Vocabulary
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| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 话说 話說 | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount | |
| 用脑 用腦 | to undertake mental work | |
| 坏了 壞了 | shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 我人 我人 | we | |
| 后手 後手 | defensive position (in chess); room for maneuver; a way of escape | |
| 回事 回事 | (old) to report to one's master | |
| 说说 說說 | to say sth | |
| 要说 要說 | as for; when it comes to | |
| 差点 差點 | almost; nearly | |
| 我等 我等 | we; us (archaic) | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 三八 三八 | International Women's Day, 8th March; foolish; stupid | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 多大 多大 | how old?; how big?; how much?; so big; that much | |
| 外人 外人 | outsider; foreigner; stranger | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 做大 做大 | arrogant; to put on airs; (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 小事 小事 | trifle; trivial matter | |
| 说好 說好 | to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations | |
| 个个 個個 | each one individually; each and every | |
| 了了 了了 | to realize clearly; to settle a matter; to get it over with | |
| 要饭 要飯 | to beg (for food or money) | |
| 老二 老二 | second-eldest child in a family; (euphemism) penis | |
| 妈的 媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 竿子 竿子 | bamboo pole | |
| 要有 要有 | to need; to require; must have | |
| 上个 上個 | first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above | |
| 拿来 拿來 | to bring; to fetch; to get | |
| 每年 每年 | every year; each year; yearly | |
| 爸比 爸比 | (loanword) daddy | |
| 从来没 從來沒 | have never; has never | |
| 想起来 想起來 | to remember; to recall | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 没有什么 沒有什麼 | it is nothing; there's nothing... about it | |
| 一家子 一家子 | the whole family | |
| 不可 不可 | cannot; should not; must not | |
| 天哪 天哪 | good heavens!; oh my God! | |
| 大男人 大男人 | very masculine guy; a real man; (used ironically) a grown man | |
| 一家人 一家人 | household; the whole family | |
| 知识分子 知識分子 | intellectual; intelligentsia; learned person | |
| 要不是 要不是 | if it were not for; but for | |
| 本子 本子 | book; notebook; Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi"; edition | |
| 外边 外邊 | outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home | |
| 里边 裡邊 | inside |