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)
《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
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
八卦(娱乐) gossip
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
白领工人 white-collar worker
白领工人 White collar (早在1928年，人们开始用white-collar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
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
摆平 straighten sth out; sort out
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
班车 shuttle bus
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
颁奖大会 award presentation ceremony
半决赛 semifinal
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
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)
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
傍大款 (of a girl) find a sugar daddy; be a mistress for a rich man; lean on a moneybag
办公室里闲聊 chat around the water cooler; water cooler chat
棒球运动记者 scribe
办丧事 conduct a funeral
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
包干到户 work contracted to household
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
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
包机 charter a plane; a chartered plane
报价单 quotation of prices
保健按摩 therapeutic massage
保健操 health exercises
保监会 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission
保健品 health care products
保健食品 health-care food
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
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
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
保证金账户 margin account
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
保质期,保修期 shelf (storage) life; guarantee period
包装精美 delicately packed
包装业 package industry
保安员 security staff
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
包二奶 have a concubine (originally a Cantonese expression)
包干到户 work contracted to households
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
包工头 baogongtou, labor contractor (Huang Jiakun, a "bao gong tou" (labour contractor), who has been residing in Shanghai for 10 years became agitated when discussing the unpaid wages problem.)
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
爆料 tip-off
保留为自然耕地 reserve as natural farmland
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
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
保证基金 guaranteed fund
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
保值储蓄 inflation-proof bank savings
包装食品 packaged foods
八荣八耻 Eight Honors & Eight Disgraces (坚持以热爱祖国为荣、以危害祖国为耻，以服务人民为荣、以背离人民为耻，以崇尚科学为荣、以愚昧无知为耻，以辛勤劳动为荣、以好逸恶劳为耻，以团结互助为荣、以损人利己为耻，以诚实守信为荣、以见利忘义为耻，以遵纪守法为荣、以违法乱纪为耻，以艰苦奋斗为荣、以骄奢淫逸为耻。Love, do not harm the motherland. Serve, don't disserve the people. Uphold science; don't be ignorant and unenlightened. Work hard; don't be lazy and hate work. Be united and help each other; don't gain benefits at the expense of others. Be honest and trustworthy, not profit-mongering at the expense of your values. Be disciplined and law-abiding instead of chaotic and lawless. Know plain living and hard struggle, do not wallow in luxuries and pleasures.)
霸王条款 inequality / imparity clause
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
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
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.
背包旅行者 backpacker
被叫通话 incoming call
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
被指控接受贿赂 be accused of accepting bribes
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
笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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
《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica
蹦迪 disco dancing
蹦极 bungee, bungee jumping
必胜 be bound to win
闭关政策 closed-door policy
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
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"
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
毕业生分配制度 assignment system for graduates
便当 brown bag
边防证 fronter pass
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
边缘科学 borderline (boundary) science; fringe (border) discipline
边远贫困地区 outlying poverty-stricken areas
边缘知识人 Marginal intellectuals
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
便利店 convenience store
便携式电脑 portable computer; laptop; notebook computer
表面文章 lip service; surface formality
标准普通话 standard mandarin
标本兼治 address both the symptoms and root cause
表见代理 agency by estoppel
标书 bidding documents
表演赛 demonstration match
别跟自己过不去 Don't be too hard on yourself.
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
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
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)
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
博彩(业) lottery industry
剥夺冠军 strip the gold medal of somebody
播客 podcast
博客圈 blogosphere
薄利多销 small profit, large sales volume; small profits but quick returns; small profits and good sales
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
不败记录 clean record, spotless record
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
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.
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
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.
不结盟运动 non-aligned movement
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
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
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
步行天桥 pedestrian overpass
不夜城 "sleepless city, ever-bright city"
不以物喜，不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
部长级会议 ministerial meeting
不正当竞争 unfair competition
不正当竞选 illicit competition
不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency
步兵师 infantry division
不倒翁 tumbler; never-fall doll
补钙 calcium supplement
不扩散核武器条约 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; NPT
不锈钢 stainless steel
