Vocabulary
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| 快进 快進 | fast-forward (media player) | |
| 回天 迴天 | to reverse a desperate situation | |
| 写下 寫下 | to write down | |
| 上手 上手 | to obtain; to master; overhand (serve etc); seat of honor | |
| 老东西 老東西 | (derog.) old fool; old bastard | |
| 八十 八十 | eighty; 80 | |
| 老老 老老 | maternal grandmother; same as 姥姥 | |
| 十九 十九 | nineteen; 19 | |
| 看上 看上 | to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for | |
| 影 影 | shadow; image, reflection; photograph | |
| 花钱 花錢 | to spend money | |
| 叫做 叫做 | to be called; to be known as | |
| 家小 家小 | wife and children; wife | |
| 找不着 找不著 | to be unable to find | |
| 买下 買下 | to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc) | |
| 不等 不等 | unequal; varied | |
| 说好 說好 | to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations | |
| 说笑 說笑 | to chat and laugh; to crack jokes; to banter | |
| 三五 三五 | several; three or five | |
| 年年 年年 | year after year; yearly; every year; annually | |
| 找回 找回 | to retrieve | |
| 很是 很是 | (formal) very; quite; deeply (usu. followed by a two-syllable adjective or verb) | |
| 来着 來著 | auxiliary showing sth happened in the past | |
| 好过 好過 | to have an easy time; (feel) well | |
| 后半 後半 | latter half | |
| 忙着 忙著 | to be occupied with (doing sth) | |
| 不由 不由 | can't help (doing sth) | |
| 对不住 對不住 | to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal) | |
| 拿人 拿人 | making things awkward; to cause difficulties; to exert influence; to attract | |
| 听错 聽錯 | to mishear | |
| 的姐 的姐 | female taxi driver | |
| 送走 送走 | to see off; to send off | |
| 为时 為時 | timewise; pertaining to time | |
| 见笑 見笑 | to mock; to be ridiculed; to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble) | |
| 拗不过 拗不過 | can't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb) | |
| 第二个人 第二個人 | the second person; (fig.) someone else; third party | |
| 大过年 大過年 | Chinese New Year | |
| 跟风 跟風 | to go with the tide; to blindly follow the crowd; to follow the trend | |
| 字号 字號 | characters and numbers (as used in a code); alphanumeric code; serial number | |
| 上山 上山 | to climb a hill; to go to the mountains; (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons); to pass away; (of the sun or moon) to rise | |
| 读书人 讀書人 | scholar; intellectual | |
| 天涯 天涯 | the other end of the world; a faraway place | |
| 脑 腦 | brain | |
| 拿来 拿來 | to bring; to fetch; to get | |
| 看错 看錯 | to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for sb else); to misread (a document) | |
| 进门 進門 | to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage | |
| 攸关 攸關 | of great concern | |
| 重地 重地 | location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public); sensitive area | |
| 几岁 幾歲 | how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) | |
| 出家 出家 | to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun |