Vocabulary
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| 党同伐异 黨同伐異 | to be narrowly partisan; to unite with those of the same views but alienate those with different views | |
| 如此而已 如此而已 | and that's all there is to it; nothing more than that (idiom) | |
| 传为佳话 傳為佳話 | to be passed on as a much-admired tale; to become a celebrated story (idiom) | |
| 窝藏 窩藏 | to harbor; to shelter | |
| 攻心为上 攻心為上 | winning hearts and minds is the best strategy (idiom); psychological tactics take precedence | |
| 斥骂 斥罵 | to scold | |
| 模糊不清 模糊不清 | indistinct; fuzzy; blurred with age | |
| 误打误撞 誤打誤撞 | accidentally; to act before thinking | |
| 多事之秋 多事之秋 | (idiom) troubled times; eventful period | |
| 上钩 上鉤 | to take the bait | |
| 腰斩 腰斬 | to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment); to cut sth in half; to reduce sth by a dramatic margin; to terminate; to cut short | |
| 身陷囹圄 身陷囹圄 | thrown into prison; behind bars | |
| 不予理会 不予理會 | to ignore; to brush off; to dismiss; to pay no attention to | |
| 坎坎 坎坎 | (dialect) just now | |
| 在所不惜 在所不惜 | to spare no sacrifice; to be willing to do whatever it takes (idiom) | |
| 情商 情商 | emotional intelligence; emotional intelligence quotient (EQ); (Tw) to ask a special favor of (sb) | |
| 不理不睬 不理不睬 | to completely ignore (idiom); to pay no attention to; not to be in the least concerned about | |
| 设身处地 設身處地 | to put oneself in sb else's shoes | |
| 以怨报德 以怨報德 | to repay kindness with hatred (idiom); to return evil for good; ingratitude | |
| 复审 復審 | to re-examine; to recheck; (law) to conduct a judicial review; to retry (a case) | |
| 称颂 稱頌 | to praise | |
| 勃然大怒 勃然大怒 | (idiom) to fly into a rage; to see red | |
| 纵放 縱放 | undisciplined; untrammeled; to indulge | |
| 自知之明 自知之明 | (idiom) self-knowledge | |
| 高手如云 高手如雲 | (idiom) teeming with experts | |
| 托管 託管 | trusteeship; to trust | |
| 追缉 追緝 | to pursue; to be after; to hunt down (the perpetrator of a crime, an escaped prisoner etc) | |
| 才华横溢 才華橫溢 | brimming over with talent (esp. literary); brilliant | |
| 推崇备至 推崇備至 | to praise to the skies; to hold in the highest esteem (idiom) | |
| 铺垫 鋪墊 | to spread out bedding; bedcover | |
| 不时之需 不時之需 | a possible period of want or need | |
| 位极人臣 位極人臣 | to have reached the highest official positions | |
| 要旨 要旨 | the gist (of a text or argument); the main points | |
| 尽皆 盡皆 | all; without exception; complete; whole; entirely | |
| 乱麻 亂麻 | lit. tangled skein; in a tremendous muddle; confused | |
| 窖藏 窖藏 | to store in a cellar | |
| 为国为民 為國為民 | for the country and the people; serving the nation and its people (idiom) | |
| 伪证 偽證 | perjury | |
| 闭锁 閉鎖 | to lock | |
| 不足为怪 不足為怪 | not at all surprising (idiom) | |
| 闭门不出 閉門不出 | to shut the door and not go out; to stay secluded at home (idiom) | |
| 死而不僵 死而不僵 | dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis; to die hard (idiom); to die yet not be vanquished (idiom) | |
| 竭尽心力 竭盡心力 | to do one's utmost; to exert all one's heart and energy (idiom) | |
| 母以子贵 母以子貴 | a mother's status rises with her son's success (idiom); honored on account of one's son | |
| 经世 經世 | statecraft | |
| 饱学之士 飽學之士 | a learned scholar; a person of great erudition (idiom) | |
| 虚无 虛無 | nothingness | |
| 歪风 歪風 | unhealthy trend; noxious influence | |
| 私心杂念 私心雜念 | selfish motives and distracting thoughts; private and impure thoughts (idiom) | |
| 遥不可及 遙不可及 | unattainable; far-fetched; out of reach; exceedingly remote or distant |