Vocabulary
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| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 无中生有 無中生有 | to create something from nothing (idiom) | Idiom |
| 泪流满面 淚流滿面 | cheeks streaming with tears (idiom) | Idiom |
| 千辛万苦 千辛萬苦 | to suffer untold hardships (idiom); trials and tribulations; with difficulty; after some effort | Idiom |
| 一言为定 一言為定 | (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then | Idiom |
| 从天而降 從天而降 | (idiom) to fall from the sky; (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly; to drop into one's lap | Idiom |
| 怜香惜玉 憐香惜玉 | to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom) | Idiom |
| 自视甚高 自視甚高 | to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs; arrogant and self-important | Idiom |
| 颜面扫地 顏面掃地 | lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom; to be thoroughly discredited (idiom) | Idiom |
| 三言两语 三言兩語 | in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly | Idiom |
| 无地自容 無地自容 | (idiom) ashamed and unable to show one's face | Idiom |
| 搬弄是非 搬弄是非 | to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people; to tell tales; to make mischief | Idiom |
| 才貌双全 才貌雙全 | talented and good-looking (idiom) | Idiom |
| 不知天高地厚 不知天高地厚 | not to know the immensity of heaven and earth; an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities | Idiom |
| 完璧归赵 完璧歸趙 | lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner | Idiom |
| 万里无云 萬里無雲 | cloudless | Idiom |
| 言而有信 言而有信 | to speak and keep one's promise (idiom); as good as one's word | Idiom |
| 一穷二白 一窮二白 | impoverished; backward both economically and culturally | Idiom |
| 项庄舞剑 項莊舞劍 | lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast in 206 BC); fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious | Idiom |
| 纸上谈兵 紙上談兵 | lit. military tactics on paper (idiom); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing; cf Zhao Kuo leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Ch | Idiom |
| 无师自通 無師自通 | self-taught; to learn without a teacher (idiom) | Idiom |
| 落花流水 落花流水 | to be in a sorry state; to be utterly defeated | Idiom |
| 好色 好色 | to want sex; given to lust; lecherous; lascivious; horny | Xiehouyu |
| 言而无信 言而無信 | untrustworthy; not true to one's word | Xiehouyu |
| 不怀好意 不懷好意 | (idiom) to harbor evil designs; to harbor malicious intentions | Xiehouyu |
| 摸不着 摸不著 | can't touch; can't reach; (fig.) unable to get a grasp of | Xiehouyu |
| 刻薄 刻薄 | unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions | Xiehouyu |
| 脸上贴金 臉上貼金 | lit. to apply gold leaf to the face of a statue (idiom); fig. to talk up; to extol the virtues of (oneself or sb else) | Xiehouyu |
| 倒贴 倒貼 | to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money) | Xiehouyu |
| 大方 大方 | expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea | Xiehouyu |
| 热闹 熱鬧 | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | Xiehouyu |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 受不了 受不了 | unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand | Xiehouyu |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 聊天 聊天 | to chat; to gossip | Xiehouyu |
| 恶心 惡心 | nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately) | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 轻松 輕鬆 | light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously | Xiehouyu |
| 无法 無法 | unable; incapable | Xiehouyu |
| 拜拜 拜拜 | (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) | Colloquialism |
| 拉肚子 拉肚子 | (coll.) to have diarrhea | Colloquialism |
| 脱光 脫光 | to strip naked; to strip nude; (coll.) to find oneself a partner | Colloquialism |
| 女同 女同 | a lesbian (coll.) | Colloquialism |
| 极客 極客 | (loanword) (coll.) geek | Colloquialism |
| 小鲜肉 小鮮肉 | (coll.) teen idol (male) | Colloquialism |
| 男同 男同 | gay guy (coll.) | Colloquialism |
| 闪人 閃人 | (coll.) to beat it; to take French leave | Colloquialism |
| 尾巴 尾巴 | tail; colloquial pr. [yǐ ba] | Colloquialism |
| 穷 窮 | poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly | Colloquialism |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |