Vocabulary
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| 后悔莫及 後悔莫及 | too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event. | Idiom |
| 画地为牢 畫地為牢 | lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom); fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities | Idiom |
| 顾左右而言他 顧左右而言他 | (idiom) to digress from the topic of discussion | Idiom |
| 玄之又玄 玄之又玄 | mystery within a mystery; the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi | Idiom |
| 名不虚传 名不虛傳 | (idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 百川 百川 | rivers | |
| 垂泪 垂淚 | to shed tears | |
| 普渡 普渡 | (Buddhism, Daoism) to deliver all sentient beings from suffering; (Tw) a ritual of making offerings, esp. to wandering spirits rather than gods or ancestors | |
| 四顾 四顧 | to look around | |
| 施主 施主 | donor (Buddhist address) | |
| 修罗 修羅 | (Indian mythology) Asuras – powerful, malevolent beings who oppose the gods | |
| 仵作 仵作 | coroner (old) | |
| 灵药 靈藥 | legendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem | |
| 野狗 野狗 | wild dog; feral dog; stray dog | |
| 楼主 樓主 | original poster (in an online forum); landlord of a building (traditional) | |
| 大侠 大俠 | knight; swordsman; noble warrior; chivalrous hero | |
| 罪过 罪過 | sin; offense | |
| 诛九族 誅九族 | to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old) | |
| 不枉 不枉 | not in vain | |
| 实不相瞒 實不相瞞 | truth to tell; to be quite honest... | |
| 堂堂 堂堂 | grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance | |
| 练功 練功 | to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) | |
| 清炒 清炒 | to stir-fry; to saute | |
| 德行 德行 | morality and conduct; Taiwan pr. [de2 xing4] | |
| 君子动口不动手 君子動口不動手 | a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist | |
| 尸身 屍身 | corpse; dead body | |
| 经脉 經脈 | channel of TCM | |
| 心计 心計 | scheming; shrewdness | |
| 在这之前 在這之前 | before then; up until that point | |
| 可逆 可逆 | reversible; (math.) invertible | |
| 自轻自贱 自輕自賤 | to belittle oneself; self-contempt | |
| 用尽 用盡 | to exhaust; to use up completely | |
| 解毒 解毒 | to detoxify; to relieve fever (in Chinese medicine) | |
| 命不久矣 命不久矣 | at death's door | |
| 尸首 屍首 | dead body; corpse (Note: In expressions like or, decapitation is implied.) | |
| 查验 查驗 | inspection; to examine | |
| 经手 經手 | (lit.) to pass through one's hands; (fig.) to handle; to deal with | |
| 隐匿 隱匿 | to cover up; to hide; to conceal | |
| 查探 查探 | to check; to investigate; to probe (into) | |
| 逃命 逃命 | to escape; to flee; to run for one's life | |
| 谋划 謀劃 | to scheme; to plot; conspiracy | |
| 作恶 作惡 | to do evil | |
| 奸计 奸計 | evil plan; evil schemes | |
| 故人 故人 | old friend; the deceased | |
| 有损 有損 | to be harmful (to) | |
| 圣女果 聖女果 | cherry tomato | |
| 股掌 股掌 | (have sb in) the palm of one's hand; fig. (under) one's complete control |