Vocabulary
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| 亿万 億萬 | millions and millions | |
| 变做 變做 | to turn into | |
| 左边儿 左邊兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 后边儿 後邊兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 右边儿 右邊兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 弄到 弄到 | to get hold of; to obtain; to secure; to come by | |
| 要得 要得 | good; fine | |
| 上座 上座 | seat of honor | |
| 怎么得了 怎麼得了 | how can this be?; what's to be done?; what an awful mess! | |
| 花红 花紅 | flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc); a bonus; crab apple (Malus asiatica) | |
| 走掉 走掉 | to leave | |
| 斯 斯 | this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle | |
| 年成 年成 | the year's harvest | |
| 练就 練就 | to master (a skill) | |
| 二更 二更 | second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old) | |
| 始 始 | begin, start; then, only then | |
| 见不得 見不得 | not fit to be seen by; should not be exposed to; can't bear to see | |
| 知了 知了 | cicada (onom.) | |
| 又名 又名 | also known as; alternative name; to also be called | |
| 求和 求和 | to sue for peace; to look for a draw (chess); summation (math.) | |
| 唱段 唱段 | aria (in opera) | |
| 应该的 應該的 | (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem | |
| 让开 讓開 | to get out of the way; to step aside | |
| 气人 氣人 | to anger; to annoy | |
| 取水 取水 | water intake; to obtain water (from a well etc) | |
| 了不得 了不得 | terrific; terrible; (after) very | |
| 交杯酒 交杯酒 | formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony | |
| 放倒 放倒 | to knock over; to knock down; to lay flat; to fell; to bring down | |
| 做为 做為 | to act as; used erroneously for 作為|作为 | |
| 斤两 斤兩 | weight; (fig.) importance | |
| 包在我身上 包在我身上 | leave it to me (idiom); I'll take care of it | |
| 怕生 怕生 | fear of strangers; to be afraid of strangers (of small children) | |
| 弄到手 弄到手 | to get in hand; to get (one's) hands on; to get hold of (in the sense of to acquire) | |
| 好意思 好意思 | to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) | |
| 不中意 不中意 | not to one's liking | |
| 尼 尼 | Buddhist nun; transliteration | |
| 天啊 天啊 | good heavens!; oh my God! | |
| 轻取 輕取 | to beat easily; to gain an easy victory | |
| 了无 了無 | to completely lack; to have not even the slightest | |
| 鲤鱼 鯉魚 | carp | |
| 向东 向東 | eastwards | |
| 个头儿 個頭兒 | size; height; stature | |
| 不太 不太 | Not too | |
| 听讲 聽講 | to attend a lecture; to listen to a talk | |
| 凉快 涼快 | nice and cold; pleasantly cool | |
| 叫作 叫作 | to call; to be called | |
| 问路 問路 | to ask for directions; to ask the way (to some place) | |
| 前年 前年 | the year before last | |
| 拿出 拿出 | to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) | |
| 站住 站住 | to stand |