Vocabulary
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| 拘礼 拘禮 | to stand on ceremony; punctilious | |
| 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 | |
| 女主人 女主人 | hostess; mistress | |
| 失仪 失儀 | discourteous; failure of etiquette | |
| 失礼 失禮 | discourteous | |
| 琴弦 琴絃 | string (of a stringed instrument) | |
| 怎敢 怎敢 | how dare | |
| 夸口 誇口 | to boast | |
| 未亡人 未亡人 | a widow (a widow's way of referring to herself in former times) | |
| 有生之年 有生之年 | (idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years | |
| 文墨 文墨 | writing; culture | |
| 心肝 心肝 | darling; (in negative sentences) heart; humanity | |
| 色欲 色慾 | sexual desire; lust | |
| 鸳鸯 鴛鴦 | (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata); (fig.) affectionate couple; happily married couple | |
| 横波 橫波 | transverse wave | |
| 情味 情味 | feeling; flavor; sense | |
| 弹奏 彈奏 | to play (musical instrument, esp. string) | |
| 灵犀 靈犀 | rhinoceros horn, reputed to confer telepathic powers; fig. mutual sensitivity; tacit exchange of romantic feelings; a meeting of minds | |
| 积云 積雲 | cumulus; heap cloud | |
| 娘的 孃的 | same as 媽的|妈的[ma1 de5] | |
| 情意 情意 | friendly regard; affection | |
| 照应 照應 | to correlate with; to correspond to | |
| 外头 外頭 | outside; out | |
| 时节 時節 | season; time | |
| 日夜 日夜 | day and night; around the clock | |
| 冷水 冷水 | cold water; unboiled water; fig. not yet ready (of plans) | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 姑姑 姑姑 | paternal aunt | |
| 多半 多半 | most; mostly; most likely | |
| 打发 打發 | to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc) | |
| 奏 奏 | to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old) | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 明日 明日 | tomorrow | |
| 此处 此處 | this place; here (literary) | |
| 往来 往來 | dealings; contacts; to go back and forth | |
| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose | |
| 不便 不便 | inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash | |
| 心愿 心願 | cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration | |
| 寺 寺 | Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 师父 師父 | used for 师傅 (in Taiwan); master; qualified worker | |
| 特意 特意 | specially; intentionally | |
| 意愿 意願 | aspiration; wish (for); desire | |
| 赖 賴 | surname Lai; (Tw) (coll.) LINE messaging app | Colloquialism |
| 一同 一同 | together | |
| 番 番 | surname Pan | |
| 歌词 歌詞 | song lyric; lyrics | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 病情 病情 | state of an illness; patient's condition | |
| 虽 雖 | although; even though |