Vocabulary
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| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 小子 小子 | (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 做事 做事 | to work; to handle matters; to have a job | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 了得 了得 | exceptional; outstanding; dreadful; appalling | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 老弟 老弟 | (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy; old pal | |
| 再不 再不 | or else; alternatively | |
| 不好说 不好說 | hard to say; can't be sure; difficult to speak about; unpleasant to say | |
| 怎么着 怎麼著 | what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5] | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 达 達 | arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery | |
| 哥儿 哥兒 | brothers; boys | |
| 差事 差事 | poor; not up to standard | |
| 早点 早點 | breakfast | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 人影 人影 | the shadow of a human figure; a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb) | |
| 客栈 客棧 | tavern; guest house; inn; hotel | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 这天 這天 | this day | |
| 大大小小 大大小小 | large and small; of all sizes | |
| 坏了 壞了 | shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 毛毡 毛氈 | felt | |
| 饭菜 飯菜 | food | |
| 做小 做小 | to be sb's concubine | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 想出 想出 | to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc) | |
| 行会 行會 | guild | |
| 地契 地契 | title deed (for land) | |
| 下回 下回 | next chapter; next time | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 半个 半個 | half of sth | |
| 外人 外人 | outsider; foreigner; stranger | |
| 自己人 自己人 | those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us | |
| 看错 看錯 | to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for sb else); to misread (a document) | |
| 话说 話說 | It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount | |
| 多重 多重 | multi- (faceted, cultural, ethnic etc) | |
| 说出 說出 | to speak out; to declare (one's view) | |
| 家事 家事 | family matters; domestic affairs; housework |