Vocabulary
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| 废话 廢話 | nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) | |
| 预料 預料 | to forecast; to anticipate; expectation | |
| 糊涂 糊塗 | muddled; silly; confused | |
| 搅 攪 | to disturb; to annoy; to mix; to stir | |
| 凑 湊 | to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity | |
| 心思 心思 | mind; thoughts; inclination; mood | |
| 限 限 | to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit; bound | |
| 规矩 規矩 | lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved | |
| 押 押 | to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign | |
| 亲戚 親戚 | a relative (i.e. family relation) | |
| 铜 銅 | copper (chemistry); see also 红铜 | |
| 爹 爹 | dad | |
| 脆弱 脆弱 | weak; frail | |
| 清晰 清晰 | clear; distinct | |
| 实话 實話 | truth | |
| 改革开放 改革開放 | to reform and open to the outside world; refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980 | |
| 烤 烤 | to roast; to bake; to broil | |
| 产 產 | to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; product; resource; estate; property | |
| 尸体 屍體 | dead body; corpse; carcass | |
| 哎 哎 | hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) | |
| 灵 靈 | quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 同志 同志 | comrade; (slang) homosexual | |
| 德 德 | Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 冤家路窄 冤家路窄 | lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom); fig. rivals inevitably cross paths | Idiom |
| 滴水不漏 滴水不漏 | lit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument) | Idiom |
| 高手 高手 | expert; past master; dab hand | Xiehouyu |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 胡言 胡言 | nonsense talk | |
| 挖坟 挖墳 | to dig a grave; (lit.) to dig up a grave; (fig.) (slang) to dig up an old thread (in an online forum etc) | |
| 壮丁 壯丁 | able-bodied man (capable of fighting in a war) | |
| 充军 充軍 | to banish (to an army post, as a punishment) | |
| 手足 手足 | hands and feet; (fig.) brothers; retinue, henchmen, accomplices | |
| 罐子 罐子 | jar; pitcher; pot | |
| 缝隙 縫隙 | small crack; chink | |
| 凯旋 凱旋 | to return in triumph; to return victorious | |
| 大吉 大吉 | very auspicious; extremely lucky | |
| 搜刮 搜刮 | to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry | |
| 缺德 缺德 | mean; nasty; reprehensible; unprincipled | |
| 磨叽 磨嘰 | (dialect) to dawdle; to waste time; also written | |
| 靠谱 靠譜 | reliable; reasonable; probable | |
| 两样东西 兩樣東西 | two distinct things | |
| 兵不厌诈 兵不厭詐 | there can never be too much deception in war; in war nothing is too deceitful; all's fair in war | |
| 墓主 墓主 | occupant of tomb; person buried | |
| 古墓 古墓 | old tomb (archaeology) | |
| 发廊 髮廊 | hair salon; hairdresser's shop | |
| 涮羊肉 涮羊肉 | Mongolian hot pot; instant-boiled mutton (dish) | |
| 盗墓 盜墓 | to rob a tomb |