Vocabulary
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| 老去 老去 | to get old | |
| 芹菜 芹菜 | celery (Apium graveolens) | |
| 脑门子 腦門子 | forehead (dialect) | |
| 点水 點水 | to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep | |
| 走出 走出 | to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) | |
| 上菜 上菜 | to serve food | |
| 我国 我國 | my country; our country | |
| 褶子 褶子 | pleat; fold; crease; wrinkle | |
| 十二分 十二分 | exceedingly; hundred percent; everything and more | |
| 分子 分子 | (chemistry) molecule; (math) numerator of a fraction | |
| 老话 老話 | an old saying | |
| 山地 山地 | mountainous region; hilly area; hilly country | |
| 放风 放風 | to allow in fresh air; to allow a prisoner out for exercise; to give out information | |
| 坐禅 坐禪 | to sit in meditation; to meditate | |
| 就学 就學 | to attend school | |
| 请看 請看 | please see...; vide | |
| 家小 家小 | wife and children; wife | |
| 找不着 找不著 | to be unable to find | |
| 买下 買下 | to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc) | |
| 去你的 去你的 | Get along with you! | |
| 天和 天和 | (mahjong) heavenly hand; a hand that is completed by the dealer on their first draw; (mahjong) to obtain a heavenly hand | |
| 汉 漢 | Chinese people; Chinese language | |
| 这么着 這麼著 | thus; in this way; like this | |
| 门前 門前 | in front of the door | |
| 上一个 上一個 | previous one | |
| 大口 大口 | big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc); open mouth; gulping; gobbling; gaping | |
| 打从 打從 | from; (ever) since | |
| 要人 要人 | important person | |
| 三五 三五 | several; three or five | |
| 工 工 | labor, work; worker, laborer | |
| 六十 六十 | sixty; 60 | |
| 桌 桌 | table, desk, stand | |
| 有为 有為 | promising; to show promise | |
| 忘我 忘我 | selflessness; altruism | |
| 好去 好去 | bon voyage; Godspeed | |
| 有喜 有喜 | to be expecting; to be with child | |
| 走错 走錯 | to go the wrong way; to take the wrong (road, exit etc) | |
| 后事 後事 | future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements | |
| 好过 好過 | to have an easy time; (feel) well | |
| 跟人 跟人 | to marry (of woman) | |
| 门客 門客 | hanger-on; visitor (in a nobleman's house) | |
| 您好 您好 | hello (polite) | |
| 出没 出沒 | to come and go; to roam about; (of a ghost) to haunt (a place); (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets); (of the sun) to rise and set | |
| 地和 地和 | (mahjong) earthly hand; a hand that is completed by a non-dealer on their first draw; (mahjong) to obtain an earthly hand | |
| 坊间 坊間 | street stalls; bookshops; in the streets | |
| 出了事 出了事 | sth bad happened | |
| 好日子 好日子 | auspicious day; good day; happy life | |
| 第三十 第三十 | thirtieth | |
| 说到做到 說到做到 | to be as good as one's word (idiom); to keep one's promise | |
| 有一次 有一次 | once; once upon a time |