Vocabulary
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| 所 所 | actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive | |
| 时 時 | o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period | |
| 就是 就是 | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if | |
| 被 被 | quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) | |
| 把 把 | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) | |
| 三长两短 三長兩短 | unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death | Xiehouyu |
| 玩完 玩完 | (coll.) to end in failure; to come to grief; to bite the dust | Xiehouyu |
| 挺 挺 | straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns | Colloquialism |
| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 见过 見過 | seen | |
| 刘 劉 | surname; kill, destroy | |
| 府 府 | prefecture; prefect; government | |
| 司 司 | take charge of, control, manage; officer | |
| 没脸 沒臉 | ashamed; embarrassed; not having the face (to meet people); not daring (out of shame) | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 过得 過得 | How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad | |
| 不可能 不可能 | impossible; cannot; not able | |
| 万事 萬事 | all things | |
| 复 復 | return; repeat; repeatedly | |
| 成日 成日 | all day long; the whole day; the whole time | |
| 街上 街上 | on the street; in town | |
| 咱家 咱家 | I; me; my; (often used in early vernacular literature) | |
| 两句 兩句 | (say) a few words | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 带去 帶去 | to take along with one | |
| 上街 上街 | to go onto the streets; to go shopping | |
| 打酒 打酒 | to buy liquor | |
| 离队 離隊 | to leave one's post | |
| 身手 身手 | skill; talent; agility | |
| 八成 八成 | eighty percent; most probably; most likely | |
| 带走 帶走 | to carry; to take away | |
| 带回 帶回 | to bring back | |
| 可人 可人 | pleasant; agreeable; a person after one's heart (charming person); a gifted person | |
| 成全 成全 | to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off | |
| 只身 隻身 | alone; by oneself | |
| 两头 兩頭 | both ends; both parties to a deal | |
| 站住 站住 | to stand | |
| 商量 商量 | to consult; to talk over; to discuss | |
| 不一定 不一定 | not necessarily; maybe | |
| 咱 偺 | see 咱 | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 好处 好處 | easy to get along with | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 到处 到處 | everywhere | |
| 千 千 | thousand |