Vocabulary
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| 爹 爹 | dad | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 挥 揮 | to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 耍 耍 | to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) | |
| 计 計 | to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge | |
| 哼 哼 | to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 婚姻 婚姻 | matrimony; wedding; marriage | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 所谓 所謂 | so-called; what is called | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 眉清目秀 眉清目秀 | pretty; with delicate features | Idiom |
| 孤苦伶仃 孤苦伶仃 | solitary and impoverished (idiom) | Idiom |
| 振振有辞 振振有辭 | to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions; also written 振振有詞|振振有词 | Idiom |
| 礼尚往来 禮尚往來 | lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom); fig. to return politeness for politeness | Idiom |
| 锦上添花 錦上添花 | lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom); fig. to give sth additional splendor; to provide the crowning touch; (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off | Idiom |
| 雪中送炭 雪中送炭 | lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom); fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need | Idiom |
| 肃然起敬 肅然起敬 | to feel deep veneration for sb (idiom) | Idiom |
| 小题大作 小題大作 | variant of | Idiom |
| 省吃俭用 省吃儉用 | to live frugally | Idiom |
| 三寸不烂之舌 三寸不爛之舌 | to have a silver tongue; to have the gift of the gab | Idiom |
| 天花乱坠 天花亂墜 | lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom); fig. extravagant embellishments; hype | Idiom |
| 不同凡响 不同凡響 | lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding; brilliant; out of the common run | Idiom |
| 天作之合 天作之合 | a match made in heaven (idiom) | Idiom |
| 不费吹灰之力 不費吹灰之力 | as easy as blowing off dust; effortless; with ease | Idiom |
| 同甘共苦 同甘共苦 | shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows; for better or for worse | Idiom |
| 平白无故 平白無故 | (idiom) for no reason whatever; inexplicably | Xiehouyu |
| 大功告成 大功告成 | successfully accomplished (project or goal); to be highly successful | Xiehouyu |
| 见死不救 見死不救 | lit. to see someone dying and not save them (idiom); fig. to refuse to help someone in mortal danger | Xiehouyu |
| 高攀 高攀 | social climbing; to claim connections with people in higher social class | Xiehouyu |
| 贱人 賤人 | slut; cheap person | 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 |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 娘子 娘子 | (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman | |
| 帐单 帳單 | bill; check | |
| 独生子 獨生子 | a son who is an only child | |
| 地利 地利 | favorable location; in the right place; productivity of land | |
| 伙计 伙計 | partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant | |
| 仁心仁术 仁心仁術 | benevolent heart and skillful execution (idiom, from Mencius); charitable in thought and deed | |
| 禀告 稟告 | to report (to one's superior) |