Vocabulary
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| 说来话长 說來話長 | start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly | Idiom |
| 三天两头 三天兩頭 | lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day; frequently | Idiom |
| 大手大脚 大手大腳 | extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful; wasteful | Idiom |
| 出人头地 出人頭地 | to stand out among one's peers (idiom); to excel | Idiom |
| 更上一层楼 更上一層樓 | to take it up a notch; to bring it up a level | Idiom |
| 小家子气 小家子氣 | petty; small-minded | Idiom |
| 三教九流 三教九流 | the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists); fig. people from all trades (often derog.) | Idiom |
| 不闻不问 不聞不問 | not to hear, not to question (idiom); to show no interest in sth; uncritical; not in the least concerned | Idiom |
| 白头偕老 白頭偕老 | (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part | Idiom |
| 网开一面 網開一面 | open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly; to give one's opponent a way out; lenient treatment | Idiom |
| 晴天霹雳 晴天霹靂 | lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); fig. a bolt from the blue | Idiom |
| 低三下四 低三下四 | servile | Idiom |
| 打成一片 打成一片 | (idiom) to become as one (with a particular group of people); to mix well; to bond | Idiom |
| 狐朋狗友 狐朋狗友 | a pack of rogues (idiom); a gang of scoundrels | Idiom |
| 鸡飞蛋打 雞飛蛋打 | the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken; a dead loss (idiom) | Idiom |
| 办不到 辦不到 | impossible; can't be done; no can do; unable to accomplish | Xiehouyu |
| 不要脸 不要臉 | to have no sense of shame; shameless | Xiehouyu |
| 拉倒 拉倒 | (coll.) forget it; drop it; let it go; to pull down | Xiehouyu |
| 三长两短 三長兩短 | unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death | Xiehouyu |
| 有数 有數 | to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score; not many; only a few | Xiehouyu |
| 说不通 說不通 | it does not make sense | Xiehouyu |
| 改行 改行 | to change profession | Xiehouyu |
| 红人 紅人 | a favorite of sb in power; a celebrity; American Indian | Xiehouyu |
| 完事 完事 | to be finished (with sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 假的 假的 | bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony | Xiehouyu |
| 见不得人 見不得人 | shameful | Xiehouyu |
| 靠不住 靠不住 | unreliable | Xiehouyu |
| 头一回 頭一回 | the first time; for the first time | Xiehouyu |
| 明眼人 明眼人 | perspicacious person; sb with a discerning eye; sighted person (as opposed to blind) | Xiehouyu |
| 没水平 沒水平 | disgraceful; poor quality; substandard | Xiehouyu |
| 吃里爬外 吃裡爬外 | to work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds you | Xiehouyu |
| 没完没了 沒完沒了 | without end; incessantly; on and on | Xiehouyu |
| 难看 難看 | ugly; unsightly | Xiehouyu |
| 难受 難受 | to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear | Xiehouyu |
| 难过 難過 | to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult | Xiehouyu |
| 正好 正好 | just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that | Xiehouyu |
| 开心 開心 | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb | Xiehouyu |
| 姐夫 姐夫 | (coll.) older sister's husband | Colloquialism |
| 老丈人 老丈人 | (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father) | Colloquialism |
| 要脸 要臉 | (coll.) to have a sense of shame | Colloquialism |
| 给脸不要脸 給臉不要臉 | (coll.) to respond with arrogance or disrespect when shown courtesy; to abuse sb's goodwill | Colloquialism |
| 老头子 老頭子 | (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man | Colloquialism |
| 长脸 長臉 | (coll.) to bring credit to (sb); to do (sb) proud | Colloquialism |
| 弄走 弄走 | (coll.) to take (sth) away; to get rid of | Colloquialism |
| 狗狗 狗狗 | (coll.) dog; doggie | Colloquialism |
| 得可以 得可以 | (coll.) (stative verb suffix) very; awfully | Colloquialism |
| 男子汉大丈夫 男子漢大丈夫 | (coll.) he-man | Colloquialism |
| 没长眼 沒長眼 | (coll.) are you blind or something?; look where you're going | Colloquialism |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 挺 挺 | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | Colloquialism |