Vocabulary
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| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 掩人耳目 掩人耳目 | to fool people (idiom); to pull the wool over people's eyes | Idiom |
| 有口皆碑 有口皆碑 | every voice gives praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation | Idiom |
| 一见钟情 一見鍾情 | to fall in love at first sight (idiom) | Idiom |
| 礼尚往来 禮尚往來 | lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom); fig. to return politeness for politeness | Idiom |
| 高攀 高攀 | social climbing; to claim connections with people in higher social class | Xiehouyu |
| 瞎说 瞎說 | to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know what one is talking about | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | 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)? | |
| 隐疾 隱疾 | an unmentionable illness (e.g. venereal disease) | |
| 未婚 未婚 | unmarried | |
| 最优 最優 | optimal; optimum | |
| 浮夸 浮誇 | to exaggerate; to be boastful; pompous; grandiose | |
| 揭穿 揭穿 | to expose; to uncover | |
| 躲债 躲債 | to dodge a creditor | |
| 驱寒 驅寒 | to warm oneself; to expel the cold (TCM) | |
| 驾校 駕校 | driving school; abbr. for 駕駛學校|驾驶学校 | |
| 腾出 騰出 | to make (some time or space) available (for sb) | |
| 磨叽 磨嘰 | (dialect) to dawdle; to waste time; also written 墨跡|墨迹[mo4 ji5] | |
| 盯紧 盯緊 | to keep an eye on | |
| 景致 景緻 | view; scenery; scene | |
| 打官腔 打官腔 | to talk officiously; to assume the air of a functionary; to talk in official jargon | |
| 主打 主打 | principal; main; flagship (product); title (track); to specialize in; to take as one's priority; to primarily focus on | |
| 作假 作假 | to counterfeit; to falsify; to cheat; to defraud; fraudulent; to behave affectedly | |
| 日久生情 日久生情 | familiarity breeds fondness (idiom) | |
| 添麻烦 添麻煩 | to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience | |
| 沿袭 沿襲 | to carry on as before; to follow (an old custom etc) | |
| 人情味 人情味 | human warmth; friendliness; human touch | |
| 陆陆续续 陸陸續續 | in succession; one after another; continuously | |
| 带娃 帶娃 | to look after a baby; to take care of a young child | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child | |
| 闹情绪 鬧情緒 | to be in a bad mood | |
| 影剧院 影劇院 | cinema; movie theater | |
| 占便宜 佔便宜 | advantageous; favorable; to benefit at others' expense; to take unfair advantage | |
| 以物易物 以物易物 | to barter; barter | |
| 原始社会 原始社會 | primitive society | |
| 葱油饼 蔥油餅 | scallion pancake | |
| 重阳节 重陽節 | Double Ninth or Yang Festival; 9th day of 9th lunar month | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 打牌 打牌 | to play mahjong or cards | |
| 眼看 眼看 | soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens | |
| 一代 一代 | generation | |
| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose | |
| 要不然 要不然 | otherwise; or else; or | |
| 低头 低頭 | to bow the head; to yield; to give in | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 医药 醫藥 | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug); medical; pharmaceutical | |
| 特意 特意 | specially; intentionally |