Vocabulary
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| 如何 如何 | how; what way; what | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 美 美 | (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) | |
| 每 每 | each; every | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 关系 關係 | relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 已 已 | already; to stop; then; afterwards | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core | |
| 只是 只是 | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however | |
| 为了 為了 | for; for the purpose of; in order to | |
| 希望 希望 | to hope; a hope; a wish | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 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 | |
| 需要 需要 | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs | |
| 时 時 | o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period | |
| 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) | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 开心 開心 | to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb | Xiehouyu |
| 你个头 你個頭 | (coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in "expert", my ass!) | Colloquialism |
| 姐夫 姐夫 | (coll.) older sister's husband | Colloquialism |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 南海 南海 | South China Sea | Proper Noun |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 挺好 挺好 | very good | |
| 夫子 夫子 | Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars); (used sarcastically) pedant | |
| 书院 書院 | academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty) | |
| 颜 顏 | face, facial appearance | |
| 不无 不無 | not without | |
| 元气 元氣 | vigor; strength; vitality | |
| 层楼 層樓 | multistoried building; tower; pagoda | |
| 府 府 | prefecture; prefect; government | |
| 老夫 老夫 | I (spoken by an old man) | |
| 林 林 | forest, grove; surname | |
| 听得懂 聽得懂 | to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says) | |
| 吹箫 吹簫 | to play the xiao (mouth organ); to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu, c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town,; to busk; virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 | |
| 然 然 | yes, certainly; pledge, promise | |
| 好生 好生 | (dialect) very; quite; properly; well; thoroughly | |
| 书画 書畫 | painting and calligraphy | |
| 论 論 | debate; discuss; discourse | |
| 助 助 | help, aid, assist | |
| 求得 求得 | to ask for sth and receive it; to try to obtain; to look for and obtain | |
| 脚下 腳下 | under the foot | |
| 四级 四級 | grade 4; fourth class; category D | |
| 湖边 湖邊 | lakeside | |
| 战 戰 | war, fighting, battle | |
| 一套 一套 | suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior |