Vocabulary
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| 说中 說中 | to hit the nail on the head; to predict correctly | |
| 最后一天 最後一天 | final day | |
| 走你 走你 | (neologism c. 2012) (interjection of encouragement) Let’s do this!; Come on, you can do this! | |
| 在行 在行 | to be adept at sth; to be an expert in a trade or profession | |
| 正日 正日 | the day (of a festival, ceremony etc) | |
| 老小 老小 | the old and the young; the youngest member of the family | |
| 唬人 唬人 | to scare people; to bluff; to deceive | |
| 中间人 中間人 | intermediary; mediator | |
| 下地 下地 | to go down to the fields; to get up from bed; to leave one's sickbed; to be born | |
| 日月 日月 | the sun and moon; day and month; every day and every month; season; life and livelihood | |
| 花呢 花呢 | fancy suiting | |
| 吃坏 吃壞 | to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating | |
| 拿手菜 拿手菜 | specialty (dish) | |
| 比拚 比拚 | (Tw) to compete; contest | |
| 一字不差 一字不差 | (idiom) word for word; verbatim; without a single mistake or omission | |
| 一点不 一點不 | not at all | |
| 天车 天車 | gantry traveling crane | |
| 后话 後話 | something to be taken up later in speech or writing | |
| 老大不小 老大不小 | no longer a child (idiom) | |
| 大关 大關 | strategic pass; barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000); instrument of torture used to break limbs | |
| 过高 過高 | too high | |
| 二话不说 二話不說 | (idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur | |
| 找碴儿 找碴兒 | to pick a quarrel; to find fault; nitpicking | |
| 点大 點大 | (of a child etc) small as a mite; minuscule | |
| 跟包 跟包 | to work as footman; to do odd jobs; to understudy (an opera actor) | |
| 能手 能手 | expert | |
| 走读 走讀 | to attend school as a day student | |
| 老饕 老饕 | glutton | |
| 晚上好 晚上好 | Good evening! | |
| 买进 買進 | to purchase; to buy in (goods) | |
| 学人 學人 | scholar; learned person | |
| 比不了 比不了 | cannot compare to; to be no match for | |
| 茶几 茶几 | small side table; coffee table; teapoy (ornamental tripod with caddies for tea) | |
| 上有老下有小 上有老下有小 | lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom); fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children; sandwich generation | |
| 现做 現做 | to make (food) on the spot; freshly-made | |
| 老年人 老年人 | old people; the elderly | |
| 有的没的 有的沒的 | trivial (matters); triviality; nonsense; rubbish | |
| 回视 回視 | regression (psychology) | |
| 买回 買回 | to buy back; to redeem; repurchase | |
| 听课 聽課 | to attend a class; to go to a lecture | |
| 家子 家子 | household; family | |
| 他妈的 他媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 前女友 前女友 | ex-girlfriend | |
| 癖好 癖好 | one's passion; one's obsession | |
| 飞来飞去 飛來飛去 | to fly about; to fly hither and thither; to flit; to swarm; to spiral | |
| 梭子 梭子 | (textiles) shuttle; cartridge clip; classifier for bullet clips and bursts of gunfire | |
| 哪儿跟哪儿 哪兒跟哪兒 | what's that have to do with it?; what's the connection? | |
| 班上 班上 | (in the) class | |
| 大男人 大男人 | very masculine guy; a real man; (used ironically) a grown man | |
| 年中 年中 | within the year; in the middle of the year; mid-year |