Vocabulary
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| 寒冬腊月 寒冬臘月 | the cold of midwinter; the depths of winter (the twelfth lunar month) | |
| 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 | half-dead; barely alive (idiom); listless and lifeless | |
| 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 | to spare no sacrifice; to be willing to do whatever it takes (idiom) | |
| 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 | to build up a family fortune and become wealthy (idiom); to prosper and grow rich | |
| 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 | the first four Earthly Branches; fig. the ins and outs; the reasons or details of a matter (idiom) | |
| 头疼脑热 頭疼腦熱 | minor ailments; headaches and slight fevers; small illnesses (idiom) | |
| 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 |