China daily vocabulary list ( Chinese-English)              中国日报单词表（汉英）updated March 24, 2002
A
 "爱国者"导弹 Patriot missile
 AA制 Dutch treatment; go Dutch 
 A股市场 A share market 
 《阿Q正传》 The True Story of Ah Q 
 奥委会 Olympic Committee
 奥姆真理教 Japanese Aum Doomsday Cult 
 澳门大三巴牌坊 Ruins of St. Paul 
 矮子里拔将军 choose a general from among the dwarfs--pick the best out of a mediocre bunch
 艾滋病(获得性免疫缺陷综合征) AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) 
 爱丽舍宫 Elysée Palace
 爱心工程` Loving Care Project
 爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
 爱鸟周 Bird-Loving Week
 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
 安理会 Security Council
 安乐死 euthanasia
 安全第一，预防为主 Safety first, precaution crucial.
 安全岛 safety strip
 安第斯集团峰会（拉美国家） Andean Summit
 安居工程 Comfortable Housing Project 
 按劳分配 distribution according to one's performance 
 按成本要素计算的国民经济总值 GNP at factor cost 
 按揭贷款 mortgage loan 
 按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house 
 按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority
 暗恋 unrequited love; fall in love with someone secretly 
 暗箱操作 black case work
B
 B to B (B2B) business to business 
 B to C (B2C) business to consumer 
 BP 机 beeper, pager
 B超 type-B ultrasonic
 《北美自由贸易协定》 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) 
 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica 
 《伯尔尼公约》（有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约） Berne Convention 
 《不见不散》 Be there or be square. 
 搬迁户 a relocated unit or household
 半拉子工程 uncompleted project 
 半脱产 a partial sabbatical from work
 半边天 half the sky
 半成品 semi-manufactured goods; semi-finished products
 半决赛 semifinals
 巴黎证券交易所 Paris Bourse 
 巴勒斯坦民族解放运动，简称 FATEH
 帮倒忙 trying to help but causing more trouble in the process
 拔河(游戏) tug-of-war 
 巴解 the Palestinian Liberation Organization
 把握大局 grasp the overall situation 
 把关 guard a pass
 棒球运动记者 scribe 
 霸权主义 hegemonism
 摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty
 百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.
 百慕大三角 Burmuda Triangle
 摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances 
 摆花架子 a metaphor for presenting an attractive facade but in reality lacking substance
 摆架子 put on airs 
 包销人 underwriter
 拜年 pay New Year call 
 拜把兄弟 sworn brothers 
 包车 to charter a vehicle (bus, train car, etc.); a chartered vehicle
 包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression) 
 包房 to reserve rooms in a hotel or guest house for exclusive use
 包干制 overall rationing system; scheme of payment partly in kind and partly in cash 
 包干到户 work contracted to households 
 包工包料 contract for labor and materials 
 包购包销 exclusive right to purchase and sell
 包机 to charter a plane; a chartered plane
 拜金主义 money worship
 版权法 copyright law
 版税率 royalty rate
 白马王子 Prince Charming 
 白领犯罪 white-collar crime
 白领工人 white-collar worker
 白手起家 starting from scratch 
 白色行情表 white sheet 
 白色污染 white pollution
 白色农业 "white agriculture (also called ""white engineering agriculture""; It refers to microbiological agriculture and biological cell agriculture.)" 
 白色农业 white agriculture
 白雪公主 Snow White 
 白金汉宫 Bu

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