Vocabulary
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| 节衣缩食 節衣縮食 | to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally | Idiom |
| 丢人 丟人 | to lose face | Xiehouyu |
| 开支 開支 | expenditures; expenses; to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 孝敬 孝敬 | to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents | |
| 燕子 燕子 | swallow | |
| 刨 刨 | carpenter's plane; to plane (woodwork); to shave off; to peel (with a potato peeler etc) | |
| 孝顺 孝順 | filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety | |
| 气色 氣色 | complexion | |
| 瞧不起 瞧不起 | to look down upon; to hold in contempt | |
| 行家 行家 | connoisseur; expert; veteran | |
| 纵容 縱容 | to indulge; to connive at | |
| 别看 別看 | don't be fooled by the fact that | |
| 光顾 光顧 | to visit (as a customer) | |
| 当着 當著 | in front of; in the presence of | |
| 料理 料理 | to arrange; to handle; to cook; cuisine; art of cooking | |
| 不容 不容 | must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate | |
| 代言人 代言人 | spokesperson | |
| 惯 慣 | accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) | |
| 不适 不適 | unwell; indisposed; out of sorts | |
| 可不是 可不是 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 品位 品位 | rank; grade; quality; (aesthetic) taste | |
| 业绩 業績 | achievement; accomplishment; (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 口气 口氣 | tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone | |
| 壮 壯 | Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group | |
| 揭晓 揭曉 | to announce publicly; to publish; to make known; to disclose | |
| 保姆 保姆 | nanny; housekeeper | |
| 粒 粒 | grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 坑 坑 | pit; depression; hollow; tunnel; hole in the ground; (archaic) to bury alive; to hoodwink; to cheat (sb) | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 独 獨 | alone; independent; single; sole; only | |
| 伴 伴 | partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany | |
| 抢劫 搶劫 | to rob; looting | |
| 眼神 眼神 | expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect) | |
| 曲 曲 | bent; crooked; wrong | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 毫无 毫無 | not in the least; to completely lack | |
| 注 註 | to inject; to pour into; to concentrate; to pay attention; stake (gambling); classifier for sums of money; variant of 注 | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 秋高气爽 秋高氣爽 | clear and refreshing autumn weather | Idiom |
| 双喜临门 雙喜臨門 | two simultaneous happy events in the family | Xiehouyu |
| 甭管 甭管 | (coll.) regardless of; no matter (where, who etc) | Colloquialism |
| 啃老 啃老 | (coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood | Colloquialism |
| 啃老族 啃老族 | (coll.) adults still living with and depending on their parents | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 还账 還賬 | to settle and account |