Vocabulary
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| 磨磨蹭蹭 磨磨蹭蹭 | to dillydally; slow-going | |
| 镶金 鑲金 | gilded; inlaid with gold | |
| 衙役 衙役 | bailiff of feudal yamen | |
| 婆娘 婆娘 | woman (derog.) | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child | |
| 爹娘 爹孃 | (dialect) parents | |
| 大牢 大牢 | prison | |
| 蹦出来 蹦出來 | to crop up; to pop up; to emerge abruptly | |
| 不妥 不妥 | not proper; inappropriate | |
| 班主 班主 | leader of a theatrical troupe | |
| 但凡 但凡 | every single; as long as | |
| 商议 商議 | to negotiate; discussion; proposal | |
| 凑齐 湊齊 | to collect all the bits to make a whole | |
| 大伯 大伯 | husband's older brother; father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) | |
| 配料 配料 | ingredients (in a cooking recipe); to mix materials according to directions | |
| 识破 識破 | to penetrate; to see through | |
| 捉弄 捉弄 | to tease | |
| 岂不 豈不 | how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? | |
| 下狱 下獄 | to imprison | |
| 叨扰 叨擾 | to bother; to trouble; (polite expression of appreciation for time taken to hear, help or host the speaker) sorry to have bothered you; thank you for your time | |
| 主动权 主動權 | initiative (as in "seize the initiative"); advantageous position that allows one to call the shots | |
| 百灵 百靈 | lark (bird of family Alaudidae) | |
| 不灵 不靈 | not work; be ineffective | |
| 客官 客官 | honored customer (sir) | |
| 瞅见 瞅見 | to see | |
| 评理 評理 | to judge between right and wrong; to reason things out | |
| 结帐 結帳 | variant of | |
| 驾鹤西归 駕鶴西歸 | lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise; fig. to pass away (idiom) | |
| 馊主意 餿主意 | rotten idea | |
| 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 | |
| 赎回 贖回 | to redeem | |
| 切莫 切莫 | you must not; Please don't...; be sure not to; on no account (do it) | |
| 胭脂 胭脂 | rouge | |
| 开堂 開堂 | to open a law court; to set up a mourning hall | |
| 磨叽 磨嘰 | (dialect) to dawdle; to waste time; also written | |
| 生死之交 生死之交 | 生: life, living, lifetime; birth · 死: die; dead; death · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 交: mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver | |
| 盛德 盛德 | splendid virtue; majestic moral character; great kindness | |
| 用得着 用得著 | to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to | |
| 甭 甭 | (contraction of 用) need not; please don't | |
| 把戏 把戲 | acrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy | |
| 眼看 眼看 | soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 片刻 片刻 | short period of time; a moment | |
| 评 評 | to discuss; to comment; to criticize; to judge; to choose (by public appraisal) | |
| 花生 花生 | peanut; groundnut | |
| 亲眼 親眼 | with one's own eyes; personally | |
| 杂 雜 | mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 赖 賴 | to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to |