Vocabulary
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| 下一次 下一次 | next | |
| 打不过 打不過 | to be unable to defeat; to be no match for (sb) | |
| 五五 五五 | 50-50; equal (share, partnership etc) | |
| 工匠 工匠 | artisan; smith | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 说出 說出 | to speak out; to declare (one's view) | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 喝茶 喝茶 | to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") | |
| 衣 衣 | clothes, clothing; cover, skin | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 大小姐 大小姐 | eldest daughter of an affluent family; (polite) your daughter; bossy or indulged young woman; Miss High and Mighty | |
| 有一点 有一點 | a little; somewhat | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 要看 要看 | (it) depends on... | |
| 你等 你等 | (archaic) you all | |
| 不菲 不菲 | considerable (cost etc); bountiful (crop etc); high (social status etc) | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 那个人 那個人 | lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 有请 有請 | to request the pleasure of seeing sb; to ask sb in; to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech) | |
| 下水 下水 | downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot | |
| 对子 對子 | pair of antithetical phrases; antithetical couplet | |
| 最是 最是 | (before an adjective, to indicate superlative degree) the most...; (literary) what exemplifies this particular quality to the highest degree is... | |
| 正事 正事 | one's proper business | |
| 家事 家事 | family matters; domestic affairs; housework | |
| 家子 家子 | household; family | |
| 门外 門外 | outside the door | |
| 先行 先行 | to start off before the others; to precede; to proceed in advance | |
| 小子 小子 | (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) | |
| 话说 話說 | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 明了 明瞭 | to understand clearly; to be clear about; plain; clear; also written | |
| 几天 幾天 | several days | |
| 年来 年來 | this past year; over the last years | |
| 好用 好用 | useful; serviceable; effective; handy; easy to use | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 对不住 對不住 | to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal) | |
| 会客 會客 | to receive a visitor | |
| 外人 外人 | outsider; foreigner; stranger | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 第一次 第一次 | the first time; first; number one | |
| 想来 想來 | it may be assumed that | |
| 白日 白日 | daytime; sun; time | |
| 太过 太過 | excessively; too | |
| 一来 一來 | firstly,... | |
| 二来 二來 | secondly,... |