Vocabulary
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| 日理万机 日理萬機 | to attend to countless affairs of state each day (idiom); to be extremely busy with myriad responsibilities (of a ruler or leader) | Idiom |
| 扬眉吐气 揚眉吐氣 | to feel elated and vindicated (idiom); to hold one's head high after a period of oppression; to finally have one's day | Idiom |
| 不仁不义 不仁不義 | devoid of benevolence and righteousness (idiom); heartless and unjust | Idiom |
| 黄雀在后 黃雀在後 | lit. the oriole lurks behind (idiom); fig. an unseen rival waits to seize advantage while two parties fight | Idiom |
| 千愁万恨 千愁萬恨 | a thousand sorrows and ten thousand hatreds (idiom); endless grief and bitter resentment | Idiom |
| 神龙见首不见尾 神龍見首不見尾 | lit. a divine dragon shows its head but not its tail (idiom); fig. mysterious and elusive; appearing and vanishing unpredictably | Idiom |
| 刻不容缓 刻不容緩 | to brook no delay; to demand immediate action | Xiehouyu |
| 免不了 免不了 | unavoidable; can't be avoided | Xiehouyu |
| 不定 不定 | indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious | Xiehouyu |
| 留神 留神 | to take care; to be careful | Xiehouyu |
| 冤枉 冤枉 | to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile | Xiehouyu |
| 愣 愣 | to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly | Colloquialism |
| 宰 宰 | to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) | Colloquialism |
| 天伦之乐 天倫之樂 | family love and joy; domestic bliss | |
| 掉队 掉隊 | to fall behind; to drop out | |
| 阎王 閻王 | (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell; (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person | |
| 操劳 操勞 | to work hard; to look after | |
| 占卜 占卜 | to divine | |
| 一概 一概 | all; without any exceptions; categorically | |
| 请柬 請柬 | invitation card; written invitation | |
| 顺应 順應 | to comply; to conform to; in tune with; adapting to; to adjust to | |
| 跟上 跟上 | to catch up with; to keep pace with | |
| 根基 根基 | foundation | |
| 当即 當即 | at once; on the spot | |
| 稳妥 穩妥 | dependable | |
| 衔接 銜接 | to link up; to connect; to join | |
| 火速 火速 | at top speed; at a tremendous lick | |
| 门路 門路 | way of doing sth; the right social connection | |
| 坝 壩 | dam; dike; embankment | |
| 交界 交界 | common boundary; common border | |
| 公事 公事 | work-related matters; documents | |
| 祸害 禍害 | disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck | |
| 遛 遛 | to stroll; to walk (an animal) | |
| 势必 勢必 | to be bound to; undoubtedly will | |
| 枪毙 槍斃 | to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of | |
| 爽快 爽快 | refreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward | |
| 参谋 參謀 | staff officer; to give advice | |
| 告辞 告辭 | to say goodbye; to take one's leave | |
| 嫌弃 嫌棄 | to regard with disdain; to shun | |
| 行家 行家 | connoisseur; expert; veteran | |
| 提防 提防 | to guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip); Taiwan pr. [tí fáng] | |
| 风水 風水 | feng shui; geomancy | |
| 灵通 靈通 | fast and abundant (news); clever; effective | |
| 当务之急 當務之急 | top priority job; matter of vital importance | |
| 瞅 瞅 | (dialect) to look at | |
| 后人 後人 | later generation | |
| 与其 與其 | rather than...; 与其 A 如 B (rather than A, better to B) | |
| 竭尽全力 竭盡全力 | to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost | |
| 惨重 慘重 | disastrous | |
| 果真 果真 | really; as expected; sure enough; if indeed...; if it's really... |