Vocabulary
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| 要事 要事 | important matter | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way, ... | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 天子 天子 | the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) | |
| 回禀 回稟 | to report back to one's superior | |
| 午后 午後 | afternoon | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 大病 大病 | serious illness | |
| 里外 裡外 | inside and out; or so | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 过人 過人 | to surpass others; outstanding; (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent | |
| 太后 太后 | Empress Dowager | |
| 日用 日用 | daily expenses; of everyday use | |
| 说笑 說笑 | to chat and laugh; to crack jokes; to banter | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 十五 十五 | fifteen; 15 | |
| 年年 年年 | year after year; yearly; every year; annually | |
| 不在了 不在了 | to be dead; to have passed away | |
| 不好说 不好說 | hard to say; can't be sure; difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 要人 要人 | important person | |
| 日日 日日 | every day | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 在那儿 在那兒 | (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just ...ing (and nothing else) | |
| 十七 十七 | seventeen; 17 | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 年岁 年歲 | years of age; age | |
| 左不过 左不過 | anyhow; in any event; just; only | |
| 一年多 一年多 | more than a year | |
| 事关 事關 | to concern; on (some topic); about; concerning; to have importance for | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 半分 半分 | a little bit | |
| 回话 回話 | to reply | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 前日 前日 | day before yesterday | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 女人家 女人家 | women (in general) | |
| 是以 是以 | therefore; thus; so | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 的姐 的姐 | female taxi driver | |
| 商 商 | commerce, business, trade | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 想来 想來 | it may be assumed that | |
| 再不 再不 | or else; alternatively | |
| 不明 不明 | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand | |
| 对本 對本 | (a return) equal to the capital; 100 percent profit |