Vocabulary
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| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 一切 一切 | everything; every; all | |
| 美 美 | (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) | |
| 每 每 | each; every | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 内 內 | inside; inner; internal; within; interior | |
| 关系 關係 | relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 已 已 | already; to stop; then; afterwards | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core | |
| 继续 繼續 | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with | |
| 比赛 比賽 | competition (sports etc); match; to compete | |
| 情况 情況 | circumstances; state of affairs; situation | |
| 世界 世界 | world | |
| 只是 只是 | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however | |
| 为了 為了 | for; for the purpose of; in order to | |
| 发生 發生 | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out | |
| 希望 希望 | to hope; a hope; a wish | |
| 种 種 | seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned | |
| 所 所 | actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive | |
| 并 並 | and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge | |
| 开始 開始 | to begin; beginning; to start; initial | |
| 需要 需要 | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs | |
| 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}) | |
| 三天两头 三天兩頭 | lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day; frequently | Idiom |
| 鱼肉百姓 魚肉百姓 | to prey on the people | Idiom |
| 女大十八变 女大十八變 | lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom); fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was | Idiom |
| 奄奄一息 奄奄一息 | dying; at one's last gasp | Idiom |
| 千里迢迢 千里迢迢 | (idiom) from a great distance; (to come) from afar | Idiom |
| 十万八千里 十萬八千里 | light-years (apart); a million miles (apart); (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance) | Idiom |
| 小家子气 小家子氣 | petty; small-minded | Idiom |
| 左右为难 左右為難 | (idiom) between a rock and a hard place; in a dilemma | Idiom |
| 天涯海角 天涯海角 | Tianya Haijiao, tourism area on the south coast of Hainan, 24 km west of Sanya | Idiom |
| 说来话长 說來話長 | start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly | Idiom |
| 高风亮节 高風亮節 | of noble character and unquestionable integrity (idiom) | Idiom |
| 出人头地 出人頭地 | to stand out among one's peers (idiom); to excel | Idiom |
| 小题大做 小題大做 | to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom) | Idiom |
| 左思右想 左思右想 | to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles; to ponder | Idiom |
| 网开一面 網開一面 | open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly; to give one's opponent a way out; lenient treatment | Idiom |
| 事在人为 事在人為 | the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort; With effort, one can achieve anything. | Idiom |
| 大喊大叫 大喊大叫 | shouting and screaming (idiom); to scream loudly; to rant; to kick up a racket; to conduct vigorous propaganda | Idiom |
| 千千万万 千千萬萬 | lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands | Idiom |
| 办不到 辦不到 | impossible; can't be done; no can do; unable to accomplish | Xiehouyu |
| 假的 假的 | bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony | Xiehouyu |
| 轻信 輕信 | to easily trust; gullible; naïve | Xiehouyu |
| 三长两短 三長兩短 | unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death | Xiehouyu |