Vocabulary
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| 等分 等分 | to divide into equal parts | |
| 老妪 老嫗 | old woman (formal writing) | |
| 菜地 菜地 | vegetable field | |
| 家常菜 家常菜 | home cooking | |
| 有话快说 有話快說 | spit it out! | |
| 出新 出新 | to make new advances; to move forwards | |
| 蛐蛐儿 蛐蛐兒 | (dialect) cricket (insect) | |
| 讹人 訛人 | to blackmail; to extort | |
| 先有 先有 | prior; preexisting | |
| 泔水 泔水 | slop; swill | |
| 对簿 對簿 | to confront sb with accusation; written charge in court (in former times); to take sb to court | |
| 喜钱 喜錢 | tip given on a happy occasion (traditional) | |
| 看开 看開 | to come to accept an unpleasant fact; to get over sth; to cheer up | |
| 正教 正教 | lit. true religion; orthodox religion; orthodox Christianity; Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians) | |
| 毛毡 毛氈 | felt | |
| 开年 開年 | beginning of a year | |
| 半年 半年 | half a year | |
| 请坐 請坐 | please, have a seat | |
| 老字号 老字號 | shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation | |
| 两口子 兩口子 | husband and wife | |
| 说白了 說白了 | to speak frankly | |
| 请进 請進 | "please come in" | |
| 下边 下邊 | under; the underside; below | |
| 真是的 真是的 | Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) | |
| 少不了 少不了 | cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many | |
| 一家人 一家人 | household; the whole family | |
| 包子 包子 | bao (steamed stuffed bun) | |
| 东边 東邊 | east; east side; eastern part; to the east of | |
| 动不动 動不動 | (typically followed by 就) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc); at the drop of a hat | |
| 一天到晚 一天到晚 | all day long; the whole day | |
| 上边 上邊 | the top; above; overhead; upwards; the top margin; above-mentioned; those higher up | |
| 要不是 要不是 | if it were not for; but for | |
| 买不起 買不起 | cannot afford; can't afford buying | |
| 西边 西邊 | west; west side; western part; to the west of | |
| 后边 後邊 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards | |
| 本子 本子 | book; notebook; Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi"; edition | |
| 外边 外邊 | outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home | |
| 一回事 一回事 | one and the same (thing); one thing (as distinct from another) | |
| 里边 裡邊 | inside | |
| 过日子 過日子 | to live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along | |
| 过不去 過不去 | to make life difficult for; to embarrass; unable to make it through | |
| 从来不 從來不 | never | |
| 看病 看病 | to visit a doctor; to see a patient | |
| 一大早 一大早 | at dawn; at first light; first thing in the morning | |
| 半天 半天 | half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair | |
| 关上 關上 | to close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) | |
| 一点儿 一點兒 | erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more | |
| 弟 弟 | younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter) | |
| 有名 有名 | famous; well-known | |
| 杯子 杯子 | cup; glass |