Vocabulary
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| 某些 某些 | some; certain (things) | |
| 灯节 燈節 | the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar) | |
| 挺住 挺住 | to stand firm; to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain) | |
| 假意 假意 | insincerity; hypocrisy; insincerely | |
| 老脸 老臉 | self-respect of old person; face; thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism); brazen | |
| 叩头 叩頭 | to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written | |
| 推倒 推倒 | to push over; to overthrow | |
| 办到 辦到 | to accomplish; to get (sth) done | |
| 改道 改道 | to change route; to divert (a road or a watercourse) | |
| 阴冷 陰冷 | gloomy and cold | |
| 边陲 邊陲 | border area; frontier | |
| 角门 角門 | corner gate | |
| 算不得 算不得 | not count as | |
| 一级 一級 | first class; category A | |
| 外加 外加 | in addition; extra | |
| 骇然 駭然 | overwhelmed with shock, horror or amazement; dumbstruck; aghast | |
| 篮子 籃子 | basket | |
| 留有 留有 | to remain in existence; to retain | |
| 包房 包房 | compartment (of train, ship etc); private room at restaurant; rented room for karaoke; hotel room rented by the hour | |
| 妓院 妓院 | brothel; whorehouse | |
| 位次 位次 | place (in numbered sequence); degree on employment scale | |
| 要务 要務 | key task; important affair | |
| 点灯 點燈 | to light a lamp | |
| 上房 上房 | central building (in a traditional house); primary wife | |
| 排满 排滿 | to line (a street); to fill up (a space); to be packed full; to fill up (one's schedule); to be fully booked; (old) to overthrow the Manchu regime | |
| 问道 問道 | to ask the way; to ask | |
| 推举 推舉 | to nominate as a worthy candidate; to recommend; to elect; to choose; (weightlifting) to (clean and) press | |
| 车队 車隊 | motorcade; fleet | |
| 只身 隻身 | alone; by oneself | |
| 分发 分發 | to distribute; distribution; to assign (sb) to a job | |
| 拉近 拉近 | to pull sb close to oneself; (fig.) (typically followed by) to bridge (the distance between people) (i.e. to build a closer relationship) | |
| 排场 排場 | ostentation; a show of extravagance; grand style; red tape | |
| 骑墙 騎牆 | to sit on the fence (in a dispute) | |
| 孩子气 孩子氣 | boyish; childish; childishness | |
| 百万 百萬 | million | |
| 商队 商隊 | caravan | |
| 片语 片語 | phrase | |
| 咱家 咱家 | I; me; my; (often used in early vernacular literature) | |
| 眼生 眼生 | unfamiliar; strange-looking | |
| 草莽 草莽 | a rank growth of grass; uncultivated land; wilderness | |
| 当夜 當夜 | on that night | |
| 信函 信函 | letter; piece of correspondence (incl. email) | |
| 肮脏 骯髒 | dirty; filthy; despicable | |
| 过场 過場 | interlude; to cross the stage; to do sth as a mere formality; to go through the motions | |
| 科考 科考 | preliminary round of imperial examinations; abbr. for, scientific exploration | |
| 熟手 熟手 | skilled person; an experienced hand | |
| 起头 起頭 | to start; at first; beginning | |
| 借读 借讀 | to attend school on a temporary basis | |
| 事体 事體 | things; affairs; decorum | |
| 年表 年表 | timeline; chronology; annals; financial year; year |