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  
7 m) O9 Y3 ^. u# Q' Y• A股市场 A share market  
• 爱尔兰共和军 Irish Republic Army (IRA)
) q* b" W  R) _7 X; R! N, J' j1 c• 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  
• “爱国者”导弹 Patriot missile
* L$ d, e. t0 W• 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
7 w8 L# h- H' |7 k2 Q) Z• 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
& @. v" i" u3 Y: e# l9 f8 e" ^- ]• 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
0 D) n: p1 x# h. h+ }) t% F/ b* e' g• 安家费 settling-in allowance
• 按键式电话 push-botton phone; Touch-Tone; keyphone
• 安乐死 euthanasia
( I4 P8 V  q. E8 A• 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
( m3 ?! h8 B9 o$ K. h6 G! q  ^9 l6 [• 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  
' w+ j" E3 F' G# `4 @5 `• 暗箱操作 black case work
• 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
9 K3 p7 K% c: H$ F6 x; v• 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
• 按揭贷款 mortgage loan  
• 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  
$ n1 n* v, d. e• 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project  
3 a. |1 S( i% _8 @• 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  
0 ~1 K  H1 ]* x4 Y2 `• 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly  
  x! `; K$ [+ K  P, |% Z3 m• 奥林匹克精神 the Olympic ideals; the Olympic spirit  
; P* _6 ]5 I7 u( i2 W2 z• 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
• 八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding(steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
  X8 i. y# J. }( O• 把关 guard a pass; check on; maintain a strict standard
8 Y. {; R8 {4 U0 b2 k% N• 拔尖人才 tip-top (or top-notch) talent
• 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO)
1 C6 `" s" w5 W9 z- h6 _- v• 《巴黎航空公约》(1919) The Paris Aviation Covenant  
9 ^$ N( N2 a" |; V9 E• 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse  
2 G. ]1 j; {2 o3 S9 F• 八面玲珑 be slick (in social intercourse); try to please everybody or offend nobody
; E/ ^3 D. x. _8 V• 霸权主义 hegemonism
• 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
7 Q" b2 b& R3 f+ L3 n/ W! R& ?  j• 拜金主义 money worship
• 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
• 白领工人 white-collar worker
( i8 \2 `0 x, @$ }- O1 a: Y( `' X• 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。)
/ D" V) r" u9 g! s0 M• 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
. ~  t; ]; _/ m. T. F  c• 百年老店 century-old shop
9 D7 F* a! u; S7 x" W5 c1 F• 白皮书 white paper
• 白热化 white heat
7 w# P7 }, s* G4 V; k+ B- I• 白色农业 white agriculture
6 Z. k8 L* u  p% G( F9 X0 d, m" N• 白色污染 white pollution
• 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
" G8 E2 Y( Z( q4 X• 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
/ I* {& e1 N2 v' g8 @• 百般拖延 do everything to postpone
& l3 U6 B5 R; E( j8 @% k$ Q* i• 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers  
• 摆架子 put on airs  
7 [4 x& u5 k0 x  T+ Y• 白马王子 Prince Charming  
• 拜年 pay a New Year's visit  
/ \4 h6 z) Z& H& o5 N; x7 H• 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.)"  
2 Z' S5 g" r: I6 D8 O6 {9 h• 白手起家 starting from scratch  
• 白雪公主 Snow White  
+ f9 V, ?0 }6 R% ]' I• 半边天 half the sky
  X/ {# E' a, k2 W" Z0 N• 班车 shuttle bus
0 o6 [; [. E, `! }. B• 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
" a/ b! `0 b# |8 N" n. m# k9 m+ S• 板儿寸 crew cut  
/ O2 h3 V: W5 b2 \• 办公室设备 office equipment
7 d. u  V2 i4 d( ?1 K• 办公自动化 OA (Office Automation)  
; Z4 C  S4 \* K" `• 半官方贸易 semi-official trade

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• 颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
  a/ i1 e0 r+ n7 j• 半决赛 semifinal
  _: Y: {1 Y' P5 V& t• 半决赛四强 four semifinalists
  ^, ~) v) P5 Y% Q) T5 {( O6 G9 B• 半拉子工程 uncompleted project  
• 板楼，板式楼 slab-type apartment building
: X( j" S+ U# {0 C• 斑马线 zebra crossing
3 K9 }3 y1 K- [1 K3 x) D• 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
• 版权法 copyright law
9 P" u% h% i, c0 y% D• 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)  
9 N: k( R1 @: ?! E• 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
) P8 R9 `$ E0 Y, f5 c0 C$ v• 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process; kiss of death
4 _" A3 |6 _+ k# p0 K- f• 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  
• 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
• 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
2 }% I8 C5 L6 }+ A$ v3 Y• 包干到户 work contracted to household
' u3 o: u8 @6 ^1 W# y• 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
  m+ ?1 ^. N5 X. }9 a• 保护关税 protective duty/tariff
9 S4 c! V& C. X2 g2 t7 x• 保护价格 protective price
• 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
• 保护主义 protectionism
/ @# ]8 ^/ C& B. C  l2 K• 包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
• 报价单 quotation of prices
• 保健按摩 therapeutic massage
0 j9 C" @4 Y, p• 保健操 health exercises
2 U3 N% \% s" z• 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  
# }# u, P  z3 S( h9 p9 S• 报界 the press
1 J4 b- i. t7 i4 C/ J- Z• 爆冷门 produce an unexpected winner; a dark horse bobbing up
• 暴力片 splatter film
1 F3 \9 i0 ?) S9 E9 N0 u' S/ r• 保龄球 bowling
• 保龄球馆 bowling alley
& U3 R2 e4 u, I( \3 o# s% Y• 保释 on bail
• 保税仓库 bonded warehouse
% F3 U0 A. }7 t. ~& `• 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
( W( c" ?; D8 C% b2 Q; N• 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
$ t9 I4 J: d6 F! x" `• 保障措施 supporting measures
7 w/ {3 `6 Y/ V: _% J( r* z• 保证金账户 margin account
• 保证物流畅通 ensure unimpeded flow of goods and materials
0 B) c( \+ W" b7 s0 U) D• 保值利率 index-linked interest rate; inflation-proof interest rate
• 保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
* x9 w: z9 v2 c; J% d; n• 包装精美 delicately packed
• 包装业 package industry
• 保安员 security staff
+ s' x$ ^! r0 A6 _9 W) e( U• 包产到户 contract production quotas to individual households
• 保持国有股 keep the State-held shares  
• 保持资本金充足 secure capital funds
8 y9 y) T! n2 q4 K• 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)  
, F" x0 j7 r, g. C4 D4 p• 包干到户 work contracted to households  
& ]5 j5 P% `+ W3 ^+ \9 G# P• 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  
. E) J1 I8 M* U3 O7 b. w• 报关员 declarant  
3 _# ]6 I  w- P• 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
- o* D+ R# V7 f; {, W7 C• 保理业务 factoring business  
• 保险费 insurance premium
• 保险赔付金额 compensation pay-outs
• 保险索赔 insurance claim
1 ]1 H" x& h, c' _! l- B• 保障合同和交易安全 guarantee contracts and safe dealings
" V+ @+ C2 Z- F4 C, P• 保障民众和社会免受安全威胁 protect the citizens and societies against security threats  
$ U& k  C1 l8 B5 c& ?• 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  
7 A2 _# ^  A- P. _$ M& X; O. K• 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
• 备件 spare parts  
• 被叫方付费电话 reverse charge call/ collect telephone call  
* ^0 b" r$ p9 f# C1 `) T• 北京奥申委 Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Bidding Committee (BOBICO)  
• 北京四环路 the fourth ring road in Beijing  
5 O/ q' }6 @, {; `• 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)  
9 O9 ~& C" B8 p* z6 o0 F8 u1 ?• 背投屏幕 rear projection screen  
• 备用资金 reserve fund
$ B5 j" n" T% g- e2 Q• 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  
7 p5 _! B7 X8 X• 被摘牌的公司 delisted company  
$ ?) |" ^) D# M' r, Z8 a0 t• 本垒打 circuit clout, four-master, round trip  
7 }1 d% V. @2 g" j! p  u• 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.  
• 本票 cashier's cheque
. z: b& v8 H" Z/ g• 本土化 localilzation
5 g( l+ `, {  }4 I% Z# n• 奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life  
• 本本主义 bookishness; book worship  
• 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica  
" f# h8 x' u5 d• 蹦迪 disco dancing
- x* p1 G$ ]+ J: f2 `& U# ]" ?' ~- C• 蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping  
• 闭关政策 closed-door policy
• 比基尼 bikini
, C3 |# P: G2 j- R; W* X9 l• 比较文学 comparative literature
5 u( k" `6 @, c4 N" B$ ?• 比较经济学 comparative economics
• 闭卷 closed-book exam
• 闭路电视 close-circuit television  
% Q8 {1 L3 x4 [) R• 闭门羹 given a cold shoulder  
/ g# C5 B1 e. X; V" V2 d' x" w' y+ 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”
• 逼上梁山 be driven to do something  
• 避税 tax avoidance
% C1 c9 x' \$ ^• 避嫌 avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion
8 D1 \) ^2 t" _. o8 ?• 毕业设计 graduation design
• 毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
• 便当 brown bag
• 边防证 fronter pass
4 \7 r3 C+ m7 Y9 N. @• 边际效益 marginal benefit
6 e6 f4 L+ K# I9 I- d# h" L• 便民服务 service for the convenience of the customers
; B9 H/ w$ u3 T% `0 M: v• 变相涨价 disguised inflation
; {$ M9 D+ H6 B& B6 K• 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
• 边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
7 ~4 t9 n: ^5 s* e• 贬值 devalue, devaluate, depreciate (of a currency)
• 变废为宝 make waste profitable
& \/ d9 |7 v9 q7 ?6 p% {4 S# E• 边际报酬 marginal return  
: s1 |( p' D7 Z( m• 边际薪酬 marginal salaries
6 a3 D0 m7 J% w2 ~. g• 便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer  
. a1 M1 r4 x6 I' Z6 r- x2 u• 表面文章 lip service; surface formality
• 标准普通话 standard mandarin
• 表见代理 agency by estoppel
• 标书 bidding documents  
- N1 @- Q4 m; h: I( G$ J7 g/ t% U• 表演赛 demonstration match  
• 冰雕 ice sculpture
$ a% G( k+ [1 m) p7 i$ R( N$ M• 病毒性感染 viral infection
• 兵工企业 munitions factory; arsenal
+ c' b1 j$ o6 u• 兵马俑 terra-cotta figures; soldier and horse figures
• 并网发电 combined to the grid
' e; |9 T  \! v; h* a• 冰毒 "ice, popular name for methamphetamine hydrochloride, a deadly addictive stimulant drug"  
- E, ?4 b7 N6 f0 m0 i5 J9 ]• 病毒性感冒 viral influenza
; ^. D8 `* y: ~! H  y• 秉公办案 handle cases impartially
  T& V  @. T$ ~" E8 L• 秉公执法 enforce laws impartially
• 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle
* |4 N" k% o8 V; G• 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
8 B. S8 s% k* w1 |• 《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)
• 薄利多销 small profit, large sale volume
• 博士后 post-doctoral
• 博士生导师 tutor of a Ph.D. student
# K3 C% n# y7 p1 a8 U! v1 K• 博彩（业） lottery industry  
9 @& U6 s6 v) B& M6 r• 剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody  
5 V4 V+ \5 L1 m. \. X4 F• 薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
7 O$ t5 w1 N5 J. c. J$ B• 博士生 Ph.D candidate  
• BP 机 beeper, pager
6 o9 X1 c% r# o/ }/ d5 u9 N• B to B (B2B) business to business  
" `) C7 o6 w% B/ z) r, n8 x" m! x0 u• B to C (B2C) business to consumer  
• 不安全性行为 unprotected sex
• 不败记录 clean record, spotless record  
! c8 s5 [. v0 _- _• 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
* M% G# ^. j- o6 N. ^! I• 补偿贸易 compensatory trade
7 k3 V! h' A8 I& D6 p$ ?& D0 W• 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. "  
• 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.  
- [7 y# U9 `6 c8 s• 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
• 不搞劳民伤财的“形象工程” refrain from building “vanity projects”that waste both money and manpower
  Y/ [0 }& y: K, l& {• 不管部部长 minister without portfolio
• 不怀恶意的谎言 white lie　　　　　　
• 不记名投票 secret ballot
• 《不见不散》 Be there or be square.  
9 s/ j% ^# S2 D• 不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
• 不可抗力 force majeure  
• 不可推卸的责任 compelling obligation
7 |( K3 N4 e& _  W" r/ W• 不可再生资源 non-renewable resources  
& n5 t  t0 P0 ^* {; e* z• 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
! r5 o. E* j) ?. w% b4 b& u8 i• 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  
3 r$ r; n8 V& x• 不惹是非 Stay out of trouble.; Let sleeping dogs lie.  
/ C4 _0 h+ j4 l$ G5 X• 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  
5 F  x1 B, A$ y5 w4 a• 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。