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)
• 爱国民主人士 patriotic democratic personages
/ w3 h2 g) i" ?& N: h, t/ q' N• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
6 ~6 U7 P2 E7 q+ d: w" w1 M6 W• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
" V$ `/ r: t( j1 E# _6 r2 U• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
  j# O' E9 o3 \" A3 }• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
4 y( R. h. ~: B8 n3 {1 K• 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
• 爱心工程 Loving Care Project
1 `' Z) `/ w( t$ w4 K• 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
( ~4 R& T0 O* l6 g1 g3 y• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
  ^+ u0 C+ g- s9 B• 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
+ m4 ]1 |) A2 @+ W6 \• 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
( ?6 z% `2 W: B" N/ a- g• 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
/ i% {) g5 p* V0 O- r! F% }. R• 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  
; }& @7 d" c5 r3 c- A- H/ V• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
( G: r( ]" t) p; B% r• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
• 按距离计费 vary the charge according to how far away the destination is
6 _2 N5 G) o: \8 h' p7 {• 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance  
- |7 e1 z4 L9 P& W, W! x) w) ]• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
% l! p! n5 ]% H# T3 @3 y% M; x• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
$ \+ O) Y( N0 Y9 C: m. }• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
• 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

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首字母是 B 的词组共 259 个
• B超 type-B ultrasonic
: a3 m& J3 W4 O6 L. Q• 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
5 v" ], x, O' w5 a- n; n1 b# x• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
, ]9 M5 O8 {  }1 \# G( w  D• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
, r3 y! H9 G. o# z• 霸权主义 hegemonism
; u8 G# D- D% v• 吧台 bar counter
• 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  
• 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
, Z0 s3 \9 r, ]% ^• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
' J- s$ B, D4 v. z' U• 白领工人 white-collar worker
6 Z" ?4 p3 m: d3 y• 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。)
7 D* p; j2 G& G1 L9 b0 \• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
; H# w' x' A5 G7 H, e( G) W  T$ z• 百年老店 century-old shop
• 白皮书 white paper
  b) b! \. e9 o& n+ r• 白热化 white heat
• 白色农业 white agriculture
• 白色污染 white pollution
7 J+ I0 B! G) V  ^9 }• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
& |1 V: J5 j2 g* F& s• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
3 J' a. A* i/ A% e• 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  
% U7 c" j+ p! {) `: Z$ Z• 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  
/ P4 U$ j% q, Q6 W% \' k7 W( |• 白雪公主 Snow White  
! X/ G  [) |5 U$ c: N+ G• 半边天 half the sky
$ W( u* D/ j+ n2 z  S' k• 班车 shuttle bus
" O. C% m# m( z& Z& q7 Z• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
• 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
" }) c& q$ q- f; _! K- @1 i• 半决赛 semifinal
# h( k, [- ?% P" G' N7 `• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
, T% Q* ]. k/ M/ A+ g: z• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
• 斑马线 zebra crossing
5 _; Q/ r: K( k  J4 n) w• 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
# C, F7 I& f* f. H  z4 i• 版权法 copyright law
• 版权贸易 copyright business
. B! A" k0 \. E' X• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
4 C8 N/ G% Z- g$ g5 f% s• 半托 day care (for kids)  
. H9 \+ {* {9 l( ^2 Z• 半脱产 partly released from productive labor; partly released from one's regular work  
) M+ s) y/ d% a& W, H9 d• 伴宴人员 escort  
% _. V: W6 K, L$ A& u- U; Y• 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  
( W- y6 @& Y# s% i2 G  K; {9 t• 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
# g1 r. U) m. N' Z% m' U• 保持国民经济发展的良好势头 maintain a good momentum of growth in the national economy
- f: i: U7 Q9 i: y* X! k: p• 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
2 G# @2 Q9 `+ J/ Y# o9 e• 保兑银行 confirming bank
! D0 [5 }2 N  K8 Y2 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)
• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
# B4 F: ~0 a4 X) q' k& t" X3 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
• 曝光 make public; expose
• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
. O) D+ h; u" [0 I• 保护价格 protective price
• 保护伞 protective umbrella
, I# [+ q  g( Q! E! \. J+ l• 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
6 L) O! r* {; Z) R" p• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
• 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
! z1 n4 _1 o( J% j' z) b• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
& ?) Y0 ^* V) K: \# z; q• 保龄球 bowling
4 y& L1 k" F- u( b' A• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
4 B) c9 _$ X; L& w4 P- w( t8 ?• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
  n! k4 Y. c4 D# x; d• 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
) ^3 V, G* V  ?• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
• 保息股票 guaranteed stock
• 报销 apply for reimbursement
  D& J8 b0 Y% t9 x0 V6 ~/ a" G• 包销人 underwriter
• 包修、包换、包赔制度 system of thee guarantees for repair, replacement or compensation of faulty products
; ]& C; O& v1 t• 保障措施 supporting measures
1 M  F  s" {$ W  q% q. U• 保证金账户 margin account
, {4 m2 U  M1 w8 b8 w• 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
: s. N1 G' ~) [8 m- \• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
2 B2 c* S( X  @6 o2 `9 v6 u) K• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
, k# q% K- k, w: A9 y• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
- E8 V) _- K9 B% l) Z• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
9 }: k, J$ W" ?; y• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
! G* k1 F& B7 q, d& c• 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  
• 保健食品 health-care food  
• 暴利 excessive profit; windfall profit
• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
( `8 Z0 H6 Z. `3 X! c1 p• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
8 {! w0 l; ?) m• 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  
7 ^  O1 q: U: r8 o. Q7 ]• 保证金 margins, collateral  
& h7 W( h0 d. r• 保证决策的科学化和民主化 ensure the decision-making more scientific and democratic
1 ?* o; K/ h& F! d0 W• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
, b/ t# A  e9 e$ L# C2 d• 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
, K$ s! O) H$ _& F• 备件 spare parts  
0 i4 T/ m: U% a' V• 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)  
' D0 |0 A  j% F5 W/ `2 B* J• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
4 [! L9 q" A4 j• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
# u& i0 X" q, W7 _7 _• 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  
  d# L) x8 L- y5 f) t3 E• 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  h2 w9 @4 ~% h• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
, T( c7 X; w" Z0 J• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
  ~: w, i7 U$ v• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
: m3 H4 j- c+ F' e- }) y• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
& O* V, E9 r: E9 d" Q• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
. f/ T) A4 W7 x, H5 d5 q5 Z• 蹦迪 disco dancing
• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
- d, X0 y0 m1 g1 u& ]$ ]: a. Y• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
• 比较文学 comparative literature
' E6 ~& b7 w5 Y% E1 G# D, G• 比较经济学 comparative economics
5 C$ i( j. t" }7 B* M• 闭卷 closed-book exam
7 a" ]4 D7 q; g2 G1 t• 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”
- ^0 M& [! \9 E' A  [$ d3 b4 t• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
• 毕业设计 graduation design
( C: Z, o- _8 Y- G* x& Y• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
$ |6 u; b- F$ M! n: m. |• 边防证 fronter pass
# r4 R0 d9 m( r/ S4 _) W• 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
; a' D! u2 T- B: h; x* Q  B7 P• 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
! u! m1 ~+ y8 W• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
/ o5 X4 b0 T9 E6 A• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
6 v8 o$ h5 E5 ?8 \% @7 V• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
& t. }) x/ R% o% x0 P. N, G4 L0 z) [• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
3 @1 r' d) ~& ?8 y% ?• 标书 bidding documents  
/ S/ ~9 J, R5 [6 C7 B( ?; b6 {• 表演赛 demonstration match  
% L  `* k/ L) B% p• 冰雕 ice sculpture
! w- |# ]$ g% ~( G6 {0 e5 A$ T• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
6 O) Q+ q# o3 V7 S• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
8 b" A  h9 L! E( V( q3 m# k• 并网发电 combined to the grid
5 _! \) s/ Q* h# n; S• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
+ ^2 P( X9 Z. [; K• 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
0 a0 _) ]0 V$ z3 E• 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  
• 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)
, ?* L2 c" o, g/ X2 Z" q) B• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
" N( B; K- _% ?* D% o• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 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
" K8 z3 ]* i+ o' S+ y' m• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• 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
) H" H1 Q- J& V) a) U6 q• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
! E$ ?( s$ [" a1 t• 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
7 f- F: u8 E9 k- }• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
, ?. b' t: J8 x; M$ z• 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
* t* U! Z% ]/ X+ ^* p2 P• 不分上下的总统选举结果 the neck-and-neck presidential election result  
* C  f3 A3 F2 s5 z- j5 b& ]• 不感冒 have no interest
  `- v8 l; F# {& g• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
& z$ Y( A8 w, _3 H6 |3 v• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
9 v5 f: b6 W: r1 b% K6 x2 C• 不记名投票 secret ballot
* r/ \- p/ t( `$ C- p• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
0 q/ {! D6 ]7 B. n$ S) J• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 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  
& |0 ~# J0 q1 y0 i. G2 q( r• 不良贷款 non-performing loan  
6 o: k: T. P- T7 w7 q• 不买帐 not take it; not go for it
" C6 H# @4 J9 Q; W. c• 不眠之夜 white night　
• 不明飞行物 unidentified flying object (UFO)
7 O' I9 x0 z$ v; q) h• 不拿原则换人情 refrain from seeking personal favor at the expense of principle
% X2 N# r* f) |• 补缺选举 by-election  
" F7 z# S1 N1 g• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
, @6 {7 z% c8 u; R( c( j• 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
• 步行街 pedestrian street  
6 R% _8 z7 U5 k0 _) Z% a• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
& ~4 f# ?5 o: m' d* S3 g" ?( C  h• 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。