Vocabulary
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| 得 得 | to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished | |
| 可以 可以 | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good | |
| 为 為 | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) | |
| 自己 自己 | oneself; one's own | |
| 但 但 | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just | |
| 让 讓 | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) | |
| 啊 啊 | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! | |
| 喝西北风 喝西北風 | lit. to drink the northwest wind (idiom); fig. to go hungry; to have nothing to eat | Idiom |
| 一五一十 一五一十 | lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail | Idiom |
| 白手起家 白手起家 | (idiom) to build up from nothing; to start from scratch | Idiom |
| 七上八下 七上八下 | at sixes and sevens; perturbed state of mind; in a mess | Idiom |
| 贵人多忘事 貴人多忘事 | an eminent person has short memory (idiom) | Idiom |
| 见机行事 見機行事 | see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances; to play it by ear; to use one's discretion | Idiom |
| 天南地北 天南地北 | (idiom) far apart; (idiom) from different places; from all over; (idiom) (to talk) about this and that | Idiom |
| 多谢 多謝 | many thanks; thanks a lot | Xiehouyu |
| 不动 不動 | motionless | Xiehouyu |
| 多事 多事 | meddlesome; eventful | Xiehouyu |
| 大喜 大喜 | exultation | Xiehouyu |
| 不快 不快 | unhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp | Xiehouyu |
| 好手 好手 | expert; professional | Xiehouyu |
| 来路不明 來路不明 | unidentified origin; no-one knows where it comes from; of dubious background | Xiehouyu |
| 老毛病 老毛病 | chronic illness; old weakness; chronic problem | Xiehouyu |
| 累赘 累贅 | superfluous; cumbersome; a burden on sb; a nuisance to sb; to inconvenience; to tie sb down; long-winded (of writing); also pr. [lei2 zhui5] | Xiehouyu |
| 找门路 找門路 | to seek help from social connections | Xiehouyu |
| 不在话下 不在話下 | to be nothing difficult; to be a cinch | Xiehouyu |
| 谢天谢地 謝天謝地 | (idiom) thank goodness | Xiehouyu |
| 有两下子 有兩下子 | to have real skill; to know one's stuff | Xiehouyu |
| 不客气 不客氣 | you're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rude; blunt | Xiehouyu |
| 比不上 比不上 | can't compare with | Xiehouyu |
| 大不了 大不了 | at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming | Xiehouyu |
| 好听 好聽 | pleasant to hear | Xiehouyu |
| 没关系 沒關係 | it doesn't matter | Xiehouyu |
| 好吃 好吃 | tasty; delicious | Xiehouyu |
| 好看 好看 | good-looking; nice-looking; good (of a movie, book, TV show etc); embarrassed; humiliated | Xiehouyu |
| 对不起 對不起 | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint | Xiehouyu |
| 干 乾 | dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder | Xiehouyu |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 今儿 今兒 | (coll.) today | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 小的 小的 | (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) | Colloquialism |
| 吃的 吃的 | (coll.) food | Colloquialism |
| 肘子 肘子 | pork shoulder; (coll.) elbow | Colloquialism |
| 明儿 明兒 | (coll.) tomorrow; one of these days; some day | Colloquialism |
| 一块 一塊 | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same | Colloquialism |
| 不行了 不行了 | (coll.) on the point of death; dying | Colloquialism |
| 有本事 有本事 | to have what it takes; (coll.) (often followed by) (used to challenge sb) if you're so clever,..., if she's so tough,... etc; Example: Hit me if you dare! | Colloquialism |
| 对不对 對不對 | right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) | Colloquialism |