Vocabulary
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| 芙蓉花 芙蓉花 | cotton rose hibiscus (Hibiscus mutabilis); lotus | |
| 商 商 | commerce, business, trade | |
| 等一等 等一等 | wait a moment | |
| 吃斋 吃齋 | to abstain from eating meat; to be a vegetarian | |
| 拿不动 拿不動 | to be unable to lift (sth); to find (sth) too heavy | |
| 在下 在下 | under; myself (humble) | |
| 了了 了了 | to realize clearly; to settle a matter; to get it over with | |
| 在前 在前 | ahead; formerly; in the past | |
| 人从 人從 | retinue; hangers-on | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 也就是 也就是 | in other words; i.e. | |
| 在后 在後 | behind | |
| 吃人 吃人 | exploitative; oppressive | |
| 十三 十三 | thirteen; 13 | |
| 说好 說好 | to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations | |
| 吃喝 吃喝 | to eat and drink; food and drink | |
| 三两 三兩 | two or three | |
| 的哥 的哥 | male taxi driver; cabbie (slang) | |
| 不在了 不在了 | to be dead; to have passed away | |
| 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 | |
| 送还 送還 | to return; to give back; to send back; to repatriate | |
| 我这个人 我這個人 | me personally; the sort of person I am | |
| 上进 上進 | to make progress; to do better; fig. ambitious to improve oneself; to move forwards | |
| 四下 四下 | everywhere | |
| 下半 下半 | second half | |
| 三不 三不 | the three no's (abbreviated catchphrase) | |
| 慢慢吃 慢慢吃 | Enjoy your meal!; Bon appetit! | |
| 子嗣 子嗣 | son; heir | |
| 好走 好走 | bon voyage; Godspeed | |
| 一点不 一點不 | not at all | |
| 家子 家子 | household; family | |
| 里里外外 裡裡外外 | inside and out | |
| 好起来 好起來 | to get better; to improve; to get well | |
| 见笑 見笑 | to mock; to be ridiculed; to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble) | |
| 昨 昨 | yesterday; in former times, past | |
| 过一会儿 過一會兒 | later; after a while | |
| 不用找 不用找 | "keep the change" (restaurant expression) | |
| 在地下 在地下 | underground | |
| 不遂 不遂 | to fail; to fail to materialize; not to get one's way | |
| 看不过 看不過 | cannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer; cannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer | |
| 年下 年下 | lunar new year | |
| 前人 前人 | predecessor; forebears; the person facing you | |
| 后日 後日 | the day after tomorrow; from hence; from now; from now on; henceforth | |
| 外甥女 外甥女 | sister's daughter; wife's sibling's daughter | |
| 骰子 骰子 | dice | |
| 家姐 家姐 | (polite) my older sister | |
| 风月 風月 | romance; beautiful scenery; small or petty (of talk etc) | |
| 奶妈 奶媽 | wet nurse | |
| 干女儿 乾女兒 | adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) | |
| 送殡 送殯 | to attend a funeral; to take part in a funeral procession |