Vocabulary

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穿帮 穿幫 chuān bāng (TV or movie) blooper; continuity error; (theater) to flub one's lines; unintended exposure of a body part; to be exposed (of a scheme or trick); to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue; to blow one's cover ∼HSK 1
找碴 找碴 zhǎo chá variant of ∼HSK 1
好起来 好起來 hǎo qǐ lai to get better; to improve; to get well ∼HSK 1
话说回来 話說回來 huà shuō huí lai (but) then again; (but) on the other hand ∼HSK 1
见笑 見笑 jiàn xiào to mock; to be ridiculed; to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble) ∼HSK 1
说不过去 說不過去 shuō bu guò qù cannot be justified; inexcusable ∼HSK 1
好记 好記 hǎo jì easy to remember ∼HSK 1
打跑 打跑 dǎ pǎo to run off rebuffed; to fend off; (to fight off and make sb) run off ∼HSK 1
月老 月老 yuè lǎo matchmaker; go-between; same as ∼HSK 1
用膳 用膳 yòng shàn to dine ∼HSK 1
难吃 難吃 nán chī unpalatable ∼HSK 1
比下去 比下去 bǐ xià qù to defeat; to be superior to ∼HSK 1
差不多的 差不多的 chà bu duō de the great majority ∼HSK 1
下次见 下次見 xià cì jiàn see you next time ∼HSK 1
大我 大我 dà wǒ the collective; the whole; (Buddhism) the greater self ∼HSK 1
去重 去重 qù chóng to remove duplicates ∼HSK 1
是次 是次 shì cì (formal) this time ∼HSK 1
骰子 骰子 tóu zi dice ∼HSK 1
妖女 妖女 yāo nǚ beautiful woman ∼HSK 1
干等 乾等 gān děng to wait in vain; to sit around waiting ∼HSK 1
什么好说 什麼好說 shén me hǎo shuō sth pertinent to say ∼HSK 1
小脑 小腦 xiǎo nǎo cerebellum (part of the brain) ∼HSK 1
正比 正比 zhèng bǐ direct ratio; directly proportional ∼HSK 1
不正常 不正常 bù zhèng cháng abnormal ∼HSK 1
大二 大二 dà èr second-year university student ∼HSK 1
买票 買票 mǎi piào to buy tickets; (Tw) to buy votes (in an election) ∼HSK 1
难住 難住 nán zhù to baffle; to stump ∼HSK 1
年会 年會 nián huì annual meeting ∼HSK 1
起球 起球 qǐ qiú (of a sweater, fabric etc) to pill ∼HSK 1
起小 起小 qǐ xiǎo since childhood ∼HSK 1
用语 用語 yòng yǔ choice of words; wording; phraseology; term ∼HSK 1
外快 外快 wài kuài extra income ∼HSK 1
打饭 打飯 dǎ fàn to get food at a canteen ∼HSK 1
进站 進站 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station; to arrive at a stop; (of a person) to enter a station; to visit a website; to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[ ∼HSK 1
包间 包間 bāo jiān private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc); parlor; booth; compartment ∼HSK 1
放话 放話 fàng huà to give orders; to spread news or rumors; to leak certain information intentionally ∼HSK 1
小白菜 小白菜 xiǎo bái cài bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) ∼HSK 1
住校 住校 zhù xiào to board at school ∼HSK 1
白开水 白開水 bái kāi shuǐ plain boiled water ∼HSK 1
家常菜 家常菜 jiā cháng cài home cooking ∼HSK 1
下午好 下午好 xià wǔ hǎo (greeting) good afternoon ∼HSK 1
高高手 高高手 gāo gāo shǒu Please do not be too severe on me! ∼HSK 1
起跑 起跑 qǐ pǎo to start running; the start of a race ∼HSK 1
过少 過少 guò shǎo too few; insufficient ∼HSK 1
没门儿 沒門兒 méi mén r no way; impossible ∼HSK 1
班会 班會 bān huì class meeting (in schools) ∼HSK 1
女仆 女僕 nǚ pú female servant; maid ∼HSK 1
打下手 打下手 dǎ xià shǒu to act in a supporting role; fig. to play second fiddle ∼HSK 1
玩不起 玩不起 wán bu qǐ can't afford to play; (fig.) can't accept it when one loses ∼HSK 1
饭点 飯點 fàn diǎn mealtime (lunchtime, dinnertime etc) ∼HSK 1