Vocabulary
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| 人丁兴旺 人丁興旺 | 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 丁: male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem · 兴: thrive, prosper, flourish · 旺: prosper; prosperous; increase | Idiom |
| 天有不测风云 天有不測風雲 | 天: sky, heaven; god, celestial · 有: have, own, possess; exist · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 测: measure, estimate, conjecture · 风: wind; air; manners, atmosphere · 云: say, speak; clouds | Idiom |
| 后浪推前浪 後浪推前浪 | 后: queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for · 浪: wave; wasteful, reckless · 推: push, expel; push forward · 前: in front, forward; preceding · 浪: wave; wasteful, reckless | Idiom |
| 不解之缘 不解之緣 | 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 解: loosen, unfasten, untie; explain · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 缘: hem, margin; reason, cause; fate | Idiom |
| 文韬武略 文韜武略 | 文: literature, culture, writing · 韬: sheath, scabbard, bow case · 武: military; martial, warlike · 略: approximately, roughly; outline | Idiom |
| 繁花似锦 繁花似錦 | 繁: complicated, complex, difficult · 花: flower; blossoms · 似: resemble, similar to; as if, seem · 锦: brocade, tapestry; embroidered | Idiom |
| 怒火中烧 怒火中燒 | 怒: anger, rage, passion; angry · 火: fire, flame; burn; anger, rage · 中: central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain · 烧: burn; bake; heat; roast | Idiom |
| 日日夜夜 日日夜夜 | 日: sun; day; daytime · 日: sun; day; daytime · 夜: night, dark; in night; by night · 夜: night, dark; in night; by night | Idiom |
| 不远万里 不遠萬里 | 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 远: distant, remote, far; profound · 万: ten thousand; innumerable · 里: unit of distance; village; lane | Idiom |
| 毒蛇猛兽 毒蛇猛獸 | 毒: poison, venom; poisonous · 蛇: snake · 猛: violent, savage, cruel; bold · 兽: beast, animal; bestial | Idiom |
| 源头活水 源頭活水 | 源: spring; source, head; surname · 头: head; top; chief, first; boss · 活: live, exist, survive; lively · 水: water, liquid, lotion, juice | Idiom |
| 互为表里 互為表裡 | 互: mutually, reciprocally · 为: do, handle, govern, act; be · 表: show, express, manifest, display · 里: unit of distance; village; lane | Idiom |
| 风餐露宿 風餐露宿 | lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom); fig. to rough it | Idiom |
| 家家户户 家家戶戶 | each and every family (idiom); every household | Idiom |
| 此起彼伏 此起彼伏 | up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession; no sooner one subsides, the next arises; repeating continuously; occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc) | Idiom |
| 无所作为 無所作為 | attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive; feckless | Idiom |
| 比比皆是 比比皆是 | can be found everywhere | Idiom |
| 喜出望外 喜出望外 | to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom); overjoyed at the turn of events | Idiom |
| 深入人心 深入人心 | to enter deeply into people's hearts; to have a real impact on the people (idiom) | Idiom |
| 根深蒂固 根深蒂固 | deep-rooted (problem etc) | Idiom |
| 后顾之忧 後顧之憂 | fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worries about the future consequences; often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything" | Idiom |
| 半途而废 半途而廢 | to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished | Idiom |
| 日复一日 日復一日 | day after day | Idiom |
| 家喻户晓 家喻戶曉 | understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name | Idiom |
| 实事求是 實事求是 | lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom); fig. to be practical and realistic | Idiom |
| 举足轻重 舉足輕重 | to play a critical role (idiom); influential | Idiom |
| 源源不断 源源不斷 | a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream | Idiom |
| 当之无愧 當之無愧 | fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc) | Idiom |
| 念念不忘 念念不忘 | to keep in mind constantly (idiom) | Idiom |
| 名副其实 名副其實 | not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom); aptly named; worthy of the name | Idiom |
| 脱颖而出 脫穎而出 | to reveal one's talent (idiom); to rise above others; to distinguish oneself | Idiom |
| 成千上万 成千上萬 | lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands | Idiom |
| 高调 高調 | high-sounding speech; bombast; high-profile | Xiehouyu |
| 刻苦 刻苦 | hardworking; assiduous | Xiehouyu |
| 奔波 奔波 | to rush about; to be constantly on the move | Xiehouyu |
| 一连串 一連串 | a succession of; a series of | Xiehouyu |
| 与众不同 與眾不同 | to stand out from the masses (idiom) | Xiehouyu |
| 罕见 罕見 | rare; rarely seen | Xiehouyu |
| 着手 著手 | to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out | Xiehouyu |
| 尴尬 尷尬 | awkward; embarrassed | Xiehouyu |
| 开支 開支 | expenditures; expenses; to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages | Colloquialism |
| 报亭 報亭 | kiosk; newsstand | |
| 印刷术 印刷術 | printing; printing technology | |
| 耿直 耿直 | honest; frank; candid | |
| 桂花 桂花 | osmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragrans | |
| 对联 對聯 | rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway | |
| 积淀 積澱 | deposits accumulated over long periods; fig. valuable experience, accumulated wisdom | |
| 醇厚 醇厚 | mellow and rich; simple and kind | |
| 脉络 脈絡 | arteries and veins; network of blood vessels; vascular system (of a plant or animal); (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric"); overall context | |
| 祖籍 祖籍 | ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration) |