Vocabulary
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| 旧俗 舊俗 | former custom; old ways | |
| 蕾丝 蕾絲 | (textiles) (loanword) lace | |
| 掐死 掐死 | to throttle; to choke to death | |
| 坛子 罈子 | jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening) | |
| 嵌入 嵌入 | to insert; to embed | |
| 清热 清熱 | to alleviate fever (medicine); to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine) | |
| 寥寥 寥寥 | very few | |
| 另当别论 另當別論 | to treat differently; another cup of tea | |
| 族长 族長 | clan elder | |
| 眼珠 眼珠 | one's eyes; eyeball | |
| 唧唧 唧唧 | (onom.) chirping of insects, sighing noise etc | |
| 分界线 分界線 | dividing line | |
| 哈喇子 哈喇子 | (dialect) saliva | |
| 雅士 雅士 | elegant scholar | |
| 护航 護航 | a naval escort; to convoy | |
| 蒙羞 蒙羞 | to be shamed; to be humiliated | |
| 坟地 墳地 | graveyard; cemetery | |
| 梳妆打扮 梳妝打扮 | 梳: comb; brush · 妆: to adorn oneself, dress up, use make-up · 打: strike, hit, beat; fight; attack · 扮: dress up; dress up as | |
| 挨罚 挨罰 | to be punished; to be fined | |
| 偏巧 偏巧 | by coincidence; it so happened that; fortunately; against expectation | |
| 眼眶 眼眶 | eye socket; rim of the eye | |
| 除名 除名 | to strike off (the rolls); to remove from a list; to expunge; to expel | |
| 另眼相待 另眼相待 | 另: another, separate, other · 眼: eye; eyelet, hole, opening · 相: mutual, reciprocal, each other · 待: treat, entertain, receive; wait | |
| 兼优 兼優 | an all-rounder; good at everything | |
| 畅想 暢想 | to think imaginatively; to envision freely | |
| 摊派 攤派 | to apportion expenses, responsibilities etc; to demand contributions | |
| 假手于人 假手於人 | (idiom) to get one's own task done by sb else | |
| 钻营 鑽營 | toadying for personal gain; to curry favor; to study in great depth | |
| 贤惠 賢惠 | variant of 贤慧 | |
| 唾沫 唾沫 | spittle; saliva | |
| 吉祥 吉祥 | lucky; auspicious; propitious | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 更是 更是 | even more (so) | |
| 只管 只管 | solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth) | |
| 甭 甭 | (contraction of 用) need not; please don't | |
| 挨打 挨打 | to take a beating; to get thrashed; to come under attack | |
| 送礼 送禮 | to give a present | |
| 仰 仰 | to face upward; to look up; to admire; to rely on | |
| 酱油 醬油 | soy sauce | |
| 姑姑 姑姑 | paternal aunt | |
| 名额 名額 | quota; number of places; place (in an institution, a group etc) | |
| 祝愿 祝願 | to wish | |
| 诸位 諸位 | (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs | |
| 免得 免得 | so as not to; so as to avoid | |
| 一代 一代 | generation | |
| 出行 出行 | to go out somewhere (relatively short trip); to set off on a journey (longer trip) | |
| 凡是 凡是 | each and every; every; all; any | |
| 事后 事後 | after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect | |
| 特地 特地 | specially; for a special purpose | |
| 处处 處處 | everywhere; in all respects |