8 ~7 D) o9 q• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
' f$ U/ k' G2 @! ~• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
/ a: r" D7 `( L6 q( {• 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
; E% Y, V8 @  d( U7 w$ u( Y& Z• 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
6 S0 P# K! K% ?! M( T• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
! S( |% O! y# h0 V• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
; t5 {- a2 d' L1 ~• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
; `3 D& [8 w- v3 b$ h! S• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
/ x3 c9 `0 K9 `. e• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
3 v& h9 K( j8 L9 v• 八字没一撇 Not even the first stroke of the character is in sight; Nothing tangible is yet in sight.
  ?0 c8 a6 h6 X7 [8 a• 八卦 Eight Diagrams; bagua
0 N" M. o- z5 c% y• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
$ q8 |% ]5 Q: U• 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
- K7 }8 E4 J( Z0 ~* Q& u+ _• 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。)
3 P8 J( Z+ \; d3 C6 X7 c• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
0 Y4 m5 j8 E3 W- E3 L/ u5 ]2 I• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
( s! x) f% ?5 @/ I8 N" ~5 P/ Y• 白色农业 white agriculture
9 d- R5 ~0 ~4 m0 ^1 O• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
, K$ m" u9 n$ f4 e• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 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  
" X' R3 d: Q! I" v5 M% ]3 b* [• 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"  
) u6 J, f7 k$ h, Z% w5 \- _• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
• 班车 shuttle bus
3 ~! |' K1 a3 _+ o" P: c• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
% Q" X$ v# Q/ `2 I• 板儿寸 crew cut  
8 d0 }  n; K8 j9 X7 |5 @, I• 办公室设备 office equipment
+ w( d* |- \+ S• 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
# n. x- _% I5 z8 L& U• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
3 C+ J3 z9 C5 Y0 c: B• 斑马线 zebra crossing
• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
; k$ [5 {# o% F3 Z• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
! ~' [8 T: ^3 a% Y' h4 W2 u• 版权法 copyright law
: U) D6 `+ J$ e. E9 M7 @6 a• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
. I7 G2 M: C7 ^+ E0 y* R: u$ N3 l• 伴生矿 associated minerals
7 A3 [* y2 {" @. f3 p5 N1 @' _; \• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
& r0 ]' K. q0 d6 ^# a4 ?• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
• 伴宴人员 escort  
2 t! f) I2 \- F* B2 K5 k• 搬运工人 transport worker
• 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  
3 t" H  m& `) ^/ h  y( J; F, w+ E• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
& V4 Z; _7 S* B# W7 {• 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
• 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
! W$ Q5 |: o5 U" {7 }9 v7 b• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
/ |! T" a3 F' c! e) Q" ]! Z* F• 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
$ l5 R; m# H/ N6 x- W# [* A$ w• 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
! \3 a) m7 ~6 Y! q2 H- z/ N• 曝光 make public; expose
( Y" F9 L  b$ b6 K# {• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
9 @! _9 a: M, Y( a& V• 保护生态环境 preserve the ecological environment
• 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
! p2 Z4 G5 v8 K4 E• 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  
• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
' q# b/ \, Q$ l6 J4 j9 b. W• 保释 on bail
) x0 [* a* w7 e: }• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
) l) b6 M' M7 X: y• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
9 I+ Z; O7 K+ L& j6 g" [• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
$ u- M- j3 Y: Y7 ~• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
# p3 _+ x& ]% i% t* F% U1 X• 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
• 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
. o$ i1 q( l  A2 Z4 O$ ^9 p• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
0 w7 q! \5 ]- R$ f' Q• 包装精美 delicately packed
4 g/ x0 {2 ]. v* P' m2 r• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
' q: ]1 x3 j+ R% P• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
& `5 v' ]1 s! k0 t5 g• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
% ^2 a8 n' I/ e0 S• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
6 y3 N/ z. g) }; h4 m; I. J7 _• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
8 ^7 g. l" O: r* x6 q• 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  
• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
2 w+ o  D2 x0 Q& H* ?• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
# u1 I) N; S4 x( b, T• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
, c, G7 I" H# z* o* a$ m2 G• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
9 R: P$ f4 U8 t) ?; z5 }& O% \' {• 保险索赔 insurance claim
' x& \% o% s2 r0 Q5 t• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
/ C, x! x; X" O+ k4 e% X• 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  
0 \2 L: ~/ h' J• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
% E6 _4 b9 ^! ]: S9 x• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
0 \0 K9 o7 K8 n! a5 M• 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
; u* a  `* _1 H6 C9 m* p• 备件 spare parts  
; g1 D, ]2 B& P7 X& ~• 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)  
• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
3 Y9 x3 l5 ^; [, m• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
9 q+ n$ R1 o4 E7 @2 M- @; _• 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.  
7 i2 K* \7 n9 F  m/ _( q• 北京航天指控中心 Beijing Aerospace Control Centre
• 北欧投资银行 Nordic Investment Bank  
9 w+ F( q8 ?9 M9 v• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
& c2 C9 |% s$ M& B• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
6 I' _+ Y) V6 o4 Q• 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.  
2 I# b$ M. E! D8 N+ N• 本票 cashier's cheque
8 c) X' n2 ^# {9 i% j# Z• 本土化 localilzation
7 ~7 N" g$ l* @% G( E• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
7 r  E/ Y! C  R+ r• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
" C2 g( g5 E) c2 L% |• 蹦迪 disco dancing
/ W3 ?' w. m! V5 i$ \3 W• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
+ v$ M* e8 D" M: ~, E• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
: J& Q& q! ?7 S4 W' I• 闭卷 closed-book exam
: a3 Y( ^+ P; _1 }+ }" A. a5 H• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
• 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”
• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
3 R' G# f) _) Q& b9 \; \6 v• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
- T& y0 F% a6 H• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
" O: Z* A$ N) j2 t$ q" r+ \• 便当 brown bag
( F6 R- ]9 R/ B: J% Z" ]2 ]2 A• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
" o5 L. y7 ?' U/ r+ L0 |; A' u1 S• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
: R/ v% W7 l3 V9 @1 m, E* a. G  w• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
6 e6 n) M7 C: @/ S• 便衣警察 police in plain clothes
• 边远地区 remote and border areas
4 z+ z. g% z  Q7 X+ o8 T• 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
& G8 S# r6 {  b" V• 边际报酬 marginal return  
! S4 e- n" L" A8 n• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
8 F6 P+ {# f- `6 {• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
" O8 S4 e! q  h• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
6 w5 u9 \" ?, ]) p( @6 P• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
# m4 e- _5 n& [: B, X• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
0 Y) Z8 ?8 a# c7 p; A5 C• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
1 m  o8 w- g7 P( M/ r/ D! `6 v• 并网发电 combined to the grid
% _$ E) \2 V$ b• 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
* M$ R4 j3 {" K, k8 I• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
7 K$ T- l) @3 ^$ Y$ y0 W; S; I% J+ s• 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  
• 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)
' z0 c/ r; u) C6 _8 h! \5 b• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
7 u' C4 q0 s9 \• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
3 F/ q4 K4 O' C( c: X• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
$ s$ U! b9 [) f; k0 l0 z• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
6 y* x4 W" e+ I* L9 H& d• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
) P# T* \, E0 u2 n6 t$ ~• BP 机 beeper, pager
. M7 s3 Y8 v8 `" @: `) v• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
! T( F7 k/ |; B8 V" z• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
7 Y( p+ W2 j/ i2 @, o• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
7 w! `) d5 y+ b& b$ ?• 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. "  
6 y! Q, E7 c& ^8 h) ~: `• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
6 D8 y2 O- Z* C( \  p' s) l% z• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
  U( f+ @. |# q• 不得转让 not negotiable
• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
8 d! `. M% ~/ z' T8 a/ f6 A4 \• 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
• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
& ^% M3 [' Z8 s/ G, p• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
% w9 j+ V' N( V& E• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
$ w# L. f2 v" Q3 w# T, i4 N- D: v/ [• 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  
/ s, T: ^( Q9 D1 Y9 e5 K( i• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
% L  U; X( ]1 a• 不眠之夜 white night　
2 w, |0 ^+ a) s, I3 V$ H) Z• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
  q- E( R7 n' b. L/ M• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
• 补缺选举 by-election  
. ~6 o4 M7 K7 H. J& e% L( v• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
+ C- O" `$ a  |9 H• 不速之客 gate-crasher
• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
# Z2 I; x* N0 M: o9 Q• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
. `6 q6 ^2 Q8 N) O! v• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
3 y+ u, F1 J( b% B• 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。