Vocabulary
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| 幸好 幸好 | fortunately | |
| 颇 頗 | rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [pǒ] | |
| 拜托 拜託 | to request sb to do sth; please! | |
| 人选 人選 | choice of person; candidate | |
| 拼命 拼命 | to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it | |
| 须 須 | must; to have to; to wait | |
| 在意 在意 | to care about; to mind | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 顺便 順便 | conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 独 獨 | alone; independent; single; sole; only | |
| 老大 老大 | old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang | |
| 家族 家族 | family; clan | |
| 盯 盯 | to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at | |
| 性感 性感 | sex appeal; eroticism; sexuality; sexy | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 即 即 | namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 同志 同志 | comrade; (slang) homosexual | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 全军覆没 全軍覆沒 | total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout | Idiom |
| 顾此失彼 顧此失彼 | lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom); fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once; cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other | Idiom |
| 不依不饶 不依不饒 | not to overlook, nor spare (idiom); unwilling to forgive; to treat severely without listening to excuses | Idiom |
| 人之常情 人之常情 | human nature (idiom); a behavior that is only natural | Idiom |
| 无牵无挂 無牽無掛 | to have no cares; to be carefree | Idiom |
| 光棍 光棍 | gangster; hoodlum; bachelor; single man; (dialect) wise person; astute person | Xiehouyu |
| 灰溜溜 灰溜溜 | dull gray; gloomy; dejected; crestfallen; with one's tail between one's legs | Xiehouyu |
| 一模一样 一模一樣 | exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] | Xiehouyu |
| 不通 不通 | to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical | Xiehouyu |
| 甭管 甭管 | (coll.) regardless of; no matter (where, who etc) | Colloquialism |
| 大嫂 大嫂 | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) | |
| 通融 通融 | flexible; to accommodate; to stretch or get around regulations; a short-term loan | |
| 惹事 惹事 | to cause trouble | |
| 刮目相看 刮目相看 | to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc) | |
| 功不可没 功不可沒 | one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom) | |
| 包涵 包涵 | to excuse; to forgive; to bear with; to be tolerant | |
| 信誓旦旦 信誓旦旦 | to make a solemn vow | |
| 量刑 量刑 | (law) to determine the sentence | |
| 出人命 出人命 | fatal; resulting in sb's death | |
| 清白 清白 | pure; innocent | |
| 窝囊 窩囊 | to feel vexed; annoyed; good-for-nothing; stupid and cowardly | |
| 许愿 許願 | to make a wish; to make a vow; to promise a reward | |
| 踏踏实实 踏踏實實 | steady; steadfast | |
| 党参 黨參 | poor man's ginseng (Codonopsis pilosula); codonopsis root (used in TCM) | |
| 报账 報賬 | to report expenses; to submit accounts | |
| 评弹 評彈 | pingtan, a traditional Suzhou narrative art that combines storytelling and ballad singing, typically performed by two artists; also used as a collective term for (spoken storytelling) and (sung storytelling) | |
| 岁数 歲數 | age (number of years old) | |
| 生活费 生活費 | cost of living; living expenses; alimony | |
| 办事处 辦事處 | office; agency |