Phrases Most Often Used by China Daily

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首字母是 A的词组
* ]. l; l8 Z$ V4 u: a( z" m• 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
5 k! j7 _; n+ S) d% H6 z( N7 @• 爱国统一战线 patriotic united front
• 爱国卫生运动 patriotic sanitation campaign  
8 ~7 k: V' c: m( M3 A% x: L- w+ z  \• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
0 P) w* m9 ^; {1 v& r9 |• 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)  
• 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
/ C5 C- `# G( U8 o" w0 t• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
" B% H( r; N$ f5 U/ r* n• 安乐死 euthanasia
• 安理会 Security Council
: z. c( ?2 d$ n( u- b2 E& Z• 安全岛 safety strip
• 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
4 }7 _+ ^$ G" y+ C• 安全专项整治 carry out more special programs to address safty problems
& Y  n  w( z. ^  [* J• 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  
" m# ?: r# `2 Z( C" z3 G4 Z• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
  |3 ^. r# `6 V( H• 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost
) R% c  ]: y4 S3 _; W' g• 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
" f% `( P0 e& o6 H, P+ y3 l• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
+ t$ ^* \4 a' @; g0 G• 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house  
# ?  N7 @% E( v• 有计划按比例发展planned, proportionate development; develop proportionately; develop in a planned, proportionate way  
: p9 k7 H! }3 B6 ?2 p• 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  
• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
• 澳门特别行政区 the Macao Special Administrative Region  
5 c' w+ Y, Q5 Q• 奥委会 Olympic Committee
5 w9 Z& c- w, R' y2 k• 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul  
- U$ ?* a" i# I3 v• 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
6 g: o9 P6 ^4 h" H- Y0 a7 H• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
4 c$ a& a1 V& Q. A) x5 G  W• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
4 |1 \- i% m; p. n" g) L( S6 ^• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
• 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  
• 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
' j, O3 }- N# g1 {  G9 Y0 }8 @• 把握大局 grasp the overall situation  
0 b/ s. f( c# A  O• 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
  n, [. r6 V1 I  o; U1 c• 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
• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
, W8 i4 E8 p5 W4 C7 _• 白领工人 white-collar worker
2 P$ ]# ~+ h; F! W! [0 }, v• 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
7 }6 y3 m( `5 Q, S6 H• 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  
• 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  
1 U0 l( u0 _+ S3 z$ N• 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)"  
; z1 E7 w$ `" u• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
& K! x# N/ `0 @! b! C4 d2 K• 白雪公主 Snow White  
• 半边天 half the sky
  f. i) d( }0 F• 班车 shuttle bus
/ {7 T; c1 D+ S4 \• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
  \: e1 D. O, V; G5 \• 板儿寸 crew cut  
1 l" s* P6 W$ I( J6 {• 办公室设备 office equipment
+ P& q* B% Q. z! T• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
7 y/ h4 Q7 {4 v, C1 f+ B+ c# m• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

OliveOil

• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
* P: j1 f, j. K: V• 半决赛 semifinal
/ y7 a9 b( ^: e, |7 M• 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
+ p- f, H! l* ~' Y: V% z) D• 办年货 do New Year's shopping  
• 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
* D) Z  d4 k" }* ]; n• 版权法 copyright law
& x  {2 \7 ]+ f. g• 版权贸易 copyright business
• 版权所有 copyright reserved; copyrighted
9 F  k' S6 R( A7 W+ H! A• 伴生矿 associated minerals
• 版税率 royalty rate
3 q. {2 G) t2 ?( A; R4 V• 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
$ c# G& p* `# H" s3 p$ J) y• 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  
* {# ~8 C) w- z7 a' G5 R7 b/ w• 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
" q% C' U# K. }, A  H% o• 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)
* _  j! y/ b1 w7 ?& h8 A3 s3 n• 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house (for exclusive use)
: y& l1 X) v1 L: z' ]0 ?• 报复性关税 retaliatory duty
• 包干到户 work contracted to household
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash
. X3 L* {5 P% X8 }0 S) B7 O包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
( q: w: \0 ]$ [9 w. Q• 曝光 make public; expose
5 n5 z7 Y1 Q! W+ Y• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
• 保护价格 protective price
8 a% u% Q0 n& D5 l8 @  E• 保护伞 protective umbrella
• 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
+ V( n6 v/ P! B' L; p5 I5 x• 保护主义 protectionism
( |; a6 e' S0 a" S  N• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
+ I& Z' ]/ Z! M- ^1 C+ G• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
8 y2 E) m  }8 s+ y- }3 i• 保健操 health exercises
2 {+ s- a7 D: m7 A• 保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission

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• 保健品 health care products
. a* }1 {, O! B: D9 Y+ g1 B• 保健食品 health-care food  
+ E9 V% _6 v& q6 K) t: O• 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
• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
9 H7 e7 ]5 `& h• 保税区 the low-tax, tariff-free zone; bonded area; tax-protected zone
0 `& S1 o4 @/ U+ z3 C! j( u$ F( M• 保外帮教 remain out of custody by receiving help from the family or work unit
  }- a* S7 r% R+ M# d  n  Q• 报喜不报忧 report only the good but not the bad
: k/ Q/ X; X2 r• 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
7 G9 V' W! |' X! N- a: L* h• 保证金账户 margin account
% F' ?+ j  _( L$ E, R9 |3 H& q  k• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
* r+ z' i: {1 @! W. q5 {• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
: ^4 g: w$ J" h4 s+ C• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
2 S( d1 K0 {  b3 F- D( U" o• 保安员 security staff
• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
+ ?  E, i( c$ L• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
/ G! B3 K% z; {! ]' T' @• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
1 \! |; P; ~% n• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
• 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash  
1 ]& t" o7 v- h: [! ^- I. ?• 包工包料 contract for labor and materials  
• 报关员 declarant  
2 G) _* i: D/ D5 N& ~5 w• 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
1 |8 B! _+ g7 M' w1 ]# P• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
. \1 {) A% w& _& J• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
$ `5 C1 c1 F% i  h• 保险索赔 insurance claim
• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
% i: Q: |5 }4 R4 r2 a1 E• 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
• 保证重点支出 ensure funding for priority areas  
: i2 h0 m! j4 \2 F• 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' Q- G, Q; R. i. ]; T) Z• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
* Y" B  w3 N6 {1 g; v* |• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
# z7 u9 H5 d9 H6 R• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
9 d) Q- d& C; G& y• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
% o2 M( S; K1 X/ N0 T: t; v• 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.  
" m6 C: M/ \6 p- @( h+ g• 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  
• 本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches  
9 p3 v2 w9 w& W6 I, ^• 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.  
6 [" J3 E8 \1 M5 S5 h• 本票 cashier's cheque
• 本土化 localilzation
• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
+ d/ G2 V; G$ E( O$ j4 z• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
9 C# ~' y4 F5 l/ Y8 _• 蹦迪 disco dancing
* T- z. ?1 v$ I% q• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
) E+ P+ o' B' P1 W- ]: W• 比基尼 bikini
• 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  
2 S# D. f" Z* t: ~• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
6 n9 i. T! n' i+ ^  h0 a3 u  u• 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”
4 D+ T' n" E* p0 P& s' U• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
; I# M6 j( V# U- h9 i" F& Q. p- X• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
; I9 H' j* p; ?! ~- }• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
, t) I5 H5 N) y1 l0 Z• 边防证 fronter pass
• 边际效益 marginal benefit
• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
& f' {* Y  \% e# Y9 e1 C• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
+ v; N# w. t# p  l! A• 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
6 D( U+ p( S$ I: B2 m) ^- V! J• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
( M" r4 C4 T0 ~" t" t7 S• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
• 边际报酬 marginal return  
• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
, O( H1 M! J+ x3 l  t  K• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
9 o# H& x/ B" h* B3 }% E+ S5 y• 标书 bidding documents  
3 `; ?, y4 i- ~$ y$ |( A• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 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
7 n' k7 i! T9 E8 J, U8 l• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
! B6 }! y! W! s$ m$ d$ u, T• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
3 l$ b, ~. A' n2 I( G" J% m2 e• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
; A& U8 B" C' \$ m4 R• 博鳌亚洲经济论坛 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)
; i" ?. l7 B2 I9 p; u% m• 博导 Ph.D. supervisor; doctoral advisor
8 ?7 I" }8 g4 m" I' @• 剥离不良资产 strip bad assets off
  G! j/ m( _! R& w* ~' e• 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention  
$ ?& h& ~: R/ j# q% ?• 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)
• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
5 o% P" O7 S+ l9 `+ u5 [: v3 y4 F- w% R• 博士后 post-doctoral
+ g3 p9 W( {" F, [! w" @• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
: c' b) x1 x+ \! s2 k• 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
4 ]0 Z0 l1 P* \/ {• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
* o7 v1 |0 A2 p9 B: e• B to B (B2B) business to business  
• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
7 V# _/ {4 t3 y/ v1 J1 s; c• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
# E3 P4 n, L4 n9 H: }• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
• 不承诺放弃使用武器 not undertake to renounce the use of force  
4 M) r1 H4 W1 A• 不承诺放弃使用武力 will not commit ourselves to rule out the use of force
! @- @. e' Z" p• 不打不成交 "No discord, no concord. "  
• 布达拉宫 the Potala Palace  
3 k" V6 R' W/ `; V+ P6 l• 不到长城非好汉 He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.  
9 U: p8 |8 q, l" z6 B1 U) r• 不得转让 not negotiable
5 J, }3 g1 U/ t/ w3 y• 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
• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
4 Z5 a& A0 s# A• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
! E4 p- B5 A! z" J0 i  c• 不可抗力 force majeure  
4 S- _6 l- [  c% }• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
  s5 g( ~) Y& k( o! x1 P$ e) P• 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  
• 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
• 补缺选举 by-election  
• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
• 不速之客 gate-crasher
8 l* q& b  |  J7 ^- M8 P' ^9 X• 不惜一切代价 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best  
% N1 t: p9 ~5 L  e- n0 j7 }• 不信任投票 vote of non-confidence
5 ]1 t, D0 Z3 H; D& s• 步行街 pedestrian street  
" [$ [' I2 W! E' Q+ |8 Y8 m• 步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
1 F: W7 b0 c9 h5 ~2 l! r• 不夜城 "sleepless city, ever-bright city"

spark

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SlimPig

这些词在国内很流行，这里用的比较少了。