Vocabulary
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| 谨言慎行 謹言慎行 | 谨: prudent, cautious; attentive · 言: words, speech; speak, say · 慎: act with care, be cautious · 行: go; walk; move, travel; circulate | |
| 恩公 恩公 | benefactor | |
| 陈年 陳年 | (of wine) aged; (of debts etc) old; longstanding | |
| 作祟 作祟 | haunted; to haunt; to cause mischief | |
| 淤泥 淤泥 | silt; sludge; ooze | |
| 自毁 自毀 | to destroy one's (reputation etc); (of a device etc) to self-destruct | |
| 掏空 掏空 | to hollow out; to empty out; to use up; (finance) tunneling | |
| 如草 如草 | grassy | |
| 德性 德性 | moral integrity | |
| 痴情 癡情 | infatuation | |
| 交托 交託 | to entrust | |
| 伦常 倫常 | proper human relationships | |
| 惩戒 懲戒 | to discipline; reprimand | |
| 违逆 違逆 | to disobey; to defy an edict; to violate; to go against; to run counter to | |
| 哭丧 哭喪 | to wail at a funeral; formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed | |
| 寻短见 尋短見 | to commit suicide | |
| 藐视 藐視 | to despise; to look down on | |
| 贪玩 貪玩 | to only want to have a good time; to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline | |
| 撒野 撒野 | to display shockingly bad behavior; to behave atrociously | |
| 岂敢 豈敢 | how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise | |
| 媳妇儿 媳婦兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 病因 病因 | cause of disease; pathogen | |
| 轻浮 輕浮 | frivolous; careless; giddy | |
| 学识 學識 | erudition; scholarly knowledge | |
| 独子 獨子 | a son who is an only child | |
| 作主 作主 | to decide; to have the final say | |
| 讨教 討教 | to consult; to ask for advice | |
| 令郎 令郎 | your esteemed son (honorific) | |
| 邪气 邪氣 | evil influence; unhealthy trend; (a person's) evil air; aura of wickedness; (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite:, vital energy) | |
| 端庄 端莊 | dignified; composed | |
| 切勿 切勿 | by no means | |
| 作孽 作孽 | to sin | |
| 尽责 盡責 | to do one's duty; to do one's bit conscientiously | |
| 涂炭 塗炭 | extreme distress; in utter misery | |
| 相仿 相仿 | similar | |
| 逗留 逗留 | to stay for a while; to sojourn | |
| 名堂 名堂 | item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment; sth significant but not immediately apparent; sth more than meets the eye | |
| 气焰 氣焰 | arrogance; haughtiness | |
| 散播 散播 | to spread; to disperse; to disseminate | |
| 闹剧 鬧劇 | farce | |
| 仇家 仇家 | enemy; foe | |
| 经脉 經脈 | channel of TCM | |
| 称霸 稱霸 | lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon; to take a leading role; to build a personal fiefdom | |
| 且慢 且慢 | to wait a moment; do not go too soon | |
| 铸成 鑄成 | to cast in metal; (fig.) to forge; to fashion | |
| 坎坷 坎坷 | (of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes | |
| 练功 練功 | to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) | |
| 翱翔 翱翔 | to soar; to wheel about in the sky | |
| 锋芒 鋒芒 | tip (of pencil, spear etc); sharp point; cutting edge; spearhead; vanguard | |
| 利刃 利刃 | sharp blade |