Vocabulary
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| 擒贼先擒王 擒賊先擒王 | lit. to catch the bandits, first catch their leader (idiom); fig. to tackle the root of a problem first; go for the ringleader | Idiom |
| 一表人才 一表人才 | a man of fine appearance; handsome and impressive in bearing (idiom) | Idiom |
| 天打雷劈 天打雷劈 | to be struck down by heaven's thunderbolt (idiom); may heaven smite me; an oath invoking divine punishment | Idiom |
| 高调 高調 | high-sounding speech; bombast; high-profile | Xiehouyu |
| 废物 廢物 | rubbish; waste material; useless person | Xiehouyu |
| 多余 多餘 | superfluous; unnecessary; surplus | Xiehouyu |
| 逗 逗 | to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) | Colloquialism |
| 不服 不服 | not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to | |
| 佳节 佳節 | festive day; holiday | |
| 和气 和氣 | friendly; polite; amiable | |
| 透彻 透徹 | penetrating; thorough; incisive | |
| 私事 私事 | personal matters | |
| 嫌弃 嫌棄 | to regard with disdain; to shun | |
| 与其 與其 | rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) | |
| 动向 動向 | trend; tendency | |
| 媳妇 媳婦 | daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman | |
| 报销 報銷 | to submit an expense account; to apply for reimbursement; to write off; to wipe out | |
| 反思 反思 | to think back over sth; to review; to revisit; to rethink; reflection; reassessment | |
| 销 銷 | to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell; to expend; to spend; pin; bolt; to fasten with a pin or bolt | |
| 君子 君子 | nobleman; person of noble character | |
| 周到 周到 | thoughtful; considerate; attentive; thorough; also pr. [zhōu dao] | |
| 懂事 懂事 | to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent | |
| 撬 撬 | to lift; to pry open; to lever open | |
| 揪 揪 | to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull | |
| 贵宾 貴賓 | honored guest; distinguished guest; VIP | |
| 发脾气 發脾氣 | to get angry | |
| 惯 慣 | accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) | |
| 正经 正經 | decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards | |
| 弹性 彈性 | flexibility; elasticity | |
| 虽说 雖說 | though; although | |
| 位子 位子 | place; seat | |
| 谣言 謠言 | rumor | |
| 业绩 業績 | achievement; accomplishment; (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results | |
| 干燥 乾燥 | to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc); desiccation; dull; uninteresting; arid | |
| 大气 大氣 | atmosphere (surrounding the earth); imposing; impressive; stylish | |
| 疲劳 疲勞 | fatigue; wearily; weariness; weary | |
| 虐待 虐待 | to mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse; mistreatment; maltreatment | |
| 损坏 損壞 | to damage; to injure | |
| 失眠 失眠 | to suffer from insomnia | |
| 传闻 傳聞 | rumor | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 放过 放過 | to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth | |
| 瞒 瞞 | to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark | |
| 折腾 折騰 | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money) | |
| 轰 轟 | explosion; bang; boom; rumble; to attack; to shoo away; to expel | |
| 出卖 出賣 | to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out; to betray | |
| 良心 良心 | conscience | |
| 废话 廢話 | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | |
| 来电 來電 | incoming telephone call (or telegram); to phone in; to send in a telegram; to have an instant attraction to sb; (of electricity, after an outage) to come back | |
| 坏事 壞事 | bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things |