Vocabulary
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| 社畜 社畜 | (coll.) corporate drone (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 社畜 "shachiku") | Colloquialism |
| 老赖 老賴 | (coll.) debt dodger | Colloquialism |
| 小样 小樣 | galley proof (printing); unimpressive; (coll.) little guy (mild insult also used as an affectionate term) | Colloquialism |
| 撑死 撐死 | full to the point of bursting; (coll.) at most | Colloquialism |
| 关你屁事 關你屁事 | (coll.) None of your goddamn business!; Mind your own business! | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 雷 雷 | thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 指着 指著 | Poke | |
| 却是 卻是 | nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... | |
| 表面上 表面上 | outwardly; superficially; on the face of it | |
| 幼稚园 幼稚園 | kindergarten (Tw) | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child | |
| 葱油饼 蔥油餅 | scallion pancake | |
| 不舒服 不舒服 | unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy | |
| 奢侈品 奢侈品 | luxury good | |
| 欢迎光临 歡迎光臨 | welcome | |
| 踏踏实实 踏踏實實 | steady; steadfast | |
| 条码 條碼 | barcode | |
| 鱼缸 魚缸 | fish tank; fishbowl; aquarium | |
| 靠谱 靠譜 | reliable; reasonable; probable | |
| 服务生 服務生 | server (at a restaurant) | |
| 聚餐 聚餐 | communal meal; formal dinner of club or group | |
| 游乐园 遊樂園 | amusement park | |
| 主打 主打 | principal; main; flagship (product); title (track); to specialize in; to take as one's priority; to primarily focus on | |
| 家公 家公 | head of a family; (polite) my father; (polite) my grandfather; your esteemed father | |
| 脂肪肝 脂肪肝 | fatty liver | |
| 依依 依依 | reluctant to part; (of grass etc) soft and pliable, swaying in the wind | |
| 有道理 有道理 | to make sense; reasonable | |
| 不清 不清 | unclear | |
| 添麻烦 添麻煩 | to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience | |
| 剪裁 剪裁 | to tailor (clothes); to trim (expenditure) | |
| 超音波 超音波 | ultrasound; ultrasonic wave | |
| 入职 入職 | to commence employment; to enter a company | |
| 威士忌 威士忌 | whiskey (loanword) | |
| 许愿 許願 | to make a wish; to make a vow; to promise a reward | |
| 销售额 銷售額 | sales figure; total income from sales; turnover | |
| 园长 園長 | person in charge of a place that ends in 園|园, such as a vineyard 葡萄園|葡萄园, zoo 動物園|动物园, cemetery 陵園|陵园 etc | |
| 高仿 高仿 | imitation; quality fake | |
| 欠债 欠債 | to owe a debt; the sum owed | |
| 干爹 乾爹 | adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) | |
| 澈底 澈底 | variant of | |
| 性格不合 性格不合 | incompatibility of temperament | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 捷径 捷徑 | shortcut | |
| 驯服 馴服 | to tame; tame; docile | |
| 核算 核算 | to calculate; accounting | |
| 西服 西服 | suit; Western-style clothes (historical usage) | |
| 学霸 學霸 | (slang) straight-A student; academic prodigy |