Vocabulary
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| 来日 來日 | future days; (literary) the next day; (old) past days | |
| 在先 在先 | to come first; previous; prior; beforehand; first; formerly | |
| 找着 找著 | to find | |
| 来着 來著 | auxiliary showing sth happened in the past | |
| 来客 來客 | guest | |
| 三两 三兩 | two or three | |
| 要钱 要錢 | to charge; to demand payment | |
| 不用谢 不用謝 | You're welcome; Don't mention it | |
| 打烊 打烊 | to close shop in the evening; also pr. [da3 yang2] | |
| 后事 後事 | future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements | |
| 坏话 壞話 | unpleasant talk; malicious words | |
| 出没 出沒 | to come and go; to roam about; (of a ghost) to haunt (a place); (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets); (of the sun) to rise and set | |
| 着花 著花 | to blossom; to come to flower; to be in bloom | |
| 年岁 年歲 | years of age; age | |
| 叫花子 叫花子 | beggar | |
| 做大 做大 | arrogant; to put on airs; (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale | |
| 有一次 有一次 | once; once upon a time | |
| 再好不过 再好不過 | couldn't be better; ideal; wonderful | |
| 上进 上進 | to make progress; to do better; fig. ambitious to improve oneself; to move forwards | |
| 点出 點出 | to point out; to indicate | |
| 要挟 要挾 | to threaten; to blackmail | |
| 走你 走你 | (neologism c. 2012) (interjection of encouragement) Let’s do this!; Come on, you can do this! | |
| 慢慢吃 慢慢吃 | Enjoy your meal!; Bon appetit! | |
| 子嗣 子嗣 | son; heir | |
| 下地 下地 | to go down to the fields; to get up from bed; to leave one's sickbed; to be born | |
| 吃坏 吃壞 | to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating | |
| 好走 好走 | bon voyage; Godspeed | |
| 想睡 想睡 | drowsy; sleepy | |
| 吃不下 吃不下 | not feel like eating; be unable to eat any more | |
| 一点不 一點不 | not at all | |
| 起手 起手 | to set about (doing sth) | |
| 年过 年過 | over (a certain age) | |
| 等一会儿 等一會兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 有的没的 有的沒的 | trivial (matters); triviality; nonsense; rubbish | |
| 不好说 不好說 | hard to say; can't be sure; difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say | |
| 哪儿跟哪儿 哪兒跟哪兒 | what's that have to do with it?; what's the connection? | |
| 大男人 大男人 | very masculine guy; a real man; (used ironically) a grown man | |
| 好几年 好幾年 | several years | |
| 白吃白喝 白吃白喝 | to freeload | |
| 里里外外 裡裡外外 | inside and out | |
| 对家 對家 | partner (in four person game); family of proposed marriage partner | |
| 好起来 好起來 | to get better; to improve; to get well | |
| 跑路 跑路 | to travel on foot; (informal) to run off; to abscond | |
| 说上 說上 | to say; to speak; to talk | |
| 对子 對子 | pair of antithetical phrases; antithetical couplet | |
| 过重 過重 | overweight (luggage) | |
| 想想看 想想看 | to think about it | |
| 再一次 再一次 | again | |
| 不用找 不用找 | "keep the change" (restaurant expression) | |
| 有话要说 有話要說 | to speak one's mind |