Vocabulary
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| 寒冬腊月 寒冬臘月 | 寒: cold, wintry, chilly · 冬: winter, 11th lunar month · 腊: year end sacrifice; dried meat · 月: moon; month; KangXi radical 74 | |
| 狂妄 狂妄 | egotistical; arrogant; brassy | |
| 可欺 可欺 | gullible; easily bullied; weak | |
| 讨喜 討喜 | endearing; charming; likeable | |
| 琥珀 琥珀 | amber | |
| 蓄谋 蓄謀 | to premeditate; to plot | |
| 糨糊 糨糊 | paste; also written; Taiwan pr. [jiang4 hu2] | |
| 典故 典故 | classical story or quote from the literature; the story behind sth | |
| 掐死 掐死 | to throttle; to choke to death | |
| 拜你所赐 拜你所賜 | (derog.) this is all thanks to you!; well, thanks a lot! | |
| 漂流 漂流 | to float on the current; to drift along or about; rafting | |
| 赊帐 賒帳 | variant of | |
| 半死不活 半死不活 | 半: half · 死: die; dead; death · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 活: live, exist, survive; lively | |
| 进帐 進帳 | variant of | |
| 君子动口不动手 君子動口不動手 | a gentleman uses his mouth and not his fist | |
| 不吝 不吝 | not to stint; to be generous (with praise etc); to be prepared to (pay a fee, give of one's time etc) | |
| 和善 和善 | good-natured | |
| 幕后黑手 幕後黑手 | malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes; hidden hand | |
| 豺狼 豺狼 | jackal and wolf; ravenous wolf; fig. evil person; vicious tyrant | |
| 解馋 解饞 | to satisfy one's craving | |
| 卧房 臥房 | bedroom; a sleeping compartment (on a train) | |
| 劫匪 劫匪 | bandit; robber | |
| 在所不惜 在所不惜 | 在: be at, in, on; consist in, rest · 所: place, location; numerary adjunct · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 惜: pity, regret, rue, begrudge | |
| 认栽 認栽 | to admit defeat | |
| 坛子 罈子 | jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening) | |
| 横竖 橫豎 | anyway | |
| 肉丸 肉丸 | meatball | |
| 发家致富 發家致富 | 发: issue, dispatch, send out; hair · 家: house, home, residence; family · 致: send, deliver, present; cause · 富: abundant, ample; rich, wealthy | |
| 歇业 歇業 | to close down (temporarily or permanently); to go out of business | |
| 记账 記賬 | to keep accounts; bookkeeping; to charge to an account | |
| 下聘 下聘 | to send the betrothal gifts; (fig.) to conclude a marriage | |
| 补丁 補丁 | patch (for mending clothes, tires etc); (software) patch | |
| 耍滑 耍滑 | to resort to tricks; to act in a slippery way; to try to evade (work, responsibility) | |
| 炖肉 燉肉 | to stew meat; stewed meat | |
| 姜汁 薑汁 | ginger ale | |
| 锯开 鋸開 | to saw | |
| 屙屎 屙屎 | to defecate | |
| 子丑寅卯 子醜寅卯 | 子: offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch · 丑: clown, comedian; 2nd terrestrial branch · 寅: to respect, reverence; respectfully; 3rd terrestrial branch · 卯: 4th terrestrial branch; period from 5-7 a.m. | |
| 头疼脑热 頭疼腦熱 | 头: head; top; chief, first; boss · 疼: aches, pains; be fond of; love · 脑: brain · 热: hot; heat; fever; restless; zeal | |
| 婶婶 嬸嬸 | wife of father's younger brother; aunt | |
| 招工 招工 | to recruit employees | |
| 戏码 戲碼 | theatrical piece; (fig.) scenario (in real life) | |
| 身形 身形 | figure (esp. a woman's) | |
| 望风 望風 | to be on the lookout; to keep watch | |
| 祭祖 祭祖 | to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors | |
| 麻雀 麻雀 | sparrow; (dialect) mahjong | |
| 豪绅 豪紳 | local despot | |
| 逼债 逼債 | to press for payment of debts; to dun | |
| 不得已而为之 不得已而為之 | to have no other choice; to be the last resort | |
| 牙缝 牙縫 | gap between teeth |