Vocabulary
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| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 几分 幾分 | somewhat; a bit | |
| 话说 話說 | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 好日子 好日子 | auspicious day; good day; happy life | |
| 想开 想開 | to get over (a shock, bereavement etc); to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things; to accept the situation and move on | |
| 分点 分點 | point of division | |
| 家去 家去 | (dialect) to go home; to return home | |
| 好话 好話 | friendly advice; words spoken on sb's behalf; a good word; kind words; words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions | |
| 差事 差事 | poor; not up to standard | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 个个 個個 | each one individually; each and every | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 跟着 跟著 | to follow after; immediately afterwards | |
| 说中 說中 | to hit the nail on the head; to predict correctly | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 轿子 轎子 | sedan chair; palanquin; litter | |
| 二老 二老 | mother and father; parents | |
| 第一次 第一次 | the first time; first; number one | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 前儿 前兒 | before; day before yesterday | |
| 八字 八字 | the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling | |
| 说上 說上 | to say; to speak; to talk | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 不比 不比 | unlike | |
| 教诲 教誨 | (literary) to instruct; to admonish; to counsel; teachings; instruction; guidance | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 出阁 出閣 | (of a girl) to marry (literary) | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 见笑 見笑 | to mock; to be ridiculed; to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble) | |
| 半个 半個 | half of sth | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 买下 買下 | to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc) | |
| 十几 十幾 | more than ten; a dozen or more | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 打水 打水 | to draw water; to splash water | |
| 这几天 這幾天 | the past few days | |
| 太好了 太好了 | very good | |
| 下人 下人 | (old) servant; (dialect) children; grandchildren | |
| 小菜 小菜 | appetizer; small side dish; easy job; piece of cake; see also | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 在那儿 在那兒 | (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 现下 現下 | now; at this moment | |
| 要着 要著 | important thing; crucial thing | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 是以 是以 | therefore; thus; so | |
| 商会 商會 | chamber of commerce | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven |