Vocabulary
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| 得无 得無 | (literary) isn't it that...? | |
| 按下 按下 | to press down; to press a button | |
| 寅时 寅時 | 3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) | |
| 萤火 螢火 | light of firefly; fairy light | |
| 龙涎香 龍涎香 | ambergris | |
| 乱世 亂世 | the world in chaos; troubled times; (in Buddhism) the mortal world | |
| 连长 連長 | company commander | |
| 桥段 橋段 | (cinema, literature etc) scene; trope; plot device; (songwriting) bridge | |
| 直面 直面 | to face (reality, danger etc) | |
| 好物 好物 | fine goods | |
| 秋水 秋水 | limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes) | |
| 双腿 雙腿 | legs; both legs; two legs | |
| 向火 向火 | to warm oneself facing the fire | |
| 福祉 福祉 | well-being; welfare | |
| 现世 現世 | this life; to lose face; to be disgraced | |
| 物种 物種 | species | |
| 种花 種花 | to grow flowers; (dialect) to vaccinate; (dialect) to grow cotton | |
| 习性 習性 | character acquired through long habit; habits and properties | |
| 丹心 丹心 | loyal heart; loyalty | |
| 咯血 咯血 | to cough up blood; to have hemoptysis | |
| 刚强 剛強 | firm; unyielding | |
| 早报 早報 | morning newspaper | |
| 对火 對火 | to use the tip of another person’s lit cigarette to light one's own | |
| 誊录 謄錄 | to copy out | |
| 按天 按天 | daily (law); per diem | |
| 婚书 婚書 | (old) marriage contract | |
| 万般 萬般 | every kind; manifold; extremely | |
| 火气 火氣 | anger; internal heat (TCM) | |
| 受气 受氣 | to be mistreated; to be bullied | |
| 抓药 抓藥 | to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine) | |
| 相称 相稱 | to match; to suit; mutually compatible | |
| 总要 總要 | nevertheless | |
| 活人 活人 | living person | |
| 万世 萬世 | all ages | |
| 春雨 春雨 | spring rain; gift from above | |
| 赶出 趕出 | to drive away | |
| 相亲 相親 | blind date; arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]); to be deeply attached to each other | |
| 前世 前世 | previous generations; previous incarnation (Buddhism) | |
| 相干 相干 | relevant; to have to do with; (physics) (of light etc) coherent | |
| 受累 受累 | to get dragged into; to get involved (on sb else's account) | |
| 发配 發配 | to send away to serve a penal sentence | |
| 双亲 雙親 | both parents | |
| 水性 水性 | swimming ability; characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc); aqueous; water-based (paint etc) | |
| 财 財 | wealth, valuables, riches | |
| 强求 強求 | to insist on; to demand; to impose | |
| 伤人 傷人 | to injure sb | |
| 口实 口實 | food; salary (old); a pretext; a cause for gossip | |
| 再者 再者 | moreover; besides | |
| 美酒 美酒 | good wine; fine liquor | |
| 家传 家傳 | handed down in a family; family traditions |