Vocabulary

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wǎng kāi miàn open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly; to give one's opponent a way out; lenient treatment Idiom ∼HSK 2
píng píng zuò to be on an equal footing Idiom ∼HSK 2
zhī qīng zhòng lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things; naive; doesn't know who's who; no sense of priorities Idiom ∼HSK 2
méi méi day and night; regardless of the time of day or night Idiom ∼HSK 2
néng shuō huì dào can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab Idiom ∼HSK 2
xìn kǒu kāi to speak without thinking (idiom); to blurt sth out Idiom ∼HSK 2
fēng huā xuě yuè wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance; love affair; romance is in the air; dissipated life Idiom ∼HSK 2
滿 míng mǎn tiān xià world famous Idiom ∼HSK 2
tóu zhòng jiǎo qīng top-heavy; fig. unbalance in organization or political structure Idiom ∼HSK 2
shào nián lǎo chéng accomplished though young; lacking youthful vigor Idiom ∼HSK 2
bàn bu dào impossible; can't be done; no can do; unable to accomplish Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
yào liǎn to have no sense of shame; shameless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
kào bu zhù unreliable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
shuō tōng it does not make sense Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
nán shàng jiā nán extremely difficult; even more difficult Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
cǎo bāo bag made of woven straw; bag filled with straw; (fig.) a good-for-nothing; clumsy oaf Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
dǎo (coll.) forget it; drop it; let it go; to pull down Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
wán shì to be finished (with sth) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
gāo cái great talent; rare capability; person of outstanding ability Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
sān jiǎo māo sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
jiǔ shí pretty close; very near; about right Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
huài dàn bad egg; scoundrel; bastard Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
chī wài to work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds you Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
chū fēng tou to push oneself forward; to seek fame; to be in the limelight; same as 出锋头 Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
nán shòu to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear Xiehouyu HSK 2
nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
jiē tóu connector; joint; coupling; (coll.) to contact; to get in touch with; to have knowledge of; to be familiar with Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
chǎng zi (coll.) gathering place; public venue Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants; water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals); (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
gǒu gōu (coll.) dog; doggie Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
méi zhǎng yǎn jing (coll.) are you blind or something?; look where you're going Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
ge tóu (coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in "expert", my ass!) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
cài niǎo (coll.) sb new to a particular subject; rookie; beginner; newbie Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
diǎn Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.) dictionary Colloquialism HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
Hào Rán Hao Ran (1932-2008), journalist and proletarian novelist Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Nán Hǎi South China Sea Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
míng Daming Lake in Jinan, Shandong Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Wàn Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Shān yīn Shanyin county in Shuozhou, Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
míng Daming county in Handan, Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Zhǎng Zhangzi county in Shanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
xìn Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006 Proper Noun ∼HSK 2