Vocabulary
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| 好记 好記 | easy to remember | |
| 在读 在讀 | to be studying (at a school or research institute) | |
| 多寡 多寡 | number; amount | |
| 月俸 月俸 | monthly salary | |
| 走去 走去 | to walk over (to) | |
| 用膳 用膳 | to dine | |
| 不遂 不遂 | to fail; to fail to materialize; not to get one's way | |
| 和好 和好 | to become reconciled; on good terms with each other | |
| 要着 要著 | important thing; crucial thing | |
| 白芷 白芷 | Dahurian angelica (Angelica dahurica); root of Dahurian angelica (used in TCM) | |
| 大我 大我 | the collective; the whole; (Buddhism) the greater self | |
| 兰花 蘭花 | cymbidium; orchid | |
| 国手 國手 | (sports) member of the national team; national representative; (medicine, chess etc) one of the most highly skilled practitioners in one's country | |
| 白莲 白蓮 | white lotus (flower); White Lotus society; same as 白蓮教|白莲教 | |
| 动脑 動腦 | to use one's brain | |
| 雏儿 雛兒 | newly hatched bird; fig. inexperienced person; fig. chick (slighting term for young woman); bimbo | |
| 外放 外放 | extroverted; outgoing; to play audio through speakers (rather than through earphones); (old) to appoint to a post outside the capital | |
| 国风 國風 | traditional Chinese style | |
| 韭菜 韭菜 | garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives; (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives) | |
| 蛾子 蛾子 | moth | |
| 臆想 臆想 | subjective idea | |
| 北上 北上 | to go up north | |
| 要饭 要飯 | to beg (for food or money) | |
| 开打 開打 | (of a sports competition or match) to commence; (of a war or battle) to break out; to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera); to brawl; to come to blows | |
| 东西南北 東西南北 | east west south north | |
| 有一手 有一手 | to have a skill; to have a lot on the ball; to have an affair | |
| 二八 二八 | 16; sixteen | |
| 花俏 花俏 | fancy; gaudy | |
| 用脑 用腦 | to undertake mental work | |
| 真谛 真諦 | the real meaning; the true essence | |
| 不兴 不興 | out of fashion; outmoded; impermissible; can't | |
| 大白菜 大白菜 | Chinese cabbage; napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) | |
| 本本分分 本本分分 | decorous; respectable | |
| 白果 白果 | ginkgo | |
| 煞是 煞是 | extremely; very | |
| 口诀 口訣 | mnemonic chant; rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order etc) | |
| 蠕动 蠕動 | to wiggle; to squirm; peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall) | |
| 一瞥 一瞥 | glance; glimpse | |
| 难记 難記 | hard to remember | |
| 包吃包住 包吃包住 | to provide full board | |
| 老妈子 老媽子 | older female servant; amah | |
| 楼子 樓子 | pavilion; variant of | |
| 看做 看做 | to regard as; to look upon as | |
| 白子 白子 | white Go chess piece; bee pupa; albino | |
| 住客 住客 | hotel guest; tenant | |
| 痞子 痞子 | ruffian; hooligan | |
| 茶钱 茶錢 | payment for tea; (old) tip; gratuity | |
| 字书 字書 | character book (i.e. school primer) | |
| 中号 中號 | medium-sized | |
| 不第 不第 | to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China) |