Vocabulary
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| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 回归 回歸 | to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics) | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 顺便 順便 | conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort | |
| 荣誉 榮譽 | honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation; honorary | |
| 善 善 | good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect | |
| 即便 即便 | even if; even though; right away; immediately | |
| 竟 竟 | unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed | |
| 望 望 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards | |
| 原本 原本 | originally; original | |
| 置 置 | to install; to place; to put; to buy | |
| 官员 官員 | official (in an organization or government); administrator | |
| 惊 驚 | to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm | |
| 他人 他人 | another person; sb else; other people | |
| 一面 一面 | one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face | |
| 供 供 | to provide; to supply | |
| 制 製 | system; to control; to regulate; variant of 制 | |
| 且 且 | and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) | |
| 许 許 | surname Xu | |
| 砸 砸 | to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle | |
| 有所 有所 | somewhat; to some extent | |
| 所谓 所謂 | so-called; what is called | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 经 經 | surname Jing | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 及 及 | and; to reach; up to; in time for | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 笨嘴拙舌 笨嘴拙舌 | clumsy in speech; poor speaker | Idiom |
| 若无其事 若無其事 | (idiom) as if nothing had happened; calm and composed; nonchalant | Idiom |
| 打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 | lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others | Idiom |
| 因祸得福 因禍得福 | to have some good come out of a bad situation (idiom); a blessing in disguise | Idiom |
| 井井有条 井井有條 | everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy | Idiom |
| 鱼目混珠 魚目混珠 | to pass off fish eyes for pearls; to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) | Idiom |
| 闷葫芦 悶葫蘆 | lit. closed gourd; fig. enigma; complete mystery; taciturn person | Idiom |
| 垂死挣扎 垂死掙扎 | deathbed struggle; final struggle (idiom) | Idiom |
| 无计可施 無計可施 | no strategy left to try (idiom); at one's wit's end; at the end of one's tether; powerless | Idiom |
| 干净利落 乾淨利落 | squeaky clean; neat and tidy; efficient | Idiom |
| 贱人 賤人 | slut; cheap person | Xiehouyu |
| 神不知鬼不觉 神不知鬼不覺 | top secret; hush-hush | Xiehouyu |
| 乱哄哄 亂哄哄 | noisy and in disarray; in an uproar | Xiehouyu |
| 死到临头 死到臨頭 | Death is near at hand. (idiom) | Xiehouyu |
| 犯困 犯睏 | (coll.) to get sleepy | Colloquialism |
| 却是 卻是 | nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... | |
| 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)? | |
| 奴婢 奴婢 | slave servant | |
| 娘娘 娘娘 | queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt | |
| 冷宫 冷宮 | (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor; (fig.) the doghouse; a state of disfavor |