Vocabulary
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| 异国他乡 異國他鄉 | foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate | |
| 灌水 灌水 | to irrigate; to pour water into; to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping); to cook the books; to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums | |
| 创办人 創辦人 | founder (of an institution etc) | |
| 裸照 裸照 | nude photograph | |
| 主裁判 主裁判 | (sports) referee; umpire | |
| 产假 產假 | maternity leave | |
| 外债 外債 | foreign debt | |
| 严格来讲 嚴格來講 | strictly speaking | |
| 主攻 主攻 | main assault; to focus on; to specialize in; to major in | |
| 赛点 賽點 | match point (tennis etc) | |
| 开窍 開竅 | to get it straight; to start to understand things properly; enlightenment dawns | |
| 闯出名堂 闖出名堂 | to make a name for oneself | |
| 翘起 翹起 | to stick up; to point sth up | |
| 短讯 短訊 | SMS; text message | |
| 篱笆 籬笆 | fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings) | |
| 雏菊 雛菊 | daisy | |
| 强迫症 強迫症 | obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) | |
| 毕业典礼 畢業典禮 | graduation ceremony; commencement exercises | |
| 赛制 賽制 | competition format; tournament system (e.g. round robin, single-elimination knockout etc) | |
| 有谱 有譜 | to have a plan; to know what one is doing | |
| 酱料 醬料 | sauce | |
| 激荡 激盪 | to rage; to dash; to surge | |
| 挨个儿 挨個兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 拍拖 拍拖 | (dialect) to date sb | |
| 暴风雪 暴風雪 | snowstorm; blizzard | |
| 迅猛 迅猛 | quick and violent | |
| 通心粉 通心粉 | macaroni | |
| 就服 就服 | (Tw) employment service | |
| 混熟 混熟 | to get familiar with | |
| 杯垫 杯墊 | (beverage) coaster | |
| 显示屏 顯示屏 | display screen | |
| 全日制 全日制 | full-time (schooling, work etc) | |
| 曲奇 曲奇 | cookie (loanword via Cantonese 曲奇 kuk1 kei4) | |
| 玄乎 玄乎 | unreliable; incredible | |
| 掏心掏肺 掏心掏肺 | to be totally devoted (to a person) | |
| 歌剧院 歌劇院 | opera house | |
| 三文鱼 三文魚 | salmon (loanword) | |
| 刮胡刀 刮鬍刀 | razor | |
| 自嘲 自嘲 | to mock oneself; to laugh at oneself | |
| 计分 計分 | to calculate the score | |
| 临门一脚 臨門一腳 | to try to score (a goal); final push (at a critical juncture); the final leg of sth | |
| 斑鸠 斑鳩 | turtledove | |
| 色令智昏 色令智昏 | to lose one's head over lust; sex-crazy (idiom) | |
| 冷敷 冷敷 | to apply a cold compress | |
| 虚荣心 虛榮心 | vanity | |
| 手绘 手繪 | to paint by hand; to draw by hand; hand-painted; hand-drawn | |
| 旋转木马 旋轉木馬 | merry-go-round; carousel | |
| 对话框 對話框 | dialog box (computing) | |
| 耳钉 耳釘 | stud earring | |
| 恃才傲物 恃才傲物 | (idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous |