Vocabulary
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| 菜心 菜心 | choy sum; Chinese flowering cabbage; stem of any Chinese cabbage | |
| 旧日 舊日 | former times; olden days | |
| 强身健体 強身健體 | to keep fit and healthy | |
| 到任 到任 | to take office; to assume a post | |
| 嘴甜 嘴甜 | sweet-talking; ingratiating | |
| 乱成一团 亂成一團 | in a great mess; chaotic | |
| 连手 連手 | concerted action; to collude (in dishonesty) | |
| 饮茶 飲茶 | to have tea and refreshments; to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese) | |
| 皮囊 皮囊 | leather bag | |
| 病容 病容 | sickly look | |
| 正巧 正巧 | just by chance; to happen to (just at the right time); opportune | |
| 合卺 合巹 | to share nuptial cup; (fig.) to get married | |
| 雍容 雍容 | natural; graceful; and poised | |
| 人世 人世 | the world; this world; the world of the living | |
| 新历 新曆 | Gregorian calendar; solar calendar | |
| 戎马 戎馬 | warhorse; armed forces; troops; (fig.) war; warfare | |
| 趣事 趣事 | entertaining anecdote; interesting story or incident | |
| 一线生机 一線生機 | (idiom) a chance of survival; a fighting chance; a ray of hope | |
| 红颜知己 紅顏知己 | close female friend; confidante | |
| 易容 易容 | to change one's appearance | |
| 力道 力道 | strength; power; efficacy | |
| 黄连 黃連 | Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine | |
| 鎏金 鎏金 | variant of | |
| 女神 女神 | goddess; nymph | |
| 百般刁难 百般刁難 | (idiom) to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties | |
| 台子 檯子 | desk; (pool etc) table | |
| 内伤 內傷 | internal injury; disorder of internal organs (due to improper nutrition, overexertion etc) | |
| 合为 合為 | to combine | |
| 莲台 蓮臺 | lotus seat | |
| 流鼻血 流鼻血 | to bleed from the nose; (fig.) to be sexually aroused | |
| 输不起 輸不起 | to take defeat with bad grace; to be a sore loser; cannot afford to lose | |
| 板凳 板凳 | wooden bench or stool | |
| 火力 火力 | fire; firepower | |
| 紧跟 緊跟 | to follow precisely; to comply with | |
| 见世面 見世面 | to see the world; to broaden one's horizons | |
| 生化 生化 | biochemistry | |
| 强力 強力 | powerful | |
| 说死 說死 | to say definitely; to commit (to a proposition) | |
| 菜刀 菜刀 | vegetable knife; kitchen knife; cleaver | |
| 死机 死機 | to crash (of a computer) | |
| 火光 火光 | flame; blaze | |
| 全美 全美 | throughout the United States; the whole of America | |
| 围剿 圍剿 | to encircle and annihilate; refers to repeated campaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards | |
| 鱼龙 魚龍 | ichthyosaur | |
| 跳过 跳過 | to jump over; to skip (a step, chapter etc) | |
| 群山 群山 | mountains; a range of hills | |
| 回音 迴音 | echo; reply; turn (ornament in music) | |
| 锻造 鍛造 | to forge (metal); forging | |
| 转行 轉行 | to change profession | |
| 黄汤 黃湯 | liquor; booze; murky, muddy water |