Vocabulary
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| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 相濡以沫 相濡以沫 | lit. (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when out of the water) (idiom); fig. to share meager resources and support each other in times of difficulty | Idiom |
| 六神无主 六神無主 | out of one's wits (idiom); distracted; stunned | Idiom |
| 李代桃僵 李代桃僵 | lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree; to substitute one thing for another; to carry the can for sb | Idiom |
| 如意算盘 如意算盤 | counting one's chickens before they are hatched | Idiom |
| 绰绰有余 綽綽有餘 | (idiom) more than enough | Idiom |
| 冤家路窄 冤家路窄 | lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom); fig. rivals inevitably cross paths | Idiom |
| 凶神恶煞 兇神惡煞 | (idiom) fiends; devils; monsters | Idiom |
| 丧尽天良 喪盡天良 | devoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless | Idiom |
| 前功尽弃 前功盡棄 | to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom); all that has been achieved goes down the drain | Idiom |
| 大开眼界 大開眼界 | (idiom) to broaden one's horizons greatly | Xiehouyu |
| 难缠 難纏 | (usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with | Xiehouyu |
| 事出有因 事出有因 | 事: affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident · 出: go out, send out; stand; produce · 有: have, own, possess; exist · 因: cause, reason; by; because (of) | Xiehouyu |
| 同行 同行 | person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry | Xiehouyu |
| 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)? | |
| 娘子 娘子 | (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman | |
| 儿媳 兒媳 | daughter-in-law | |
| 娘家 孃家 | wife's family (before marriage) | |
| 利钱 利錢 | interest (on a loan etc) | |
| 宽限 寬限 | to extend (a deadline etc) | |
| 小婿 小婿 | humble son-in-law | |
| 钱庄 錢莊 | old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949); (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal | |
| 新娘子 新娘子 | bride | |
| 何事 何事 | what matter | |
| 爹爹 爹爹 | daddy; granddad | |
| 屏风 屏風 | (furniture) screen | |
| 郎君 郎君 | young gentleman, husband | |
| 镶金 鑲金 | gilded; inlaid with gold | |
| 相依 相依 | to be interdependent | |
| 莫大 莫大 | greatest; most important | |
| 诞育 誕育 | to give birth to; to give rise to | |
| 迎亲 迎親 | (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride; to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house | |
| 享福 享福 | to live comfortably; happy and prosperous life | |
| 聘礼 聘禮 | betrothal gift | |
| 喜娘 喜娘 | matron of honor (old) | |
| 酿制 釀製 | to brew (beer, soy sauce etc); to make (wine, vinegar etc); to distill (spirits) | |
| 馥郁 馥郁 | strongly fragrant | |
| 惊雷 驚雷 | sudden clap of thunder; fig. surprising turn of events | |
| 吃席 吃席 | to attend a banquet (funeral, wedding etc); (neologism c. 2020) (slang) (jocular) lit. to attend sb's funeral banquet (used to imply that things are going to go badly for sb) | |
| 厚颜无耻 厚顏無恥 | shameless | |
| 酒席 酒席 | feast; banquet | |
| 费尽心思 費盡心思 | to rack one's brains (idiom); to take great pains to think sth through | |
| 添麻烦 添麻煩 | to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience | |
| 谋划 謀劃 | to scheme; to plot; conspiracy |