Vocabulary
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| 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 ... | |
| 美 美 | (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) | |
| 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 | |
| 继续 繼續 | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with | |
| 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 | |
| 需要 需要 | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs | |
| 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}) | |
| 鱼肉百姓 魚肉百姓 | to prey on the people | Idiom |
| 说不得 說不得 | to be unmentionable; be unspeakable; must; cannot but | Xiehouyu |
| 三长两短 三長兩短 | unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death | Xiehouyu |
| 面熟 面熟 | to look familiar; familiar-looking | Xiehouyu |
| 改行 改行 | to change profession | Xiehouyu |
| 难看 難看 | ugly; unsightly | Xiehouyu |
| 姐夫 姐夫 | (coll.) older sister's husband | Colloquialism |
| 男子汉大丈夫 男子漢大丈夫 | (coll.) he-man | Colloquialism |
| 够 夠 | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | Colloquialism |
| 挺 挺 | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | Colloquialism |
| 杭州 杭州 | see 杭州市[Hang2zhou1 Shi4] | 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 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 贵姓 貴姓 | what is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname? | Proper Noun |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 府 府 | prefecture; prefect; government | |
| 林 林 | forest, grove; surname | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname | |
| 急着 急著 | urgently | |
| 老夫 老夫 | I (spoken by an old man) | |
| 百姓 百姓 | common people | |
| 画像 畫像 | portrait; to do a portrait of sb | |
| 千年 千年 | millennium | |
| 言 言 | words, speech; speak, say | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 身 身 | body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 | |
| 应该的 應該的 | (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem | |
| 不可能 不可能 | impossible; cannot; not able | |
| 义 義 | right conduct, righteousness | |
| 长得 長得 | to look (pretty, the same etc) | |
| 在身 在身 | to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) |