百无聊赖: be bored to death
百业凋敝：all business declining
百业兴旺：there is a general prosperity in all walks of life
百依百顺：be docile and obedient
百战百胜：a hundred battles, a hundred victories // be ever-victorious // be invincible // come out victorious in every battle
百折不挠：be dauntless // keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks // never yield in spite of reverses
百足之虫，死而不僵：a centipede does not topple over when dead // old institutions die hard
摆花架子：a metaphor for presenting an attractive façade but in reality lacking substance // do for show
摆架子：put on airs
摆龙门阵：chat // gossip //
摆平：sort out
摆谱：put on airs // show off // keep up appearances
摆事实，讲道理：present the facts and reason things out // set forth or state the facts and reasons
摆脱贫困：eliminate the poverty // lift oneself from poverty // shake off poverty
败坏社会风气：corrupt the social values
败军之将，不足言勇：It is useless to talk about bravery with a defeated general
拜把兄弟: sworn brothers
拜金主义：money worship
拜年：pay a New Year’s visit
班车: shuttle bus
班门弄斧：show your skill with the axe before Lu Ban, the master carpenter // display your learning or parade one’s skill in the presence of an expert // teach fish to swim
颁奖大会：award presentation ceremony
搬迁户：relocated family / resettled household
搬弄是非: stir things up
搬起石头砸自己的脚：lift a rock only to drop it on one’s own feet / hurt oneself by one’s own doing
板上钉钉：That is final // That clinches it
版权法：copyright law
版权贸易：copyright business
版权所有：copyright reserved // copyrighted
版税：royalty
办公自动化 ：office automation
办实事：do something solid or practical or concrete // perform actual deeds
办年货：do New Year’s shopping
办事机构：working offices
半壁江山：half of the country
半边天：half the sky
半成品：semi-manufactured goods // semi-finished products
半工半读：work while studying at school / part-work and part-study
半官方贸易: semi-official trade
半拉子工程：uncompleted project
半路出家：become a monk or nun late in life // switch to a job one was not trained for
半面之交：somebody only seen or met once before
半瓶醋：half a bottle of vinegar // dabbler
半生不熟：half cooked // underdone
半死不活：half-dead // more dead than alive // dead-alive
半途而废：give up half way // leave something unfinished
半推半就：yield with a show of reluctance // yield while pretending rejection // half refusing and half resisting // give way after making a show of declining
半吞半吐：tell only half of it
半托：day care for kids
半脱产：partly released from productive labor or one’s regular work
半新不旧：no longer new // showing signs of wear
半信半疑：half-believing, half-doubting
半夜三更：at midnight
半真半假：partly true, partly false // half genuine and half forged
扮酷：play it cool
绊脚石：obstacle // stumbling block
邦交正常化：normalize diplomatic relations
帮倒忙：be more of a hindrance than a help // try to help but causing more trouble
帮困：support those in difficulty // help poor
傍大款：find a sugar daddy // be a mistress of a rich man
包办代替：take on what ought to be done by others // run things all by oneself without consulting others // keep everything in one’s own hands
包藏祸心：harbor evil intentions
包产到户：fix output quotas of each household
包车：charter a vehicle // a chartered vehicle
包打天下：undertake to conquer the world all by oneself
包二奶：take a mistress
包工包料：contract for labor and material
包购包销：exclusive right to purchase and sell
包揽一切：make an entire monopoly
包罗万象：all-inclusive
包退包换：guarantee change of article or refund if unsatisfactory // refund or change for a better one // replacement of defective items guaranteed
包销：exclusive sales //sell or underwrite on an exclusive basis
包销人：underwriter
包装精美：delicately packaged
包装食物：packaged food
包装业：package industry
宝刀未老：the man is old, but not his sword-he is still at the height of his power
饱汉不知饿汉饥：the well-fed don’t know how the starving suffer
