Vocabulary
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| 听戏 聽戲 | to attend an opera; to see an opera | |
| 引荐 引薦 | to recommend sb; to give a referral | |
| 爱财 愛財 | avaricious | |
| 霉 黴 | mold, mildew | |
| 瘪 癟 | shrivelled up, dried up; vexed | |
| 幺 么 | one; tiny, small | |
| 葫芦 葫蘆 | gourd | |
| 热络 熱絡 | intimate; friendly; warm; active; lively (interaction, participation etc) | |
| 甚 甚 | what (literary, = 什么) | |
| 大寿 大壽 | (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday) | |
| 两小无猜 兩小無猜 | innocent playmates | |
| 杵 杵 | pestle; baton used beat clothes | |
| 诈 詐 | cheat, defraud, swindle; trick | |
| 大庭广众 大庭廣眾 | (idiom) in public; in front of everyone; openly (typically preceded by and followed by) | |
| 官府 官府 | authorities; feudal official | |
| 瞧见 瞧見 | to see | |
| 幼 幼 | young | |
| 恒 恆 | constant, regular, persistent | |
| 忧 憂 | sad, grieved; grief, melancholy | |
| 戏台 戲臺 | stage | |
| 厢 廂 | side-room, wing; theatre box | |
| 锦 錦 | brocade | |
| 看戏 看戲 | to watch a play; to watch passively (i.e. from the sidelines, from the crowd) | |
| 巡视 巡視 | to inspect (a site); (of a dignitary) to visit; to go on an inspection tour; to survey (a scene); to scan with one's eyes | |
| 寨 寨 | stockade, stronghold, outpost; brothel | |
| 闭嘴 閉嘴 | Shut up!; same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴 | |
| 出戏 出戲 | (of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends); (of an audience) to lose interest in the performance | |
| 老爷 老爺 | master, sir | |
| 竹子 竹子 | bamboo | |
| 柜子 櫃子 | cupboard; cabinet | |
| 亏 虧 | deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... | |
| 时常 時常 | often; frequently | |
| 挣钱 掙錢 | to make money | |
| 歇 歇 | to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 总算 總算 | at long last; finally; on the whole | |
| 偷偷 偷偷 | stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly | |
| 挣 掙 | used in 挣扎 | |
| 稍微 稍微 | a little bit | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 不止 不止 | incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 劝 勸 | to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe | |
| 买卖 買賣 | buying and selling; business; business transactions | |
| 大事 大事 | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way | |
| 动手 動手 | to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once | |
| 今日 今日 | today | |
| 瞧 瞧 | to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit |