Vocabulary
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| 所 所 | actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive | |
| 开始 開始 | to begin; beginning; to start; initial | |
| 时 時 | old variant of 时 | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 被 被 | quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) | |
| 颐养天年 頤養天年 | lit. to nurture one's years (idiom); fig. to enjoy one's later years | Idiom |
| 正好 正好 | just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that | Xiehouyu |
| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 长子 長子 | Zhangzi county in Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1] | Proper Noun |
| 郡 郡 | administrative division | |
| 身 身 | body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 | |
| 参 參 | take part in, intervene; ginseng | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 世 世 | generation; world; era | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 不该 不該 | should not; to owe nothing | |
| 角门 角門 | corner gate | |
| 实 實 | real, true; honest, sincere | |
| 微 微 | small, prefix micro-, trifling | |
| 上位 上位 | seat of honor; person in a high-ranking position; to be promoted to a more senior role; (genetics) epistatic | |
| 说了算 說了算 | to have the final say; to be the one in charge | |
| 一句 一句 | a line of verse; a sentence | |
| 为重 為重 | to attach most importance to | |
| 言 言 | words, speech; speak, say | |
| 有成 有成 | (literary) to achieve success | |
| 名分 名分 | a person's status | |
| 成了 成了 | to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! | |
| 名位 名位 | fame and position; official rank | |
| 成全 成全 | to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off | |
| 工笔 工筆 | gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description | |
| 片语 片語 | phrase | |
| 弄坏 弄壞 | to ruin; to spoil; to break | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 晦气 晦氣 | bad luck; unlucky; calamitous; wretched | |
| 头一 頭一 | the first | |
| 见不得 見不得 | not fit to be seen by; should not be exposed to; can't bear to see | |
| 在此 在此 | hereto; here | |
| 急着 急著 | urgently | |
| 养子 養子 | adopted son; foster son | |
| 务 務 | affairs, business; must, should | |
| 而言 而言 | (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ... | |
| 在身 在身 | to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) | |
| 对得起 對得起 | not to let sb down; to treat sb fairly; be worthy of | |
| 秋天 秋天 | autumn | |
| 脏 臟 | viscera; (anatomy) organ | |
| 半夜 半夜 | midnight; in the middle of the night | |
| 刻 刻 | quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals | |
| 今后 今後 | hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on | |
| 平安 平安 | safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace | |
| 懂得 懂得 | to understand; to know; to comprehend |