Vocabulary
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| 偏偏 偏偏 | (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people | |
| 一手 一手 | a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help | |
| 丢掉 丟掉 | to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away | |
| 放过 放過 | to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth | |
| 听话 聽話 | to do what one is told; obedient | |
| 为人 為人 | to conduct oneself; behavior; conduct; personal character | |
| 憋 憋 | to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath) | |
| 亲手 親手 | personally; with one's own hands | |
| 流血 流血 | to bleed; to shed blood | |
| 糊涂 糊塗 | muddled; silly; confused | |
| 皇后 皇后 | empress; imperial consort | |
| 规矩 規矩 | lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved | |
| 流氓 流氓 | rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior | |
| 闷 悶 | stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly | |
| 亲戚 親戚 | a relative (i.e. family relation) | |
| 粒 粒 | grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) | |
| 烫 燙 | to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot | |
| 牙齿 牙齒 | tooth; dental | |
| 口味 口味 | a person's preferences; tastes (in food); flavor | |
| 应付 應付 | to deal with; to cope | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 涂 塗 | to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street | |
| 感激 感激 | to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful | |
| 烤 烤 | to roast; to bake; to broil | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 穿着 穿著 | attire; clothes; dress | |
| 艘 艘 | classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sāo] | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 灵 靈 | quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin | |
| 罗 羅 | gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift | |
| 丝 絲 | silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 抛头露面 拋頭露面 | to put oneself out in the public eye | Idiom |
| 偷工减料 偷工減料 | to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom); jerry-building; sloppy work | Idiom |
| 自生自灭 自生自滅 | to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom) | Idiom |
| 野种 野種 | (derog.) illegitimate child; bastard | Xiehouyu |
| 一模一样 一模一樣 | exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] | Xiehouyu |
| 虾米 蝦米 | small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps; (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin) | Colloquialism |
| 老娘 老孃 | my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 姨婆 姨婆 | (strictly speaking) sister of one's maternal grandmother; (more broadly) grandaunt; sister of one's mother's mother or mother's father; (Tw) (old) husband's maternal aunt | |
| 闭上 閉上 | to close; to shut up | |
| 娘的 孃的 | same as | |
| 辣椒酱 辣椒醬 | red pepper paste; chili sauce | |
| 音讯 音訊 | letters; mail; news; messages; correspondence | |
| 槟榔 檳榔 | betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut |