Vocabulary
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| 认祖归宗 認祖歸宗 | 认: recognize, know, understand · 祖: ancestor, forefather; grandfather · 归: return; return to, revert to · 宗: lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan | Idiom |
| 孤陋寡闻 孤陋寡聞 | ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded | Idiom |
| 古今中外 古今中外 | at all times and in all places (idiom) | Idiom |
| 兢兢业业 兢兢業業 | (idiom) conscientious; assiduous | Idiom |
| 目瞪口呆 目瞪口呆 | dumbstruck (idiom); stupefied; stunned | Idiom |
| 当之无愧 當之無愧 | fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc) | Idiom |
| 里程碑 里程碑 | milestone | Idiom |
| 脱颖而出 脫穎而出 | to reveal one's talent (idiom); to rise above others; to distinguish oneself | Idiom |
| 外行 外行 | layman; amateur | Xiehouyu |
| 腐朽 腐朽 | rotten; decayed; decadent; degenerate | Xiehouyu |
| 一无所知 一無所知 | not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant; without an inkling | Xiehouyu |
| 不理 不理 | to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore | Xiehouyu |
| 独一无二 獨一無二 | unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled; nothing compares with it | Xiehouyu |
| 多余 多餘 | superfluous; unnecessary; surplus | Xiehouyu |
| 难以想象 難以想象 | Unimaginable | |
| 软实力 軟實力 | soft power (in international relations) | |
| 多元 多元 | poly-; multi-; multielement; multivariant; multivariate (math.) | |
| 过奖 過獎 | to overpraise; to flatter | |
| 勤俭 勤儉 | hardworking and frugal | |
| 自强不息 自強不息 | to strive unremittingly; self-improvement | |
| 弘扬 弘揚 | to enhance; to promote; to enrich | |
| 官吏 官吏 | bureaucrat; official | |
| 工序 工序 | working procedure; process | |
| 贫乏 貧乏 | impoverished; lacking; deficient; limited; meager; impoverishment; lack; deficiency | |
| 出土 出土 | to dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed; to come up out of the ground | |
| 公安局 公安局 | public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) | |
| 气魄 氣魄 | spirit; boldness; positive outlook; imposing attitude | |
| 刹那 剎那 | an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye | |
| 冒昧 冒昧 | bold; presumptuous; to take the liberty of | |
| 尼龙 尼龍 | nylon (loanword) | |
| 请柬 請柬 | invitation card; written invitation | |
| 旱 旱 | drought | |
| 宝库 寶庫 | treasure-house; treasury; treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom) | |
| 见义勇为 見義勇為 | to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth; acting heroically in a just cause | |
| 国宝 國寶 | national treasure | |
| 焕发 煥發 | to shine; to glow; to irradiate; to flash | |
| 沧桑 滄桑 | great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes; abbr. of 沧海桑田 | |
| 推选 推選 | to elect; to choose | |
| 蕴藏 蘊藏 | to hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc) | |
| 生怕 生怕 | to fear; afraid; extremely nervous; for fear that; to avoid; so as not to | |
| 周折 周折 | twists and turns; vicissitude; complication; difficulty; effort | |
| 情理 情理 | reason; sense | |
| 破除 破除 | to eliminate; to do away with; to get rid of | |
| 感慨 感慨 | to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful; deeply moved | |
| 容颜 容顏 | mien; complexion | |
| 气派 氣派 | impressive; stylish; magnificent; imposing manner; dignified air | |
| 镶嵌 鑲嵌 | to inlay; to embed; to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring); tiling; tesselation | |
| 载体 載體 | carrier (chemistry); vector (epidemiology); vehicle or medium | |
| 纵横 縱橫 | lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed; able to move unhindered; abbr. for 合纵连横, School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) | |
| 人文 人文 | humanities; human affairs; culture |