Vocabulary
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| 来客 來客 | guest | |
| 外地人 外地人 | stranger; outsider | |
| 打坐 打坐 | to sit in meditation; to meditate | |
| 四大 四大 | the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters,,, 大字報|大 | |
| 浆洗 漿洗 | to wash and starch | |
| 要钱 要錢 | to charge; to demand payment | |
| 不用谢 不用謝 | You're welcome; Don't mention it | |
| 国人 國人 | compatriots (literary); fellow countrymen | |
| 试试看 試試看 | to give it a try | |
| 坏话 壞話 | unpleasant talk; malicious words | |
| 出没 出沒 | to come and go; to roam about; (of a ghost) to haunt (a place); (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets); (of the sun) to rise and set | |
| 了事 了事 | to dispose of a matter; to be done with it | |
| 还手 還手 | to hit back; to retaliate | |
| 好日子 好日子 | auspicious day; good day; happy life | |
| 后半 後半 | latter half | |
| 婢女 婢女 | slave girl; servant girl | |
| 不由 不由 | can't help (doing sth) | |
| 上半 上半 | first half | |
| 吃白饭 吃白飯 | to eat plain rice; (fig.) to eat and not pay for it; to sponge off others; to freeload | |
| 好用 好用 | useful; serviceable; effective; handy; easy to use | |
| 再好不过 再好不過 | couldn't be better; ideal; wonderful | |
| 四下 四下 | everywhere | |
| 病榻 病榻 | sickbed | |
| 不一 不一 | to vary; to differ | |
| 说到 說到 | to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for | |
| 有钱人 有錢人 | rich person; the rich | |
| 为上 為上 | to be valued above all else | |
| 说中 說中 | to hit the nail on the head; to predict correctly | |
| 对地 對地 | targeted (e.g. attacks) | |
| 走你 走你 | (neologism c. 2012) (interjection of encouragement) Let’s do this!; Come on, you can do this! | |
| 好玩 好玩 | amusing; fun; interesting | |
| 上年 上年 | last year | |
| 听起来 聽起來 | to sound like | |
| 就正 就正 | (literary and deferential) to solicit comments (on one's writing) | |
| 哥们儿 哥們兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 年过 年過 | over (a certain age) | |
| 找事 找事 | to look for employment; to pick a quarrel | |
| 等一会儿 等一會兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 比不了 比不了 | cannot compare to; to be no match for | |
| 买回 買回 | to buy back; to redeem; repurchase | |
| 的姐 的姐 | female taxi driver | |
| 不好说 不好說 | hard to say; can't be sure; difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say | |
| 年中 年中 | within the year; in the middle of the year; mid-year | |
| 好几年 好幾年 | several years | |
| 里里外外 裡裡外外 | inside and out | |
| 做小 做小 | to be sb's concubine | |
| 就着 就著 | (eat sth) with (sth else); taking advantage of; using | |
| 二等 二等 | second class; second-rate | |
| 去路 去路 | the way one is following; outlet | |
| 再一次 再一次 | again |