Vocabulary
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| 细水长流 細水長流 | lit. thin streams flow forever; fig. economy will get you a long way; to work steadily at something little by little | Idiom |
| 自不量力 自不量力 | to overestimate one's capabilities (idiom) | Idiom |
| 安然无恙 安然無恙 | safe and sound (idiom); to come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness) | Idiom |
| 翻山越岭 翻山越嶺 | lit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey | Idiom |
| 三思而后行 三思而後行 | think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance | Idiom |
| 三言两语 三言兩語 | in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly | Idiom |
| 才貌双全 才貌雙全 | talented and good-looking (idiom) | Idiom |
| 狗皮膏药 狗皮膏藥 | dogskin plaster, used in TCM for treating contusions, rheumatism etc; quack medicine; sham goods | Idiom |
| 慕名而来 慕名而來 | to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom); attracted to visit a famous location | Idiom |
| 煞费苦心 煞費苦心 | to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking; at the cost of a lot of effort | Idiom |
| 大材小用 大材小用 | using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom); a sledgehammer to crack a nut | Idiom |
| 含辛茹苦 含辛茹苦 | to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship; to bear one's cross | Idiom |
| 林林总总 林林總總 | in great abundance; numerous | Idiom |
| 无心 無心 | unintentionally; not in the mood to | Xiehouyu |
| 无用 無用 | useless; worthless | Xiehouyu |
| 出尔反尔 出爾反爾 | old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word; to blow hot and cold; to contradict oneself; inconsistent | Xiehouyu |
| 明摆着 明擺著 | evident; clear; undoubted | Xiehouyu |
| 错怪 錯怪 | to blame sb wrongly | Xiehouyu |
| 言而无信 言而無信 | untrustworthy; not true to one's word | Xiehouyu |
| 跑江湖 跑江湖 | to make a living as a traveling performer etc | Xiehouyu |
| 热闹 熱鬧 | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | Xiehouyu |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 受不了 受不了 | unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand | Xiehouyu |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 恶心 惡心 | nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately) | Xiehouyu |
| 苦 苦 | bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly | Xiehouyu |
| 轻松 輕鬆 | light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously | Xiehouyu |
| 无法 無法 | unable; incapable | Xiehouyu |
| 末了 末了 | (coll.) final part; last bit; (coll.) in the end; finally | Colloquialism |
| 拉肚子 拉肚子 | (coll.) to have diarrhea | Colloquialism |
| 大家伙儿 大家伙兒 | (coll.) everyone; all of us; you folks | Colloquialism |
| 尾巴 尾巴 | tail; colloquial pr. [yǐ ba] | Colloquialism |
| 潮 潮 | tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard | Colloquialism |
| 穷 窮 | poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 孙 孫 | Sun (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 秀才 秀才 | a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent | Proper Noun |
| 主簿 主簿 | official registrar (of a county etc) in imperial China | Proper Noun |
| 宁远 寧遠 | Ningyuan county in Yongzhou, Hunan | Proper Noun |
| 同乡 同鄉 | person from the same village, town, or province | Proper Noun |
| 北斗 北斗 | Great Bear; Big Dipper; Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 县令 縣令 | county magistrate (during Tang to Qing times) | Proper Noun |
| 清丰县 清豐縣 | Qingfeng county in Puyang, Henan | Proper Noun |
| 镇子 鎮子 | town; village | Proper Noun |
| 青山 青山 | Qingshan district of Wuhan city, Hubei; Qingshan district of Baotou city, Inner Mongolia | Proper Noun |
| 青州 青州 | Qingzhou, county-level city in Weifang, Shandong | Proper Noun |