Vocabulary
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| 被 被 | quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 晴天霹雳 晴天霹靂 | lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom); fig. a bolt from the blue | Idiom |
| 不要脸 不要臉 | to have no sense of shame; shameless | Xiehouyu |
| 靠不住 靠不住 | unreliable | Xiehouyu |
| 三长两短 三長兩短 | unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death | Xiehouyu |
| 难受 難受 | to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear | Xiehouyu |
| 正好 正好 | just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that | Xiehouyu |
| 开心 開心 | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb | Xiehouyu |
| 要脸 要臉 | (coll.) to have a sense of shame | Colloquialism |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 挺 挺 | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | Colloquialism |
| 成都 成都 | Chengdu, sub-provincial city and capital of Sichuan Province | Proper Noun |
| 下周 下週 | next week | |
| 挺好 挺好 | very good | |
| 那时候 那時候 | at that time | |
| 苏 蘇 | used in | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 得要 得要 | to need; must | |
| 得很 得很 | (after an adjective) very | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 个数 個數 | number of items or individuals | |
| 头上 頭上 | overhead; above | |
| 带上 帶上 | to take along with one | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 老头 老頭 | old fellow; old man; father; husband | |
| 留后路 留後路 | to leave oneself a way out | |
| 办好 辦好 | to take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously | |
| 成说 成說 | accepted theory or formulation | |
| 气坏 氣壞 | furious; very angry | |
| 操 撡 | conduct, run, control, manage | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname | |
| 没问题 沒問題 | no problem | |
| 应该的 應該的 | (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem | |
| 往前 往前 | (in) the past; ahead; forward; in the future | |
| 明知 明知 | to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well | |
| 所有人 所有人 | everyone; owner | |
| 那咱 那咱 | at that time (old) | |
| 一套 一套 | suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 有脸 有臉 | lit. having face; to have prestige; to command respect; to have the nerve (e.g. to ask sth outrageous); to have the gall; not ashamed to | |
| 三条 三條 | three of a kind (poker) | |
| 买房 買房 | to buy a house | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 听不懂 聽不懂 | unable to make sense of what one is hearing | |
| 起头 起頭 | to start; at first; beginning | |
| 街坊 街坊 | neighborhood; neighbor | |
| 一遍 一遍 | one time (all the way through); once through | |
| 拿出 拿出 | to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) | |
| 到头来 到頭來 | in the end; finally; as a result |