Vocabulary
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| 过眼云烟 過眼雲煙 | ephemeral (idiom) | Idiom |
| 生老病死 生老病死 | lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom); fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality) | Idiom |
| 万不得已 萬不得已 | only when absolutely essential (idiom); as a last resort | Idiom |
| 手忙脚乱 手忙腳亂 | (idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered | Idiom |
| 熟能生巧 熟能生巧 | with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect | Idiom |
| 狗急跳墙 狗急跳牆 | a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom); to be driven to desperate action | Idiom |
| 团团转 團團轉 | to go round and round; running around in circles; fig. frantically busy | Idiom |
| 齐心合力 齊心合力 | to work as one (idiom); united in a concerted effort; working hard together | Idiom |
| 头破血流 頭破血流 | lit. head broken and blood flowing; fig. badly bruised | Idiom |
| 羊毛出在羊身上 羊毛出在羊身上 | lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.; Nothing comes for free. | Idiom |
| 打得火热 打得火熱 | (idiom) to be on very good terms with each other; to hit it off with sb; to be passionately in love with each other; to carry on intimately with; (of trading, conflict etc) to be in full swing | Idiom |
| 年复一年 年復一年 | (idiom) over the years; year after year | Idiom |
| 相亲相爱 相親相愛 | (idiom) (of siblings, spouses etc) very close to each other; inseparable; devoted to each other | Idiom |
| 裙带关系 裙帶關係 | (idiom) favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative; (idiom) (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates | Idiom |
| 缺钱 缺錢 | shortage of money | Xiehouyu |
| 心里有数 心裡有數 | to know the score (idiom); to be well aware of the situation | Xiehouyu |
| 管不着 管不著 | to have no right or ability to interfere in sth; it's none of your business! | Xiehouyu |
| 照管 照管 | to look after; to provide for | Xiehouyu |
| 一条心 一條心 | to be of one mind; to think or act alike | Xiehouyu |
| 死路一条 死路一條 | (idiom) dead end; road to ruin | Xiehouyu |
| 找死 找死 | to court death; to take a big risk | Xiehouyu |
| 不值得 不值得 | unworthy | Xiehouyu |
| 乱套 亂套 | in a mess; upside down | Xiehouyu |
| 死要面子 死要面子 | to regard face as all-important; to consider loss of face unthinkable | Xiehouyu |
| 身不由己 身不由己 | without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary; not of one's own volition; in spite of oneself | Xiehouyu |
| 全心全意 全心全意 | heart and soul; wholeheartedly | Xiehouyu |
| 熟人 熟人 | acquaintance; friend | Xiehouyu |
| 毛病 毛病 | fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 突出 突出 | prominent; outstanding; to give prominence to; to protrude; to project | Xiehouyu |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 自打 自打 | (coll.) since | Colloquialism |
| 念想 念想 | to miss (the presence of); to cherish the memory of; aspiration; desire; sth one keeps thinking about; (coll.) keepsake; memento; (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) | Colloquialism |
| 厂子 廠子 | (coll.) factory; mill; yard; depot | Colloquialism |
| 长记性 長記性 | (coll.) to learn one's lesson; to have enough brains to learn from one's mistakes | Colloquialism |
| 架不住 架不住 | (coll.) unable to withstand; cannot bear; can't stand it; no match for | Colloquialism |
| 赶明儿 趕明兒 | (coll.) some day; one of these days | Colloquialism |
| 往死里 往死裡 | (coll.) (to beat etc) to death | Colloquialism |
| 忙乎 忙乎 | to be busy (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 感冒 感冒 | to catch cold; (common) cold; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 苏州 蘇州 | Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province | Proper Noun |
| 美兰 美蘭 | Meilan district of Haikou city, Hainan | Proper Noun |
| 老总 老總 | boss; sir (person with a leading role in an organization); (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA; (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official; (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file | Proper Noun |
| 旧金山 舊金山 | San Francisco, California | Proper Noun |