Vocabulary
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| 不开窍 不開竅 | unable to understand; can't get the point | Xiehouyu |
| 恶人先告状 惡人先告狀 | the guilty party files the suit; the thief cries thief | Xiehouyu |
| 蒙混过关 矇混過關 | to get away with it; to slip through; to bluff one's way out; Taiwan pr. [meng1 hun4 guo4 guan1] | Xiehouyu |
| 揭竿而起 揭竿而起 | 揭: raise, lift up; surname · 竿: bamboo pole; penis · 而: and; and then; and yet; but · 起: rise, stand up; go up; begin | Xiehouyu |
| 添乱 添亂 | (coll.) to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 大嫂 大嫂 | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) | |
| 尽孝 盡孝 | to do one's filial duty | |
| 户主 戶主 | head of the household | |
| 炸鱼 炸魚 | deep-fried fish | |
| 采光 採光 | to get natural light (e.g. through a window) | |
| 大权 大權 | power; authority | |
| 送餐 送餐 | home delivery of meal | |
| 入职 入職 | to commence employment; to enter a company | |
| 托管 託管 | trusteeship; to trust | |
| 养家糊口 養家糊口 | (idiom) to provide for one's family | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 宽裕 寬裕 | comfortably off; ample; plenty | |
| 之恩 之恩 | 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 恩: kindness, mercy, charity | |
| 占便宜 佔便宜 | advantageous; favorable; to benefit at others' expense; to take unfair advantage | |
| 独生子女 獨生子女 | an only child | |
| 公平合理 公平合理 | fair; equitable | |
| 长痛不如短痛 長痛不如短痛 | better to just get the pain over with, rather than prolong the agony | |
| 讨饭 討飯 | to ask for food; to beg | |
| 火坑 火坑 | pit of fire; fig. living hell | |
| 元凶 元兇 | chief offender; main culprit | |
| 中央空调 中央空調 | central air conditioning; (fig.) (neologism) ladies' man (contrasted with, a guy who is attentive to his partner rather than to all and sundry) | |
| 公交站 公交站 | public transport station | |
| 老孙 老孫 | this old Sun (Wukong's self-reference) | |
| 账目 賬目 | an item in accounts; an entry | |
| 股东大会 股東大會 | general shareholders' meeting | |
| 卷铺盖走人 捲鋪蓋走人 | to pack one's things and leave | |
| 一根绳上的蚂蚱 一根繩上的螞蚱 | lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom); fig. people who are in it together for better or worse; people who will sink or swim together | |
| 笼头 籠頭 | headstall; bridle | |
| 谨小慎微 謹小慎微 | 谨: prudent, cautious; attentive · 小: small, tiny, insignificant · 慎: act with care, be cautious · 微: small, prefix micro-, trifling | |
| 冲锋 衝鋒 | to charge; to assault; assault | |
| 陆陆续续 陸陸續續 | in succession; one after another; continuously | |
| 奉劝 奉勸 | may I offer a bit of advice | |
| 但凡 但凡 | every single; as long as | |
| 不负 不負 | to live up to | |
| 扒开 扒開 | to pry open or apart; to spread (sth) open with both hands | |
| 自我牺牲 自我犧牲 | 自: self, private, personal; from · 我: our, us, i, me, my, we · 牺: sacrifice, give up; sacrificial · 牲: sacrificial animal; animal | |
| 标杆 標杆 | surveyor's pole; post (used for a landmark); (fig.) goal; model; benchmark | |
| 不道德 不道德 | immoral | |
| 筹钱 籌錢 | to raise money | |
| 活命 活命 | life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living | |
| 享福 享福 | to live comfortably; happy and prosperous life | |
| 家常 家常 | the daily life of a family | |
| 房价 房價 | house price; cost of housing | |
| 养老 養老 | to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement |