Vocabulary
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| 之所以 之所以 | (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" | |
| 丁 丁 | male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl | |
| 置 置 | to install; to place; to put; to buy | |
| 官员 官員 | official (in an organization or government); administrator | |
| 从未 從未 | never | |
| 拨 撥 | to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch | |
| 盯 盯 | to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at | |
| 并非 並非 | really isn't | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 苛捐杂税 苛捐雜稅 | exorbitant taxation (idiom) | Idiom |
| 大张旗鼓 大張旗鼓 | (idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale | Idiom |
| 料事如神 料事如神 | to prophesy with supernatural accuracy (idiom); to have an incredible foresight | Idiom |
| 阳奉阴违 陽奉陰違 | outward devotion but inner opposition (idiom); to pay lip service; to agree overtly, but oppose in secret | Idiom |
| 贪官污吏 貪官污吏 | grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption | Idiom |
| 天灾人祸 天災人禍 | natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom) | Idiom |
| 抛头露面 拋頭露面 | to put oneself out in the public eye | Idiom |
| 胡作非为 胡作非為 | to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages | Idiom |
| 一清二楚 一清二楚 | to be very clear about sth (idiom) | Idiom |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 老娘 老孃 | my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife | Colloquialism |
| 添堵 添堵 | to make people feel even more stressed or annoyed (coll.); to make traffic congestion even worse | Colloquialism |
| 捯饬 捯飭 | (coll.) to doll up; to spruce up; to zhoosh up | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 堂妹 堂妹 | younger female patrilineal cousin | |
| 大嫂 大嫂 | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) | |
| 宽限 寬限 | to extend (a deadline etc) | |
| 爹娘 爹孃 | (dialect) parents | |
| 不尽 不盡 | not completely; endlessly | |
| 撇下 撇下 | to cast away | |
| 婆娘 婆娘 | woman (derog.) | |
| 田赋 田賦 | land tax | |
| 爹爹 爹爹 | daddy; granddad | |
| 清炖 清燉 | to stew meat without seasoning | |
| 出嫁 出嫁 | to get married (of woman) | |
| 下狱 下獄 | to imprison | |
| 大伯 大伯 | husband's older brother; father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) | |
| 蔷薇 薔薇 | Japanese rose (Rosa multiflora) | |
| 上钩 上鉤 | to take the bait | |
| 铺子 鋪子 | store; shop | |
| 时辰 時辰 | two-hour period | |
| 一家老小 一家老小 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 家: house, home, residence; family · 老: old, aged; experienced · 小: small, tiny, insignificant | |
| 儿媳妇 兒媳婦 | daughter-in-law | |
| 撒手 撒手 | to let go of sth; to give up | |
| 许诺 許諾 | promise; pledge | |
| 信誓旦旦 信誓旦旦 | to make a solemn vow | |
| 无望 無望 | without hope; hopeless; without prospects | |
| 打理 打理 | to take care of; to sort out; to manage; to put in order |