Vocabulary

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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
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
zàng liù five viscera and six bowels (TCM) Idiom ∼HSK 2
wǎng kāi 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
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
zhī - (idiom) to say not a single word about it Idiom ∼HSK 2
绿 dēng hóng jiǔ lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking; debauched and corrupt environment Idiom ∼HSK 2
yǎn yǎn dying; at one's last gasp Idiom ∼HSK 2
zuǒ yòu wéi nán (idiom) between a rock and a hard place; in a dilemma Idiom ∼HSK 2
huā tiān jiǔ to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures; life of debauchery Idiom ∼HSK 2
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
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
bái zhǐ hēi (written) in black and white Idiom ∼HSK 2
fèng máo lín jiǎo lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between Idiom ∼HSK 2
qīng chē shú 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
jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
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
qīng xìn to easily trust; gullible; naïve Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
xià liú lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
jiàn bu rén shameful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
sān cháng liǎng duǎn unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
méi wán méi liǎo without end; incessantly; on and on Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
nán shòu to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear Xiehouyu HSK 2
nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
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
kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
zhǎng yǎn jing (coll.) are you blind or something?; look where you're going Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
nán hàn zhàng fu (coll.) he-man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
xīng xing (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky Colloquialism HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
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
to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
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
Dào Daoli, a district of Harbin in Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
two-character surname Moqi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Yún xiāo Yunxiao county in Zhangzhou, Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Huli, a district of Xiamen City, Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Chéng - National Cheng Kung University Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Zhōu tiān Sunday Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
xìn Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-), Thai businessman and politician, prime minister 2001-2006 Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
guì xìng what is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname? Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
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
Fēi xuě Flying Snow, a character in "Hero" Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Hēi shuǐ Heishui County (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, northwest Sichuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
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
Zhǎng lǎo huì Presbyterianism Proper Noun ∼HSK 2