Vocabulary
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| 斩草除根 斬草除根 | to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely | Idiom |
| 黑心 黑心 | ruthless and lacking in conscience; vicious mind full of hatred and jealousy; black core (flaw in pottery) | Xiehouyu |
| 活该 活該 | (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should | Xiehouyu |
| 废物 廢物 | rubbish; waste material; useless person | Xiehouyu |
| 闺女 閨女 | maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter | Colloquialism |
| 愣 愣 | to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 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 | |
| 何苦 何苦 | why bother?; is it worth the trouble? | |
| 跟上 跟上 | to catch up with; to keep pace with | |
| 作对 作對 | to set oneself against; to oppose; to make a pair | |
| 交情 交情 | friendship; friendly relations | |
| 上头 上頭 | (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time | |
| 长辈 長輩 | one's elders; older generation | |
| 能耐 能耐 | ability; capability | |
| 圈套 圈套 | trap; snare; trick | |
| 媳妇 媳婦 | daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman | |
| 晒太阳 曬太陽 | to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it) | |
| 脱身 脫身 | to get away; to escape (from obligations); to free oneself; to disengage | |
| 趁机 趁機 | to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of situation | |
| 陷害 陷害 | to entrap; to set up; to frame (up); to make false charges against | |
| 多亏 多虧 | thanks to; luckily | |
| 开采 開採 | to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine | |
| 不愧 不愧 | to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be | |
| 太平 太平 | peace and security | |
| 货运 貨運 | freight transport; cargo; transported goods | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 编排 編排 | to arrange; to lay out | |
| 亲生 親生 | one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents) | |
| 攀 攀 | to climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status | |
| 管家 管家 | (old) butler; steward; manager; administrator; housekeeper; to manage a household | |
| 口水 口水 | saliva | |
| 过节 過節 | to celebrate a festival; after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over) | |
| 当今 當今 | current; present; now; nowadays | |
| 仇 仇 | hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc) | |
| 耽误 耽誤 | to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with | |
| 别说 別說 | to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone | |
| 眼下 眼下 | now; at present; subocular (medicine) | |
| 谜 謎 | see 谜儿, riddle | |
| 佩服 佩服 | to admire | |
| 何必 何必 | there is no need; why should | |
| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 陷阱 陷阱 | pitfall; snare; trap | |
| 坏事 壞事 | bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things | |
| 安心 安心 | at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth | |
| 煎 煎 | to pan fry; to sauté | |
| 训 訓 | to teach; to train; to admonish; instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule | |
| 标记 標記 | sign; mark; symbol; to mark up; (computing) token | |
| 下手 下手 | to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest | |
| 亲戚 親戚 | a relative (i.e. family relation) |