Vocabulary
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| 空城计 空城計 | the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush); double bluff | Proper Noun |
| 工业革命 工業革命 | Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830 | Proper Noun |
| 万圣节 萬聖節 | All Saints (Christian festival) | Proper Noun |
| 光棍节 光棍節 | Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day | Proper Noun |
| 安远 安遠 | Anyuan county in Ganzhou, Jiangxi | Proper Noun |
| 故宫 故宮 | the Forbidden City; abbr. for | Proper Noun |
| 斯特拉斯堡 斯特拉斯堡 | Strasbourg | Proper Noun |
| 太上皇 太上皇 | Taishang Huang; Retired Emperor; father of the reigning emperor; fig. puppet master | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 微信 微信 | Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 腾讯) | |
| 下个月 下個月 | next month | |
| 放暑假 放暑假 | to be on summer vacation | |
| 丽 麗 | beautiful, magnificent, elegant | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 蔡 蔡 | surname; species of tortoise | |
| 咱俩 咱倆 | the two of us | |
| 审计 審計 | to audit; to examine finances | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 怎么能 怎麼能 | how could one | |
| 宅 宅 | residence, dwelling, home; grave | |
| 订阅 訂閱 | subscription; to subscribe to | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 歉 歉 | deficient, lacking, insufficient | |
| 不清楚 不清楚 | unclear; not understood; currently unknown | |
| 坐牢 坐牢 | to be imprisoned | |
| 实业 實業 | industry; commercial enterprise | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 鸭 鴨 | duck; Anas species (various) | |
| 没办法 沒辦法 | there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it | |
| 升职 升職 | to get promoted (at work etc); promotion | |
| 适 適 | go, reach; appropriate, suitable | |
| 厨子 廚子 | cook | |
| 自个儿 自個兒 | (dialect) oneself; by oneself | |
| 首付 首付 | down payment | |
| 结了 結了 | that's that; that's it; that will do | |
| 判刑 判刑 | to sentence (to prison etc) | |
| 有责任 有責任 | liable; responsible | |
| 氏 氏 | clan, family; mister | |
| 寒 寒 | cold, wintry, chilly | |
| 买单 買單 | to pay the restaurant bill | |
| 分公司 分公司 | subsidiary company; branch office | |
| 忏悔 懺悔 | to repent; (religion) to confess | |
| 松开 鬆開 | to release; to let go; to loosen; to untie; to come loose | |
| 压根 壓根 | (mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply | |
| 羞辱 羞辱 | to humiliate; to shame; humiliation; indignity | |
| 抱抱 抱抱 | to hug; to give a cuddle | |
| 反悔 反悔 | to renege; to go back (on a deal); to back out (of a promise) |