Vocabulary
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| 娘娘 娘娘 | queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 嫁人 嫁人 | (of a woman) to get married; to take a husband | |
| 武德 武德 | ethics (in the military or the martial arts) | |
| 客官 客官 | honored customer (sir) | |
| 殉葬 殉葬 | (of servants etc) to be buried alive with the deceased; (of utensils etc) to be buried with the dead | |
| 娘的 孃的 | same as | |
| 稻子 稻子 | rice (crop); unhulled rice | |
| 有何 有何 | what is there | |
| 钱庄 錢莊 | old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949); (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal | |
| 娘家 孃家 | wife's family (before marriage) | |
| 胭脂 胭脂 | rouge | |
| 出嫁 出嫁 | to get married (of woman) | |
| 悬赏 懸賞 | to offer a reward; bounty | |
| 宽限 寬限 | to extend (a deadline etc) | |
| 婆娘 婆娘 | woman (derog.) | |
| 风寒 風寒 | cold (TCM) | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 过继 過繼 | to adopt; to give for adoption (usually to a childless relative) | |
| 儿媳 兒媳 | daughter-in-law | |
| 聘礼 聘禮 | betrothal gift | |
| 不妥 不妥 | not proper; inappropriate | |
| 这般 這般 | in this way | |
| 劫道 劫道 | to kidnap; to hijack | |
| 耳坠子 耳墜子 | eardrops (pendant jewelry); earrings | |
| 麻辣烫 麻辣燙 | hot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls) | |
| 赤铁矿 赤鐵礦 | hematite (red iron ore); ferric oxide Fe2O3 | |
| 征地 徵地 | to requisition land | |
| 蹊跷 蹊蹺 | odd; queer; strange; fishy | |
| 利钱 利錢 | interest (on a loan etc) | |
| 莫不是 莫不是 | probably; perhaps; could it be that...? | |
| 仗义 仗義 | to uphold justice; to be loyal (to one's friends); to stick by | |
| 享福 享福 | to live comfortably; happy and prosperous life | |
| 临水 臨水 | facing the water (favored location) | |
| 蒸馏酒 蒸餾酒 | distilled liquor; spirits | |
| 何事 何事 | what matter | |
| 凡事 凡事 | everything | |
| 商议 商議 | to negotiate; discussion; proposal | |
| 孽障 孽障 | evil creature | |
| 堂妹 堂妹 | younger female patrilineal cousin | |
| 护着 護著 | to protect; to guard; to shield | |
| 家公 家公 | head of a family; (polite) my father; (polite) my grandfather; your esteemed father | |
| 拉扯 拉扯 | to drag; to pull; to raise a child (through difficulties); to help; to support; to drag in; to chat | |
| 泥腿子 泥腿子 | peasant; yokel | |
| 馋鬼 饞鬼 | glutton; greedy pig | |
| 蒸馏 蒸餾 | to distill; distillation | |
| 伙计 伙計 | partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant | |
| 仰仗 仰仗 | to rely on; to depend on | |
| 打理 打理 | to take care of; to sort out; to manage; to put in order | |
| 撒手 撒手 | to let go of sth; to give up |