Vocabulary
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| 调停 調停 | to reconcile; to mediate; to bring warring parties to agreement; to arbitrate | |
| 生火 生火 | to make a fire; to light a fire | |
| 匪夷所思 匪夷所思 | unimaginable; outrageous; freakish | |
| 戎马 戎馬 | warhorse; armed forces; troops; (fig.) war; warfare | |
| 流居 流居 | to live in exile | |
| 趣事 趣事 | entertaining anecdote; interesting story or incident | |
| 七里香 七里香 | orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata); "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt | |
| 后心 後心 | middle of the back | |
| 鞍前马后 鞍前馬後 | to follow everywhere; to always be there for sb at their beck and call | |
| 派司 派司 | (loanword); pass (for gaining admittance); to pass (in a game of bridge etc); to get through; to pass (an exam etc) | |
| 并不在乎 並不在乎 | really does not care | |
| 上达 上達 | to reach the higher authorities | |
| 收银 收銀 | to receive payment | |
| 刀俎 刀俎 | sacrificial knife and altar | |
| 轻车简从 輕車簡從 | (of an official) to travel with little luggage and just a small escort; to travel without ostentation | |
| 世代相传 世代相傳 | passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down | |
| 死伤者 死傷者 | casualty (of an accident); dead and wounded | |
| 室外 室外 | outdoor | |
| 连发 連發 | to fire (a weapon) in rapid succession | |
| 转来转去 轉來轉去 | to rove around; to run around in circles; to walk back and forth | |
| 突发奇想 突發奇想 | suddenly have a thought (idiom); suddenly be inspired to do something | |
| 累死累活 累死累活 | to tire oneself out through overwork; to work oneself to death | |
| 酉时 酉時 | 5-7 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) | |
| 对决 對決 | confrontation; contest; showdown | |
| 动嘴皮子 動嘴皮子 | to move one's lips; to wag one's tongue | |
| 追打 追打 | to chase and beat | |
| 靡费 靡費 | to waste; to squander | |
| 求存 求存 | survival; the struggle to eke out a living; to seek for continued existence | |
| 仲秋 仲秋 | second month of autumn; 8th month of the lunar calendar | |
| 秋收 秋收 | fall harvest; to reap | |
| 身在福中不知福 身在福中不知福 | to live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off | |
| 高居 高居 | to stand above; to occupy an important position; to rank (among the top few) | |
| 旧年 舊年 | last year; the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar) | |
| 巧思 巧思 | innovative thinking; ingenuity | |
| 寡居 寡居 | to live as a widow | |
| 岁初 歲初 | (literary) beginning of the year | |
| 旧地重游 舊地重遊 | (idiom) to return to a place after a long time away | |
| 口传 口傳 | to convey orally; to pass on by word of mouth (instructions, information, stories etc) | |
| 乱世 亂世 | the world in chaos; troubled times; (in Buddhism) the mortal world | |
| 便中 便中 | at one's convenience; when it's convenient | |
| 谪居 謫居 | (of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment | |
| 步辇 步輦 | (literary) palanquin; sedan chair; (literary) to ride in a palanquin | |
| 红颜知己 紅顏知己 | close female friend; confidante | |
| 追还 追還 | to recover (lost property or money); to win back | |
| 紧追 緊追 | to pursue closely | |
| 争相 爭相 | to fall over each other in their eagerness to... | |
| 说亲 說親 | to act as a matchmaker | |
| 孀居 孀居 | to live in widowhood (formal) | |
| 照说 照說 | normally; ordinarily speaking | |
| 过火 過火 | to go too far; to go overboard (in words or actions); over the top; excessive; burned |