Vocabulary
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| 说到做到 說到做到 | to be as good as one's word (idiom); to keep one's promise | |
| 做错 做錯 | to make an error | |
| 好用 好用 | useful; serviceable; effective; handy; easy to use | |
| 对上 對上 | to fit one into the other; to bring two things into contact | |
| 笑柄 笑柄 | a matter for ridicule; an object of ridicule; laughingstock | |
| 与会 與會 | to participate in a meeting | |
| 上书 上書 | to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition | |
| 下半 下半 | second half | |
| 下诏 下詔 | to hand down an imperial edict | |
| 冷天 冷天 | cold weather; cold season | |
| 事关重大 事關重大 | the implications are profound; the ramifications are huge; (of a decision etc) consequential | |
| 是日 是日 | (formal) this day; that day | |
| 最后一天 最後一天 | final day | |
| 匪帮 匪幫 | gang of bandits; criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents) | |
| 人见人爱 人見人愛 | loved by all; to have universal appeal | |
| 慢走 慢走 | Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care! | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 上山 上山 | to climb a hill; to go to the mountains; (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons); to pass away; (of the sun or moon) to rise | |
| 高人 高人 | very able person | |
| 哪一个 哪一個 | which | |
| 我人 我人 | we | |
| 听来 聽來 | to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc); to ring (true); to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression); to hear from somewhere | |
| 一会 一會 | a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] | |
| 重重 重重 | layer upon layer; one after another | |
| 正事 正事 | one's proper business | |
| 帮帮忙 幫幫忙 | to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! | |
| 试问 試問 | I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically); one might well ask | |
| 先人 先人 | ancestor; forefather; sb's late father | |
| 住口 住口 | shut up; shut your mouth; stop talking | |
| 看错 看錯 | to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for sb else); to misread (a document) | |
| 人影 人影 | the shadow of a human figure; a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb) | |
| 大错 大錯 | blunder | |
| 上天 上天 | Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days) | |
| 现今 現今 | now; nowadays; modern | |
| 二次 二次 | second (i.e. number two); second time; twice; (math.) quadratic (of degree two) | |
| 最少 最少 | at least; minimum; lowest (amount); minimal | |
| 晌午 晌午 | noon | |
| 中人 中人 | go-between; mediator; intermediary | |
| 想出 想出 | to figure out; to work out (a solution etc); to think up; to come up with (an idea etc) | |
| 听不见 聽不見 | not be able to hear | |
| 客栈 客棧 | tavern; guest house; inn; hotel | |
| 地窖 地窖 | cellar; basement | |
| 京 京 | capital city | |
| 送人 送人 | to give away; to accompany; to see sb off | |
| 小二 小二 | waiter | |
| 高下 高下 | relative superiority (better or worse, stronger or weaker, above or below etc) | |
| 打不过 打不過 | to be unable to defeat; to be no match for (sb) | |
| 小本 小本 | small capital; on a shoestring | |
| 重开 重開 | to reopen | |
| 累坏 累壞 | to become exhausted |