Vocabulary
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| 剑走偏锋 劍走偏鋒 | the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom); fig. unexpected winning move; unconventional gambit | |
| 天道酬勤 天道酬勤 | Heaven rewards the diligent. (idiom) | |
| 信以为真 信以為真 | to take sth to be true | |
| 脆爽 脆爽 | (of food) crispy and tasty; (of a voice or sound) sharp and clear | |
| 出其不备 出其不備 | 出: go out, send out; stand; produce · 其: his, her, its, their; that · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 备: prepare, ready, perfect | |
| 佳作 佳作 | masterpiece; fine piece of writing | |
| 碌碌无为 碌碌無為 | unaccomplished; mediocre; feckless | |
| 过关斩将 過關斬將 | to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) | |
| 守望相助 守望相助 | to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors; mutual help and protection | |
| 妙品 妙品 | a fine work of art | |
| 听岔 聽岔 | to mishear; to hear wrongly | |
| 骂娘 罵娘 | to curse (at sb); to call sb names | |
| 灰白 灰白 | ash-colored | |
| 不怠 不怠 | unremitting in one's efforts | |
| 认死理 認死理 | obstinate; opinionated | |
| 杳无音讯 杳無音訊 | 杳: obscure, dark, mysterious, deep · 无: negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71 · 音: sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation · 讯: inquire; ask; examine; reproach | |
| 驾鹤西去 駕鶴西去 | lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise; fig. to pass away (idiom) | |
| 奸邪 奸邪 | crafty and evil; a treacherous villain | |
| 剥离 剝離 | to peel; to strip; to peel off; to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc) | |
| 不可逆转 不可逆轉 | irreversible | |
| 良材 良材 | good timber; sound material; fig. able person; sound chap | |
| 鱼与熊掌不可兼得 魚與熊掌不可兼得 | lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it | |
| 优于 優於 | to surpass | |
| 伏案 伏案 | to bend over one's desk (writing, studying, taking a nap etc) | |
| 夹道欢迎 夾道歡迎 | to line the streets in welcome | |
| 耄耋之年 耄耋之年 | old age (in one's 80s, 90s, or more) | |
| 迅疾 迅疾 | rapid; swift | |
| 下陷 下陷 | to subside; subsidence | |
| 古稀之年 古稀之年 | 古: old, classic, ancient · 稀: rare, unusual, scarce; sparse · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to | |
| 一股脑儿 一股腦兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 荡秋千 盪鞦韆 | to swing (on a swing) | |
| 死翘翘 死翹翹 | to die; to drop dead | |
| 索讨 索討 | to demand; to ask for | |
| 言情 言情 | (of a movie, novel etc) portraying a love affair; romantic; sentimental | |
| 飘浮 飄浮 | to float; to hover; also written 漂浮 | |
| 今昔 今昔 | past and present; yesterday and today | |
| 劫掠 劫掠 | to loot; to plunder | |
| 主调 主調 | main point of an argument; a principal viewpoint | |
| 奇袭 奇襲 | surprise attack; raid | |
| 邪路 邪路 | deviant path; evil ways | |
| 污泥 汙泥 | mud; sludge | |
| 怯懦 怯懦 | timid; cowardly; chicken-hearted | |
| 病残 病殘 | sick or disabled; invalid; disability | |
| 浮尘 浮塵 | dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface); large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm | |
| 掷骰子 擲骰子 | to throw the dice | |
| 惨淡 慘淡 | dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort | |
| 酒伴 酒伴 | drinking buddy | |
| 全盛 全盛 | flourishing; at the peak; in full bloom | |
| 滴下 滴下 | drip | |
| 依山傍水 依山傍水 | mountains on one side and water on the other |