Vocabulary
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| 说到做到 說到做到 | to be as good as one's word (idiom); to keep one's promise | |
| 有一次 有一次 | once; once upon a time | |
| 对我来说 對我來說 | as far as I'm concerned | |
| 不二 不二 | the only (choice, way etc); undivided (loyalty) | |
| 下地 下地 | to go down to the fields; to get up from bed; to leave one's sickbed; to be born | |
| 花呢 花呢 | fancy suiting | |
| 穿帮 穿幫 | (TV or movie) blooper; continuity error; (theater) to flub one's lines; unintended exposure of a body part; to be exposed (of a scheme or trick); to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue; to blow one's cover | |
| 早在 早在 | as early as | |
| 难吃 難吃 | unpalatable | |
| 说书 說書 | folk art consisting of storytelling to music | |
| 后脑 後腦 | hindbrain; back of the head | |
| 行话 行話 | jargon; language of the trade | |
| 匡正 匡正 | to correct; to amend; to redress (evils) | |
| 口渴 口渴 | thirsty | |
| 白日 白日 | daytime; sun; time | |
| 高人 高人 | very able person | |
| 重重 重重 | layer upon layer; one after another | |
| 茶水 茶水 | tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves | |
| 上行 上行 | (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital); (of river boats) to go against the current; to submit (a document) to higher authorities | |
| 小小 小小 | very small; very few; very minor | |
| 住口 住口 | shut up; shut your mouth; stop talking | |
| 大白天 大白天 | broad daylight | |
| 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 | |
| 人影 人影 | the shadow of a human figure; a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb) | |
| 正门 正門 | main entrance; main gate; portal | |
| 想出 想出 | to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc) | |
| 后门 後門 | back door; back gate; (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings; anus; (computing) backdoor | |
| 想开 想開 | to get over (a shock, bereavement etc); to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things; to accept the situation and move on | |
| 老天 老天 | God; Heavens | |
| 欢 歡 | happy, pleased, glad; joy; enjoy | |
| 天明 天明 | dawn; daybreak | |
| 明月 明月 | bright moon; refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark | |
| 出家人 出家人 | monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist) | |
| 打水 打水 | to draw water; to splash water | |
| 再起 再起 | to arise again; to make a comeback; resurgence | |
| 洗衣 洗衣 | laundry | |
| 日出 日出 | sunrise | |
| 看不见 看不見 | cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible | |
| 军 軍 | army, military; soldiers, troops | |
| 放出 放出 | to let off; to give out | |
| 奸人 奸人 | crafty scoundrel; villain | |
| 回京 回京 | to return to the capital | |
| 麾下 麾下 | troops; subordinates; (honorific appellation for a general) | |
| 琐事 瑣事 | trifle | |
| 家事 家事 | family matters; domestic affairs; housework | |
| 高见 高見 | wise opinion; brilliant idea (honorific) | |
| 放进 放進 | to put into | |
| 先行 先行 | to start off before the others; to precede; to proceed in advance | |
| 事事 事事 | everything | |
| 老老 老老 | maternal grandmother; same as 姥姥 |