Vocabulary
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| 革命 革命 | to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) | |
| 码 碼 | weight; number; code; to pile; to stack; classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc | |
| 粉丝 粉絲 | bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; Chinese vermicelli; cellophane noodles; fan (loanword); enthusiast for sb or sth | |
| 供 供 | to provide; to supply | |
| 毫无 毫無 | not in the least; to completely lack | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 万箭穿心 萬箭穿心 | lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom); fig. overcome with sorrow; fig. to lambaste; to rip sb to shreds | Idiom |
| 惨不忍睹 慘不忍睹 | lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom); fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious | Idiom |
| 养精蓄锐 養精蓄銳 | to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push | Idiom |
| 宁缺毋滥 寧缺毋濫 | better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option | Idiom |
| 打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 | lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others | Idiom |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 仙人掌 仙人掌 | cactus | |
| 憔悴 憔悴 | wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered | |
| 系主任 系主任 | head of a (university) department; department chair | |
| 兜风 兜風 | to catch the wind; to go for a spin in the fresh air | |
| 大餐 大餐 | sumptuous meal; banquet | |
| 大权 大權 | power; authority | |
| 小清新 小清新 | hipster | |
| 主语 主語 | subject (in grammar) | |
| 谈妥 談妥 | to come to terms; to reach an agreement | |
| 聚餐 聚餐 | communal meal; formal dinner of club or group | |
| 招人 招人 | to be infectious; to recruit | |
| 一个样 一個樣 | the same; of the same type | |
| 水患 水患 | flooding; inundation | |
| 原状 原狀 | previous condition; original state | |
| 代入 代入 | to substitute into | |
| 求解 求解 | to require a solution; to seek to solve (an equation) | |
| 惊风 驚風 | infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms) | |
| 感冒药 感冒藥 | medicine for colds | |
| 欺善怕恶 欺善怕惡 | 欺: cheat, double-cross, deceive · 善: good, virtuous, charitable, kind · 怕: to fear, be afraid of; apprehensive · 恶: evil, wicked, bad, foul | |
| 洗洁精 洗潔精 | dishwashing liquid | |
| 光合作用 光合作用 | photosynthesis | |
| 豆芽 豆芽 | bean sprout | |
| 睡午觉 睡午覺 | to have a nap | |
| 清心寡欲 清心寡慾 | (idiom) uninterested in self-indulgence; abstemious; ascetic | |
| 大驾光临 大駕光臨 | we are honored by your presence | |
| 有失远迎 有失遠迎 | (polite) excuse me for not going out to meet you | |
| 拖住 拖住 | to hold up; to hinder; to stall | |
| 好学 好學 | easy to learn | |
| 父女 父女 | father and daughter | |
| 气概 氣概 | lofty quality; mettle; spirit | |
| 看得见 看得見 | can see; visible | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 如一 如一 | consistent; the same; unvarying | |
| 养老 養老 | to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement | |
| 谦虚 謙虛 | modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks |