Vocabulary
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| 非同小可 非同小可 | extremely important; no small matter | Xiehouyu |
| 心狠手辣 心狠手辣 | (idiom) vicious; merciless | Xiehouyu |
| 甩手掌柜 甩手掌櫃 | lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper; fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself | Xiehouyu |
| 充数 充數 | to make up the number (i.e. to fill places up to a given number); to serve as stopgap | Xiehouyu |
| 顺水人情 順水人情 | to do sb a favor at little cost | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 宰了 宰了 | (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | 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)? | |
| 雅间 雅間 | private room (in a restaurant, bath house, etc) | |
| 客官 客官 | honored customer (sir) | |
| 查清 查清 | to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify | |
| 一臂之力 一臂之力 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 臂: arm · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 力: power, capability, influence | |
| 赤匪 赤匪 | red bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw)) | |
| 苦衷 苦衷 | secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties | |
| 除掉 除掉 | to eliminate | |
| 打探 打探 | to make discreet inquiries; to scout out | |
| 掏出 掏出 | to fish out; to take out (from a pocket, bag etc) | |
| 遥不可及 遙不可及 | unattainable; far-fetched; out of reach; exceedingly remote or distant | |
| 遛弯儿 遛彎兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 兄嫂 兄嫂 | elder brother and his wife | |
| 地形图 地形圖 | topographic map | |
| 爹娘 爹孃 | (dialect) parents | |
| 甘草 甘草 | licorice root | |
| 招供 招供 | to confess | |
| 探听 探聽 | to make inquiries; to try to find out; to pry | |
| 何事 何事 | what matter | |
| 活捉 活捉 | to capture alive | |
| 闭上 閉上 | to close; to shut up | |
| 不妙 不妙 | (of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring | |
| 耗子 耗子 | (dialect) mouse; rat | |
| 雅兴 雅興 | refined and elegant attitude of mind | |
| 不灵 不靈 | not work; be ineffective | |
| 纵使 縱使 | even if; even though | |
| 商议 商議 | to negotiate; discussion; proposal | |
| 临死 臨死 | facing death; at death's door | |
| 巷子 巷子 | alley | |
| 大牢 大牢 | prison | |
| 冤死 冤死 | to suffer an unjust death | |
| 腾出 騰出 | to make (some time or space) available (for sb) | |
| 勘察 勘察 | to reconnoiter; to explore; to survey | |
| 剿灭 剿滅 | to eliminate (by armed force) | |
| 提审 提審 | to commit sb for trial; to bring sb for interrogation | |
| 秉公 秉公 | justly; impartially | |
| 巡查 巡查 | to patrol | |
| 假扮 假扮 | to impersonate; to act the part of sb; to disguise oneself as sb else | |
| 文豪 文豪 | literary giant; great writer; eminent writer | |
| 上峰 上峰 | peak; summit; (old) higher authorities; superiors | |
| 叨扰 叨擾 | to bother; to trouble; (polite expression of appreciation for time taken to hear, help or host the speaker) sorry to have bothered you; thank you for your time | |
| 待命 待命 | to be on call; to be on standby |