Vocabulary
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| 神色自若 神色自若 | 神: spirit, god, supernatural being · 色: color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty · 自: self, private, personal; from · 若: if, supposing, assuming; similar | Idiom |
| 难于上青天 難於上青天 | 难: difficult, arduous, hard; unable · 于: in, on, at; go to; surname · 上: top; superior, highest; go up, send up · 青: blue, green, black; young · 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial | Idiom |
| 顾全大局 顧全大局 | to take the big picture into consideration (idiom); to work for the benefits of all | Idiom |
| 名副其实 名副其實 | not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom); aptly named; worthy of the name | Idiom |
| 冷落 冷落 | desolate; unfrequented; to treat sb coldly; to snub; to cold shoulder | Xiehouyu |
| 霸道 霸道 | the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道; despotic rule; rule by might; evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道; overbearing; tyranny; (of liquor, medicine etc) strong; potent | Xiehouyu |
| 荒唐 荒唐 | beyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated | Xiehouyu |
| 开口 開口 | to open one's mouth; to start to talk | Xiehouyu |
| 衣裳 衣裳 | (coll.) clothes | Colloquialism |
| 使唤 使喚 | to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc); Taiwan pr. [shǐ huàn] | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 桂花 桂花 | osmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragrans | |
| 碍事 礙事 | to be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter | |
| 稍候 稍候 | to wait a moment | |
| 纵然 縱然 | even if; even though | |
| 拜见 拜見 | to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior | |
| 节俭 節儉 | frugal; economical | |
| 状元 狀元 | top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 眼 and 花; top scorer in college entrance examination 考; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light | |
| 每逢 每逢 | every time; on each occasion; whenever | |
| 孝敬 孝敬 | to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents | |
| 叮嘱 叮囑 | to warn repeatedly; to urge; to exhort again and again | |
| 不难 不難 | Not difficult | |
| 神态 神態 | appearance; manner; bearing; deportment; look; expression; mien | |
| 一味 一味 | blindly; invariably | |
| 存心 存心 | deliberately | |
| 生怕 生怕 | to fear; afraid; extremely nervous; for fear that; to avoid; so as not to | |
| 名贵 名貴 | famous and valuable; rare; precious | |
| 特邀 特邀 | special invitation | |
| 倚 倚 | to lean on; to rely upon | |
| 威信 威信 | Weixin county in Zhaotong 通, Yunnan | |
| 愚昧 愚昧 | ignorant; uneducated; ignorance | |
| 显赫 顯赫 | illustrious; celebrated | |
| 嘱咐 囑咐 | to tell; to exhort; injunction | |
| 机灵 機靈 | clever; quick-witted | |
| 下棋 下棋 | to play chess | |
| 急躁 急躁 | irritable; irascible; impetuous | |
| 英明 英明 | wise; brilliant | |
| 凄凉 悽涼 | mournful; miserable | |
| 敷衍 敷衍 | to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by | |
| 参见 參見 | to refer to; see also; compare (cf.); to pay respect to | |
| 与其 與其 | rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) | |
| 钉子 釘子 | nail; snag; saboteur | |
| 好在 好在 | luckily; fortunately | |
| 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 | |
| 疼爱 疼愛 | to love dearly | |
| 反倒 反倒 | but on the contrary; but expectedly | |
| 开销 開銷 | to pay (expenses); expenses; (old) to dismiss (an employee) | |
| 风波 風波 | disturbance; crisis; disputes; restlessness | |
| 风范 風範 | air; manner; model; paragon; demeanor | |
| 好意 好意 | good intention; kindness |