Vocabulary

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被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
五脏六腑 五臟六腑 wǔ zàng liù fǔ five viscera and six bowels (TCM) Idiom ∼HSK 2
网开一面 網開一面 wǎng kāi yī miàn open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly; to give one's opponent a way out; lenient treatment Idiom ∼HSK 2
风花雪月 風花雪月 fēng huā xuě yuè wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance; love affair; romance is in the air; dissipated life Idiom ∼HSK 2
只字不提 隻字不提 zhī zì - bù tí (idiom) to say not a single word about it Idiom ∼HSK 2
灯红酒绿 燈紅酒綠 dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking; debauched and corrupt environment Idiom ∼HSK 2
奄奄一息 奄奄一息 yǎn yǎn yī xī dying; at one's last gasp Idiom ∼HSK 2
左右为难 左右為難 zuǒ yòu wéi nán (idiom) between a rock and a hard place; in a dilemma Idiom ∼HSK 2
花天酒地 花天酒地 huā tiān jiǔ dì to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures; life of debauchery Idiom ∼HSK 2
白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part Idiom ∼HSK 2
不知轻重 不知輕重 bù zhī qīng zhòng lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things; naive; doesn't know who's who; no sense of priorities Idiom ∼HSK 2
白纸黑字 白紙黑字 bái zhǐ hēi zì (written) in black and white Idiom ∼HSK 2
凤毛麟角 鳳毛麟角 fèng máo lín jiǎo lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between Idiom ∼HSK 2
轻车熟路 輕車熟路 qīng chē shú lù lit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom); fig. to do sth routinely and with ease; a walk in the park Idiom ∼HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
有数 有數 yǒu shù to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score; not many; only a few Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
轻信 輕信 qīng xìn to easily trust; gullible; naïve Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
下流 下流 xià liú lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
见不得人 見不得人 jiàn bu dé rén shameful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
三长两短 三長兩短 sān cháng liǎng duǎn unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
没完没了 沒完沒了 méi wán méi liǎo without end; incessantly; on and on Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难看 難看 nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
难受 難受 nán shòu to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear Xiehouyu HSK 2
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
不长眼睛 不長眼睛 bù zhǎng yǎn jing (coll.) are you blind or something?; look where you're going Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
姐夫 姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
男子汉大丈夫 男子漢大丈夫 nán zǐ hàn dà zhàng fu (coll.) he-man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
星星 星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky Colloquialism HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
猫 貓 māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
上元节 上元節 Shàng yuán jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
道里 道裡 Dào lǐ Daoli, a district of Harbin in Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
万俟 万俟 Mò qí two-character surname Moqi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
云霄 雲霄 Yún xiāo Yunxiao county in Zhangzhou, Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
湖里 湖裡 Hú lǐ Huli, a district of Xiamen City, Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
成大 成大 Chéng - Dà National Cheng Kung University Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
周天 週天 Zhōu tiān Sunday Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
他信 他信 Tā xìn Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006 Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname? Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
大雪 大雪 Dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
飞雪 飛雪 Fēi xuě Flying Snow, a character in "Hero" Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
黑水 黑水 Hēi shuǐ Heishui County (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, northwest Sichuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
街市 街市 jiē shì downtown area; commercial district; (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
长老会 長老會 Zhǎng lǎo huì Presbyterianism Proper Noun ∼HSK 2