Vocabulary
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| 着手 著手 | to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out | Xiehouyu |
| 损 損 | to decrease; to lose; to damage; to harm; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ | Colloquialism |
| 逗 逗 | to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) | Colloquialism |
| 下乡 下鄉 | to go to the countryside | |
| 粽子 粽子 | glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled | |
| 亏本 虧本 | to make a loss | |
| 失传 失傳 | (of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct | |
| 铲子 鏟子 | shovel; spade; trowel; spatula (kitchen utensil) | |
| 乡亲 鄉親 | fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home | |
| 燕子 燕子 | swallow | |
| 索性 索性 | you might as well (do it); simply; just | |
| 遇上 遇上 | to come across (sb); to run into | |
| 早年 早年 | many years ago; in the past; in one's early years | |
| 孝顺 孝順 | filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety | |
| 嫌弃 嫌棄 | to regard with disdain; to shun | |
| 瓷 瓷 | chinaware; porcelain; china | |
| 风水 風水 | feng shui; geomancy | |
| 瞅 瞅 | (dialect) to look at | |
| 心得 心得 | what one has learned (through experience, reading etc); knowledge; insight; understanding; tips | |
| 吃亏 吃虧 | to suffer losses; to come to grief; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; unfortunately | |
| 沉着 沉著 | steady; calm and collected; not nervous | |
| 比起 比起 | compared with | |
| 磁带 磁帶 | magnetic tape | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse | |
| 剥削 剝削 | to exploit; exploitation | |
| 手艺 手藝 | craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade | |
| 完好 完好 | intact; in good condition | |
| 坟 墳 | grave; tomb; embankment; mound; ancient book | |
| 腐烂 腐爛 | to rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt | |
| 掰 掰 | to break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship) | |
| 君子 君子 | nobleman; person of noble character | |
| 埋怨 埋怨 | to complain; to grumble (about); to reproach; to blame | |
| 委屈 委屈 | to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance | |
| 古董 古董 | curio; antique | |
| 顾虑 顧慮 | misgivings; apprehensions | |
| 皮带 皮帶 | strap; leather belt | |
| 筋 筋 | muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable) | |
| 正经 正經 | decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards | |
| 起步 起步 | to set out; to set in motion; the start (of some activity) | |
| 好比 好比 | to be just like; can be compared to | |
| 生前 生前 | (of a deceased) during one's life; while living | |
| 支票 支票 | check (bank); cheque | |
| 耽误 耽誤 | to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with | |
| 碰上 碰上 | to run into; to come upon; to meet | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 佩服 佩服 | to admire | |
| 丸 丸 | ball; pellet; pill | |
| 透过 透過 | to pass through; to penetrate; by means of; via | |
| 八卦 八卦 | the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经; gossip; gossipy | |
| 抖 抖 | to tremble; to shake out; to reveal; to make it in the world |