Vocabulary
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| 大要 大要 | abstract; gist; main points | |
| 还口 還口 | to retort; to answer back | |
| 放风 放風 | to allow in fresh air; to allow a prisoner out for exercise; to give out information | |
| 蝎子 蠍子 | scorpion | |
| 年老 年老 | aged | |
| 年月 年月 | months and year; time; days of one's life | |
| 家小 家小 | wife and children; wife | |
| 了了 了了 | to realize clearly; to settle a matter; to get it over with | |
| 他国 他國 | another country | |
| 家去 家去 | (dialect) to go home; to return home | |
| 要说 要說 | as for; when it comes to | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 等一下 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile | |
| 汉 漢 | Chinese people; Chinese language | |
| 门前 門前 | in front of the door | |
| 吃人 吃人 | exploitative; oppressive | |
| 上一个 上一個 | previous one | |
| 本就 本就 | by nature; fundamentally; inherently | |
| 在地 在地 | (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) | |
| 老妈 老媽 | mother; mom | |
| 年来 年來 | this past year; over the last years | |
| 说好 說好 | to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations | |
| 工 工 | labor, work; worker, laborer | |
| 从来没有 從來沒有 | there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never | |
| 桌 桌 | table, desk, stand | |
| 是以 是以 | therefore; thus; so | |
| 下榻 下榻 | to stay (at a hotel etc during a trip) | |
| 好去 好去 | bon voyage; Godspeed | |
| 一百一 一百一 | faultless; impeccable | |
| 浆洗 漿洗 | to wash and starch | |
| 这下 這下 | this time | |
| 口渴 口渴 | thirsty | |
| 白日 白日 | daytime; sun; time | |
| 天机 天機 | mystery known only to heaven (archaic); inscrutable twist of fate; fig. top secret | |
| 贵人 貴人 | nobility; person of high rank | |
| 住手 住手 | to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand | |
| 几次 幾次 | several times | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 不明 不明 | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand | |
| 飞出 飛出 | to fly out | |
| 回事 回事 | (old) to report to one's master | |
| 重重 重重 | layer upon layer; one after another | |
| 茶水 茶水 | tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves | |
| 百病 百病 | every illness | |
| 医家 醫家 | healer; physician; medical man; doctor (esp. of TCM) | |
| 小事 小事 | trifle; trivial matter | |
| 帮帮忙 幫幫忙 | to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 行事 行事 | to execute; to handle; behavior; action; conduct | |
| 不分 不分 | not to distinguish; to make no distinction; (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role) |