Vocabulary
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| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 下回 下回 | next chapter; next time | |
| 小子 小子 | (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) | |
| 三分 三分 | somewhat; to some degree | |
| 做事 做事 | to work; to handle matters; to have a job | |
| 大白 大白 | to be revealed; to come out (of the truth); chalk (for whitening walls); (old) wine cup; (neologism c. 2021) healthcare worker or volunteer in full-body PPE (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic) (from the 2014 Disney version of the Marvel Com | |
| 不着 不著 | no need; need not | |
| 分钱 分錢 | cent; penny | |
| 明天见 明天見 | see you tomorrow; (coll., jocular) food that passes through the digestive system more or less intact (esp. enoki mushrooms) | |
| 回本 回本 | to recoup one's investment | |
| 我等 我等 | we; us (archaic) | |
| 不可 不可 | cannot; should not; must not | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 再不 再不 | or else; alternatively | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 怎么着 怎麼著 | what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5] | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 好几 好幾 | several; quite a few | |
| 说好 說好 | to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations | |
| 十几 十幾 | more than ten; a dozen or more | |
| 找机会 找機會 | to look for an opportunity | |
| 的哥 的哥 | male taxi driver; cabbie (slang) | |
| 国人 國人 | compatriots (literary); fellow countrymen | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 男的 男的 | man | |
| 不一 不一 | to vary; to differ | |
| 好玩 好玩 | amusing; fun; interesting | |
| 家老 家老 | (old) a senior in one's household | |
| 大男人 大男人 | very masculine guy; a real man; (used ironically) a grown man | |
| 小跑 小跑 | to trot; to jog | |
| 奶奶的 奶奶的 | damn it!; blast it! | |
| 和好 和好 | to become reconciled; on good terms with each other | |
| 韭菜 韭菜 | garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives; (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives) | |
| 东西南北 東西南北 | east west south north | |
| 话痨 話癆 | chatterer | |
| 大干 大幹 | to go all out; to work energetically | |
| 大后年 大後年 | three years from now; year after year after next year | |
| 错别字 錯別字 | incorrectly written or mispronounced characters | |
| 真是的 真是的 | Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) | |
| 动不动 動不動 | (typically followed by 就) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc); at the drop of a hat | |
| 上边 上邊 | the top; above; overhead; upwards; the top margin; above-mentioned; those higher up | |
| 里边 裡邊 | inside | |
| 请假 請假 | to request leave of absence | |
| 看病 看病 | to visit a doctor; to see a patient | |
| 一点儿 一點兒 | erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more | |
| 有名 有名 | famous; well-known | |
| 晚饭 晚飯 | evening meal; dinner; supper | |
| 白天 白天 | daytime; during the day; day |