Vocabulary
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| 以 㕥 | old variant of 以 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 殚精竭虑 殫精竭慮 | to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly; to rack one's brains; to leave no stone unturned | Idiom |
| 野种 野種 | (derog.) illegitimate child; bastard | Xiehouyu |
| 众望所归 眾望所歸 | (idiom) to enjoy popular support; to receive general approval | Xiehouyu |
| 好险 好險 | to have a close call; to have a narrow escape | Xiehouyu |
| 见死不救 見死不救 | to refuse to save someone in mortal danger (idiom); to stand by while another perishes | Xiehouyu |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 亲族 親族 | relatives; members of the same family, clan, tribe etc | |
| 仙药 仙藥 | legendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem | |
| 身故 身故 | to die | |
| 女婴 女嬰 | female baby | |
| 哀思 哀思 | grief-stricken thoughts; mourning | |
| 德高望重 德高望重 | (idiom) a person of virtue and prestige; a person of good moral standing and reputation | |
| 莫属 莫屬 | (the 3rd part of a 3-part construction: 非[fei1] + (noun) + 莫屬|莫属, meaning "to be none other than (noun); would have to be (noun)") (this construction comes after a description of a person or thing that has a certain attribute) | |
| 渔翁得利 漁翁得利 | lit. the fisherman gets the profit (idiom); fig. a third party benefits while two others fight (from the snipe and clam parable) | |
| 邪术 邪術 | sorcery | |
| 孽畜 孽畜 | evil beast (cursing demons) | |
| 远超 遠超 | to exceed by far; to greatly surpass | |
| 欺压 欺壓 | to bully; to push around | |
| 歹毒 歹毒 | vicious; ruthless; malevolent | |
| 剧毒 劇毒 | highly toxic; extremely poisonous | |
| 可解 可解 | soluble (i.e. can be solved) | |
| 堂堂 堂堂 | grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance | |
| 攻入 攻入 | to force entrance into; to score a goal (sport) | |
| 识货 識貨 | to know what's what | |
| 缠身 纏身 | (of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one | |
| 叔公 叔公 | great uncle; grandfather's younger brother; husband's father's younger brother | |
| 当铺 當鋪 | pawnshop; CL:家[jia1],間|间[jian1] | |
| 大侠 大俠 | knight; swordsman; noble warrior; chivalrous hero | |
| 孤身 孤身 | alone; lonely | |
| 变样 變樣 | to change (appearance); to change shape | |
| 兮兮 兮兮 | (particle used to exaggerate certain adjectives, in particular 神經兮兮|神经兮兮, 髒兮兮|脏兮兮, 可憐兮兮|可怜兮兮, and 慘兮兮|惨兮兮) | |
| 糖葫芦 糖葫蘆 | sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu | |
| 不怎么样 不怎麼樣 | not up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it; nothing good to be said about it | |
| 收养 收養 | to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child); adoption | |
| 壶 壺 | pot; classifier for bottled liquid | |
| 景 景 | surname Jing | |
| 争夺 爭奪 | to fight over; to contest; to vie over | |
| 放手 放手 | to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 险 險 | danger; dangerous; rugged | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 母 母 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female | |
| 解 解 | surname Xie | |
| 混 混 | confused; dirty; to mix; muddy; variant of 浑 | |
| 剑 劍 | double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc |