Vocabulary
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| 因人而异 因人而異 | varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual | Idiom |
| 后顾之忧 後顧之憂 | fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worries about the future consequences; often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything" | Idiom |
| 想方设法 想方設法 | to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other | Idiom |
| 吹了 吹了 | failed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died; to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship) | Xiehouyu |
| 多心 多心 | oversensitive; suspicious | Xiehouyu |
| 供不应求 供不應求 | supply does not meet demand | Xiehouyu |
| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 向着 向著 | towards; facing (sb or sth); (coll.) to side with; to favor | Colloquialism |
| 耗 耗 | to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally | Colloquialism |
| 廉政 廉政 | to govern with integrity; clean and honest government | |
| 月初 月初 | start of month; early in the month | |
| 廉洁 廉潔 | incorruptible; unbribable; honest | |
| 服气 服氣 | to be convinced; to accept | |
| 鸟巢 鳥巢 | bird's nest; nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium | |
| 叮嘱 叮囑 | to warn repeatedly; to urge; to exhort again and again | |
| 难处 難處 | trouble; difficulty; problem | |
| 检讨 檢討 | to examine or inspect; self-criticism; review | |
| 作对 作對 | to set oneself against; to oppose; to make a pair | |
| 水壶 水壺 | kettle; canteen; watering can | |
| 过问 過問 | to show an interest in; to get involved with | |
| 瞧不起 瞧不起 | to look down upon; to hold in contempt | |
| 传记 傳記 | biography | |
| 绷带 繃帶 | bandage (loanword) | |
| 应酬 應酬 | to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement | |
| 生平 生平 | life (a person's whole life); in one's entire life | |
| 开销 開銷 | to pay (expenses); expenses; (old) to dismiss (an employee) | |
| 谋生 謀生 | to seek one's livelihood; to work to support oneself; to earn a living | |
| 算计 算計 | to reckon; to calculate; to plan; to expect; to scheme | |
| 纵容 縱容 | to indulge; to connive at | |
| 体面 體面 | dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable | |
| 惦记 惦記 | to think of; to keep thinking about; to be concerned about | |
| 淹 淹 | to flood; to submerge; to drown; to irritate the skin (of liquids); to delay | |
| 晒太阳 曬太陽 | to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it) | |
| 挥霍 揮霍 | to squander money; extravagant; prodigal; free and easy; agile | |
| 体谅 體諒 | to empathize; to allow (for sth); to show understanding; to appreciate | |
| 离职 離職 | to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study); to leave one's job; to resign | |
| 退缩 退縮 | to shrink back; to cower | |
| 收敛 收斂 | to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge | |
| 难关 難關 | difficulty; crisis | |
| 绷 繃 | variant of 绷; variant of 绷 | |
| 前台 前臺 | stage; proscenium; foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.); front desk; reception desk; (computing) front-end; foreground | |
| 名气 名氣 | reputation; fame | |
| 出头 出頭 | to get out of a predicament; to stick out; to take the initiative; remaining odd fraction after a division; a little more than | |
| 试用 試用 | to try sth out; to be on probation | |
| 委屈 委屈 | to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance | |
| 讨好 討好 | to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor | |
| 登机 登機 | to board a plane | |
| 诚意 誠意 | sincerity; good faith | |
| 膨胀 膨脹 | to expand; to inflate; to swell | |
| 功劳 功勞 | contribution; meritorious service; credit |