Vocabulary
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| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 折磨 折磨 | to torment; to torture | |
| 荣誉 榮譽 | honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation; honorary | |
| 独 獨 | alone; independent; single; sole; only | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 伴 伴 | partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany | |
| 幕 幕 | curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play) | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 耍 耍 | to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) | |
| 率 率 | rate; frequency | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 毫无 毫無 | not in the least; to completely lack | |
| 砸 砸 | to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 则 則 | (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items | |
| 感 感 | to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ | |
| 以 㕥 | to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) | |
| 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 燕雀安知鴻鵠之志 | lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? | Idiom |
| 突飞猛进 突飛猛進 | to advance by leaps and bounds | Idiom |
| 冷嘲热讽 冷嘲熱諷 | frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule | Idiom |
| 醉翁之意不在酒 醉翁之意不在酒 | wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol; having an ulterior motive; to have other things in mind; with an ax to grind; accomplishing something besides what one set out to do | Idiom |
| 卸磨杀驴 卸磨殺驢 | lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful | Idiom |
| 兜圈子 兜圈子 | to encircle; to go around; to circle; to beat about the bush | Xiehouyu |
| 聪明反被聪明误 聰明反被聰明誤 | (idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good | Xiehouyu |
| 打水漂 打水漂 | to skip stones (on water); (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment | Colloquialism |
| 后娘 後娘 | stepmother (coll.) | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 百分之 百分之 | percent | |
| 入股 入股 | to invest | |
| 大闸蟹 大閘蟹 | Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis); Shanghai hairy crab | |
| 蹭吃蹭喝 蹭吃蹭喝 | to cadge a meal | |
| 燕雀 燕雀 | (bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla); (fig.) small fry | |
| 鸿鹄 鴻鵠 | swan; person with noble aspirations | |
| 鸟鸣 鳥鳴 | birdsong; warbling | |
| 清净 清淨 | peaceful; quiet; tranquil; purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism) | |
| 花销 花銷 | to spend (money); expenses | |
| 黑幕 黑幕 | hidden details; dirty tricks; dark secrets | |
| 叨叨 叨叨 | to chatter; to hog the conversation | |
| 低端 低端 | low-end | |
| 各行各业 各行各業 | every trade; all professions; all walks of life | |
| 便宜货 便宜貨 | a bargain; cheap goods | |
| 做功 做功 | (physics) to do work; non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) | |
| 国内生产总值 國內生產總值 | gross domestic product (GDP) | |
| 主力军 主力軍 | main force (military); (fig.) the group or element with the most impact; mainstay; main cohort | |
| 忧伤 憂傷 | distressed; laden with grief | |
| 惆怅 惆悵 | melancholy; depression | |
| 垫上 墊上 | to pay for sb | |
| 馅饼 餡餅 | meat pie; pie; pasty |