Vocabulary

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silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
wèi 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° HSK 7
and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
zuò dài to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate Idiom ∼HSK 6
tān yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied Idiom ∼HSK 6
fǎn honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back; no surrender; to pursue justice with no second thoughts Idiom ∼HSK 6
lìng zào lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch; back to square one; to start of on a new path Idiom ∼HSK 6
xiān zhì rén (idiom) to gain the initiative by striking first; to preempt Idiom ∼HSK 6
yuǎn jiàn zhuó shí visionary and sagacious (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
cǎo jiē bīng lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy; to feel beleaguered Idiom ∼HSK 6
shùn shǒu qiān yáng lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom); fig. to opportunistically pocket sb's possessions and walk off Idiom ∼HSK 6
jīn jīn jiào to haggle over every ounce; (fig.) to fuss over minor matters; to split hairs Idiom ∼HSK 6
齿 yǎo qiè chǐ (idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage Idiom HSK 6
shàng xià xiè to vomit and have diarrhea Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
zhuāng jia rén (coll.) farmer Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
bāo to skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals; also pr. [bo1pi2] Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
lài (coll.) not bad; good; fine Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (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)? HSK 6
xuán shǎng to offer a reward; bounty ∼HSK 6
zi store; shop ∼HSK 6
diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼HSK 6
ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
rén common people; laity (i.e. not priests) ∼HSK 6
qīng diǎn to check; to make inventory ∼HSK 6
yān zhī rouge ∼HSK 6
suàn garlic ∼HSK 6
tòng bellyache; stomach pain ∼HSK 6
chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6
niáng (dialect) form of address for one's wife; polite form of address for a woman ∼HSK 6
shì jǐng marketplace; town; the street (urban milieu); the haunts of the common people ∼HSK 6
wéi rather; quite ∼HSK 6
mèi wife's younger sister; sister-in-law ∼HSK 6
è evil smell; resentment; unpleasant manner ∼HSK 6
nuò promise; pledge ∼HSK 6
xián to stay idle at home; to have resigned from office; to be unemployed; to have been fired; to be on a sabbatical ∼HSK 6
de (dialect) not that great; not up to much; nothing special ∼HSK 6
qīng dùn to stew meat without seasoning ∼HSK 6
shǎo ān zào keep calm, don't get excited; don't be impatient ∼HSK 6
nòng qīng to clarify; to fully understand ∼HSK 6
láng zhōng doctor (Chinese medicine); ancient official title; companions (respectful) ∼HSK 6
chuí wēi close to death; life-threatening (illness) ∼HSK 6
huāng don't panic ∼HSK 6
zhòng zhèng acute (of medical condition); grave ∼HSK 6