Vocabulary
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| 比较 比較 | to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison | |
| 根本 根本 | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all | |
| 极了 極了 | extremely; exceedingly | |
| 活 活 | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship | |
| 保护 保護 | to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection | |
| 处理 處理 | to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices | |
| 解决 解決 | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 使 使 | to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger | |
| 受 受 | to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) | |
| 如何 如何 | how; what way; what | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 决定 決定 | to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly | |
| 任何 任何 | any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever | |
| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 内 內 | inside; inner; internal; within; interior | |
| 关系 關係 | relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi | |
| 已 已 | already; to stop; then; afterwards | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core | |
| 只是 只是 | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however | |
| 为了 為了 | for; for the purpose of; in order to | |
| 发生 發生 | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out | |
| 希望 希望 | to hope; a hope; a wish | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 所 所 | actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive | |
| 时 時 | o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 被 被 | quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 三长两短 三長兩短 | unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death | Xiehouyu |
| 拉倒 拉倒 | (coll.) forget it; drop it; let it go; to pull down | Xiehouyu |
| 玩完 玩完 | (coll.) to end in failure; to come to grief; to bite the dust | Xiehouyu |
| 正好 正好 | just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that | Xiehouyu |
| 姐夫 姐夫 | (coll.) older sister's husband | Colloquialism |
| 老头子 老頭子 | (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man | Colloquialism |
| 淮阴 淮陰 | Huaiyin district of Huai'an city, Jiangsu | Proper Noun |
| 黄山 黃山 | Huangshan, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province | Proper Noun |
| 西湖 西湖 | Xihu or West lake (place name); West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang; Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 林 林 | forest, grove; surname | |
| 千年 千年 | millennium | |
| 灯会 燈會 | carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 长得 長得 | to look (pretty, the same etc) | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 街坊 街坊 | neighborhood; neighbor | |
| 成了 成了 | to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! |