Vocabulary
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| 大转 大轉 | to turn left (Shanghainese) | |
| 世世代代 世世代代 | for many generations | |
| 光阴 光陰 | time available | |
| 双面 雙面 | double-sided; two-faced; double-edged; reversible | |
| 借一步 借一步 | could I have a word with you? (in private) | |
| 容身 容身 | to find a place where one can fit in; to make one's home; to seek shelter | |
| 儿时 兒時 | childhood | |
| 每人 每人 | each person; everybody; per person | |
| 硝烟 硝煙 | smoke (from guns) | |
| 嫡亲 嫡親 | closely related by blood | |
| 木 木 | tree; wood, lumber; wooden | |
| 救急 救急 | to provide emergency assistance | |
| 花香 花香 | fragrance of flowers | |
| 居室 居室 | room; apartment | |
| 阳 陽 | positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: | |
| 每周 每週 | every week | |
| 比照 比照 | according to; in the light of; contrast | |
| 半小时 半小時 | half hour | |
| 病史 病史 | medical history | |
| 开火 開火 | to open fire; to start shooting; to light the flame (for cooking) | |
| 整改 整改 | to reform; to rectify and improve | |
| 变态 變態 | to metamorphose (biology); abnormal; perverted; hentai; (slang) pervert | |
| 车费 車費 | passenger fare | |
| 发胖 發胖 | to put on weight; to get fat | |
| 管制 管制 | to control; to restrict; (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) | |
| 奇葩 奇葩 | exotic flower; (fig.) marvel; prodigy; (slang) weirdo; outlandish | |
| 大环境 大環境 | the environment (from a macro perspective); the broader context; the bigger picture | |
| 转接 轉接 | (telephony etc) to switch; to connect; to transfer | |
| 颜值 顏值 | attractiveness index (rating of how good-looking sb is) | |
| 邮 郵 | postal, mail; post office | |
| 上马 上馬 | to get on a horse; to mount | |
| 调头 調頭 | variant of | |
| 健 健 | strong, robust, healthy; strength | |
| 连天 連天 | reaching the sky; for days on end; incessantly | |
| 统 統 | govern, command, control; unite | |
| 争强好胜 爭強好勝 | competitive; ambitious and aggressive; to desire to beat others | |
| 该死 該死 | Damn it!; damned; wretched | |
| 痛痛快快 痛痛快快 | immediately; without a moment's hesitation; with alacrity; firing from the hip | |
| 输赢 輸贏 | win or loss; outcome | |
| 够受的 夠受的 | to be quite an ordeal; to be hard to bear | |
| 快退 快退 | fast-rewind (media player) | |
| 了断 了斷 | to bring to a conclusion; to settle (a dispute); to do away with (oneself); to break off (a relationship); resolution (of a problem) | |
| 卫 衛 | guard, protect, defend | |
| 政 政 | government, political affairs | |
| 约出 約出 | to arrange to go on a date with sb | |
| 活下去 活下去 | to survive; to keep on living | |
| 一时半刻 一時半刻 | (idiom) a short time; a little while | |
| 皮外伤 皮外傷 | superficial wound; a bruise | |
| 全国各地 全國各地 | every part of the country | |
| 照做 照做 | to do as instructed; to comply |