Vocabulary
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| 深居简出 深居簡出 | 深: deep; depth; far; very, extreme · 居: live, dwell, reside, sit · 简: simple, terse, succinct, a letter · 出: go out, send out; stand; produce | Idiom |
| 走投无路 走投無路 | to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate | Idiom |
| 窟窿 窟窿 | hole; pocket; cavity; loophole; debt | Xiehouyu |
| 贪婪 貪婪 | avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable; avid | Xiehouyu |
| 闺女 閨女 | maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 说情 說情 | to intercede; to plead for sb else | |
| 连年 連年 | successive years; over many years | |
| 不辞而别 不辭而別 | to leave without saying good-bye | |
| 旱灾 旱災 | drought | |
| 酒楼 酒樓 | restaurant | |
| 声势 聲勢 | fame and power; prestige; influence; impetus; momentum | |
| 状元 狀元 | top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 眼 and 花; top scorer in college entrance examination 考; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light | |
| 打搅 打攪 | to disturb; to trouble; to bother | |
| 暂且 暫且 | for now; for the time being; temporarily | |
| 伺机 伺機 | to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance | |
| 总而言之 總而言之 | in short; in a word; in brief | |
| 倒卖 倒賣 | to resell at a profit; to speculate | |
| 友人 友人 | friend | |
| 牵制 牽制 | to control; to curb; to restrict; to impede; to pin down (enemy troops) | |
| 官兵 官兵 | (military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops | |
| 下山 下山 | to go down a hill; (of the sun or moon) to set | |
| 提防 提防 | to guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip); Taiwan pr. [tí fáng] | |
| 顶多 頂多 | at most; at best | |
| 勾结 勾結 | to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with | |
| 稳固 穩固 | stable; steady; firm; to stabilize | |
| 定做 定做 | to have something made to order | |
| 大笔 大筆 | Large | |
| 好在 好在 | luckily; fortunately | |
| 来历 來歷 | history; antecedents; origin | |
| 路子 路子 | method; way; approach | |
| 安稳 安穩 | steady; stable; sedate; calm; (of sleep) sound; (of a transition) smooth | |
| 向来 向來 | always (previously) | |
| 门槛 門檻 | doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper) | |
| 埋伏 埋伏 | to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush | |
| 插手 插手 | to get involved in; to meddle; interference | |
| 委屈 委屈 | to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance | |
| 要紧 要緊 | important; urgent | |
| 伤势 傷勢 | condition of an injury | |
| 不容 不容 | must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate | |
| 发财 發財 | to get rich | |
| 严峻 嚴峻 | grim; severe; rigorous | |
| 值钱 值錢 | valuable; costly; expensive | |
| 人手 人手 | manpower; staff; human hand | |
| 点心 點心 | light refreshments; pastry; dim sum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert | |
| 无能为力 無能為力 | impotent (idiom); powerless; helpless | |
| 虽说 雖說 | though; although | |
| 上报 上報 | to report to one's superiors; to appear in the news; to reply to a letter | |
| 搜查 搜查 | to search | |
| 话语 話語 | words; speech; utterance; discourse |