Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
. n* o& g% ^1 B" F" v5 h$ j4 }+ ]( B• AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch  
/ F3 d# {5 A+ N$ d• A股市场 A share market  
• 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
3 M* \! H! q0 d2 L7 U- G/ @• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
( j2 ^) n+ {+ I: s( h, j4 Q• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
1 F7 c0 W4 x6 V. [7 q- b* Y  F• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
  _: J  }5 z! G• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
6 M$ c* U+ @4 T+ h3 K% M' M• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
3 J. ^, R& f9 x- T. m% s; c• 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)  
7 _( |# Y  T- e# W1 S, m5 x! @• 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
1 M! q& t/ f7 t, H3 X• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
7 K2 C- v* J! I* T" c5 @6 i( i* L• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
' V7 k" ?1 m6 t  n7 E) m  y• 安全岛 safety strip
+ F3 H$ v4 U# p, @• 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  
1 \' w0 }! K' y0 }• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
) J# i2 B# I$ V+ [8 ^4 r2 T2 j' X• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
7 m4 y" y% @  j0 W( x• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
0 p) X1 L% X" I• 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  
• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
! h# S( K- r' V. m% V• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
) g4 Y( D) p, }1 ?3 [5 W  @• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
- T( t5 @6 b- j' }2 X, x; z# [• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
1 i4 V$ }8 D; y; e• 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
• B超 type-B ultrasonic
7 B/ v# |% I" f( L, `• 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)
) A! z1 H; c  ?! `+ V% n6 [• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
! c: y1 H2 d4 w% n8 l" D• 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
• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 吧台 bar counter
• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
4 r* u, G3 w- }( n$ C# f6 x3 S• 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
' H/ ^+ h7 Z7 [9 D, Q9 Z• 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war  
1 c* \( e& {4 a# B4 i• 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
# z) X2 O! t6 G3 R$ m3 }  Q• 拜金主义 money worship
) W4 u! O, Z: @6 T+ y• 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。)
2 e/ I) t: l% \• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
• 百年老店 century-old shop
# W1 V9 A6 V/ ~7 L• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
5 p5 x" H; @( N5 ?3 T• 白色污染 white pollution
( ^) @' F4 G. c% F4 @, l. ]( H• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
, A$ T* m5 a" ^3 r4 E( E• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
: B. a+ S. e% q( ?( n• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
/ [8 o# c' [. U5 [6 C- ~• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
# q( u/ I& h+ H+ n& F% O• 摆架子 put on airs  
* s5 W0 J- p) [6 e8 ], s: E" V• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
$ B% F! C/ W! @7 `• 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.)"  
• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
2 j1 [1 \6 h+ b+ z$ T• 班车 shuttle bus
! [* {, M2 i8 L9 o• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
' Z9 [1 }  {5 h) {8 h7 w! ^  C+ x• 板儿寸 crew cut  
• 办公室设备 office equipment
• 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
3 a. J2 B0 C0 I• 半决赛 semifinal
• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
8 W: T0 H% ~# F+ Y, r# G• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
3 Q9 z/ ^  b2 `. Y6 W• 班门弄斧 teach one's grandma to suck eggs
# {# F/ g+ i- Q- F3 T/ U• 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
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
• 半托 day care (for kids)  
; F, Z" G) {( Y8 E9 m4 z• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
8 ^& @! X+ J9 q3 ?$ R' m$ Q• 伴宴人员 escort  
+ i) R4 `& ?; f6 @( I- U• 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  
• 棒球运动记者 scribe  
, j) U; b4 b; o2 C6 h) Z# Q• 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
" s( w9 u& R1 S• 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
• 暴发户 new rich; upstart (persons or households who suddenly became rich through unscrupulous means or unexpected opportunities)
3 b1 R2 C5 ~  L7 V+ K3 O• 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
# I) M4 M  J( W& ]) D$ g# _" 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
• 保护价格 protective price
% G: z7 {, {+ _4 Q3 p* Z• 保护伞 protective umbrella
8 F& t1 F$ s8 B9 {. c& K  \' d5 X• 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
9 b6 H3 P/ d. u! G• 保护主义 protectionism
• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
6 _$ s$ A8 U1 L  x• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
6 j3 O* Y; \+ u6 o- F' V0 n* l$ D• 保健操 health exercises
• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
: u- V' C$ k1 E9 j# [• 保健食品 health-care food  
; k- C. Q6 O. f# S8 r+ R• 报界 the press
• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
6 w4 C( w! z! q9 F  B5 ~• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
2 [3 M) l; E/ ?8 N- N( U• 保释 on bail
+ o& k8 q7 J9 b8 _. l, c7 D4 S* B* ^• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
8 p: S7 ?3 o2 K8 t4 O3 C• 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
4 A9 `, o" {$ T  K: M6 k• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
• 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
5 q4 m9 c, k" U6 ?, G• 保证金账户 margin account
: N) v! N, z6 @• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
, {6 B, G/ T" f/ F1 S- B/ Y$ c• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
4 x) i0 N- b: G* t. F7 o8 ~+ `3 `• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
8 C! w" U+ O- e# u/ f% W• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
" ]; z1 R9 A( g6 z( j5 q• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
" l3 ?; z7 \. y! m, |( W• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
( j; Q6 J" E; B% O' Y! o• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
: u# s6 t# z* h• 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 S# j+ \8 ~* G+ K  x• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
( O6 c. C$ i" p# c8 y/ E4 X) x• 报关员 declarant  
" m( B, S2 I% A( a• 报国计划的实施 implementation of Dedicator's Project  
9 ^  M5 _- N) z7 t) G, p' J$ {• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
! ~1 K% s2 p- |, ]1 b' a* N0 B• 保理业务 factoring business  
/ E( W1 j, K! ?9 S• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
1 }. P( z$ @; J9 q6 E: J1 x• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
6 @- f( }1 B* R3 A6 i• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
$ O0 W' B# M* |% ^! C• 保证金 margins, collateral  
/ y1 P$ H, R: u+ ]: @( s: }• 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  
% b: Q1 x7 M8 ^0 b+ V• 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
3 o* o4 H5 X% x6 ^2 t" E  K• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
( z# O- Q% h* C7 y) N" x* H* p• 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  
, Z) H9 i1 Z8 u! m- F• 备用资金 reserve fund
% s# R. Z" T, k0 _  c• 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  
2 F- P. P. W2 R  d2 x! r. P" h• 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  
, p, M8 z9 A( S! Q; P- F3 k• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
7 X, S9 f) b, p0 h8 M; u" y0 _• 本票 cashier's cheque
, O$ G9 p$ k, a! s• 本土化 localilzation
+ G; a/ A( `. A• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
7 i* R/ K0 J1 d/ t6 f: _2 c( O• 蹦迪 disco dancing
* D& ^' j- L2 U: Z• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
% g1 e$ J( y; {8 F6 d• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
6 _- n: {3 f; d' ?# B• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
. I9 ^3 z8 u' a9 z4 ~4 c• 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”
0 K! u, `3 @4 |' x' t• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
8 W$ _" l: C5 P+ L( {- Z5 P2 W• 避税 tax avoidance
: |5 V* P& Z: C4 }# w• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
0 ?7 F1 I# `# S• 毕业设计 graduation design
$ J3 j) I9 |2 }" S$ }8 N/ Q1 x• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
$ w* o# h+ l$ R, W& |. O6 r& M( R. x• 边防证 fronter pass
" F7 ]2 Z2 m' k) j0 @• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 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
! n  N. X( ^* ?• 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
* q& M3 i6 U5 O  E! A9 _• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
2 Z9 k/ z8 n, L/ U% `• 边际报酬 marginal return  
. \+ D9 V( j; D. S$ _4 t9 w  @• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
' Q2 h, y: h& V% ~) k) R+ y• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
& `  O5 D# c$ a0 U• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
6 A6 z/ z" ?) m• 标书 bidding documents  
' X* g- }5 ~+ [8 d& B8 {• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
0 w0 v0 M! s" B* H• 病毒性感染 viral infection
. C0 e0 c0 }9 [8 j6 ^8 @• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
' [/ z$ H5 [" X- e3 y• 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"  
* X* f- W4 `" D& p4 p& ]• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
1 q; g3 ^5 W. T# _+ K! D' p• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
7 K2 n+ d9 _( ~4 p5 E• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
3 v# ^" d1 ~9 {• 《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)
  E" [- b" n0 R& ^7 ]7 u+ s• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
) w4 j3 y. i( a) I• 博士后 post-doctoral
, Z0 p/ l. d3 c• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
. G- c5 B2 W( P+ \  o• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
• 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
) h: A6 D- y5 e% `% C8 h• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
2 C% m& ?6 @" w5 b7 B7 \7 u: V• B to B (B2B) business to business  
& [1 O% ~+ q2 `& W" U+ X• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
4 M, H' r* z4 G• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
. X3 T+ _% h- w4 T" n; o• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
5 X  ?1 s) @1 ?4 N9 d• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
/ L2 W/ a( h/ ~/ K% U• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
% H) ?7 ~+ J9 n* R• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
( J( e1 T5 H6 n0 V• 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.  
; S) m0 C, Y( t  e& w• 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
) {9 b! O% C* [* ?- y• 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
, m1 u4 p  l% |1 t' M• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
0 G; Z* {/ g7 S- [; A' d. A• 不记名投票 secret ballot
2 [  Y5 P1 P4 {0 B1 y• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
) U! j3 E3 A. d; }- T) Y! z• 不可抗力 force majeure  
3 z' C: g1 _- P9 _& U6 W/ j• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
• 布雷顿森林体系 Bretton Woods System  
* a+ Y' v( R9 m+ `1 f* G• 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
- r7 `1 a& [, i. G' l• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
# N5 T( m# v  N8 Z( L$ C" m• 不速之客 gate-crasher
1 M/ L1 G  u8 X0 n& \% B* Z0 D• 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
0 X. u* q, E4 [' P3 s  Q• 步行街 pedestrian street  
• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
6 D1 N9 {5 s3 b% m1 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。