Vocabulary

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防患于未然 防患於未然 fáng huàn yú wèi rán to prevent troubles before the event (idiom); to forestall; to nip sth in the bud Idiom ∼HSK 6
昭然若揭 昭然若揭 zhāo rán ruò jiē abundantly clear Idiom ∼HSK 6
拭目以待 拭目以待 shì mù yǐ dài lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see Idiom ∼HSK 6
瞎说 瞎說 xiā shuō to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
心虚 心虛 xīn xū lacking in confidence; diffident; to have a guilty conscience Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
出格 出格 chū gé to overstep the bounds of what is proper; to take sth too far; (of a measuring device) to go off the scale Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
难缠 難纏 nán chán (usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高攀 高攀 gāo pān social climbing; to claim connections with people in higher social class Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
坚不可摧 堅不可摧 jiān bù kě cuī (idiom) invulnerable; indestructible; impregnable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自作主张 自作主張 zì zuò - zhǔ zhāng (idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自作多情 自作多情 zì zuò - duō qíng to imagine that one's love is reciprocated; to shower affection on an uninterested party Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
胡扯 胡扯 hú chě to chatter; nonsense; blather Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
迷迷糊糊 迷迷糊糊 mí mí hū hū in a daze; bewildered Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
数不清 數不清 shǔ bu qīng countless; innumerable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
混日子 混日子 hùn rì zi to idle; to waste time Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
欺人太甚 欺人太甚 qī rén - tài shèn (idiom) to bully intolerably Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
明明白白 明明白白 míng míng bái bái clearly and plainly; perfectly clear (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
吃不消 吃不消 chī bu xiāo to be unable to tolerate or endure; to find sth difficult to manage Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
露馅 露餡 lòu xiàn to leak; to expose (sb's secret); to spill the beans; to let the cat out of the bag Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
一家之主 一家之主 yī jiā zhī zhǔ master of the house; head of the family Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
讨人嫌 討人嫌 tǎo rén xián unpleasant; disagreeable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
小媳妇 小媳婦 xiǎo xí fu young married woman; mistress; (fig.) punching bag; (old) child bride Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
万事如意 萬事如意 wàn shì rú yì to have all one's wishes (idiom); best wishes; all the best; may all your hopes be fulfilled Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
装模作样 裝模作樣 zhuāng mó - zuò yàng (idiom) to put on an act; to show affectation; to indulge in histrionics Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
多多益善 多多益善 duō duō yì shàn the more the better Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
靠天吃饭 靠天吃飯 kào tiān chī fàn to depend on the weather for one's livelihood (idiom); to be at the mercy of nature (esp. of farmers) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
缩成一团 縮成一團 suō chéng yī tuán to huddle together; to curl up Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自欺欺人 自欺欺人 zì qī qī rén to deceive others and to deceive oneself; to believe one's own lies Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自顾不暇 自顧不暇 zì gù bù xiá (idiom) to have one's hands full managing one's own affairs; too busy to spare time for anything extra Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
老死不相往来 老死不相往來 lǎo sǐ bù xiāng wǎng lái lit. to grow old without ever visiting one another (idiom); fig. to have nothing to do with each other; mutual isolation Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
一厢情愿 一廂情願 yī xiāng qíng yuàn one's own wishful thinking Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
势利眼 勢利眼 shì li yǎn snobbish; a snob Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
走下坡路 走下坡路 zǒu xià pō lù to go downhill; to decline; to slump Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
撒手不管 撒手不管 sā shǒu bù guǎn to stand aside and do nothing (idiom); to take no part in Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
无理取闹 無理取鬧 wú lǐ qǔ nào to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative Xiehouyu HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
一模一样 一模一樣 yī mú yī yàng exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] Xiehouyu HSK 6
不通 不通 bù tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
同行 同行 tóng háng person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry Xiehouyu HSK 6
闺蜜 閨蜜 guī mì (coll.) (a woman's) close female friend; bestie Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
甭管 甭管 béng guǎn (coll.) regardless of; no matter (where, who etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
不赖 不賴 bù lài (coll.) not bad; good; fine Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
添乱 添亂 tiān luàn (coll.) to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
归置 歸置 guī zhi (coll.) to put (things) back; to tidy up; to put in order Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
懒虫 懶蟲 lǎn chóng (coll.) lazybones Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
蹦跶 蹦躂 bèng da (coll.) to jump about; to be active; to be lively; (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing); to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
泡汤 泡湯 pào tāng (coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
蹭饭 蹭飯 cèng fàn (coll.) to mooch a meal Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
死缠烂打 死纏爛打 sǐ chán làn dǎ (coll.) to pester; to harass Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
碰瓷 碰瓷 pèng cí (coll.) to scam sb by setting up an "accident" in which one appears to have sustained damage or injury caused by the scam victim, then demanding compensation (variations include putting "expensive" porcelain in a place where it is likely to Colloquialism ∼HSK 6