Vocabulary
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| 鬼迷心窍 鬼迷心竅 | to be obsessed; to be possessed | Xiehouyu |
| 一枝独秀 一枝獨秀 | lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom); fig. to be in a league of one's own; outstanding | Xiehouyu |
| 扎扎实实 扎扎實實 | firm; solid; reliable; real; practical | Xiehouyu |
| 明知故问 明知故問 | (idiom) to ask a question, already knowing the answer | Xiehouyu |
| 敬酒不吃吃罚酒 敬酒不吃吃罰酒 | lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom); fig. to turn down a request only to be forced later to comply with it under pressure | Xiehouyu |
| 煞风景 煞風景 | to be an eyesore; (fig.) to spoil the fun; to be a wet blanket | Xiehouyu |
| 招摇撞骗 招搖撞騙 | (idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority | Xiehouyu |
| 身败名裂 身敗名裂 | to lose one's standing; to have one's reputation swept away; a complete defeat and fall from grace | Xiehouyu |
| 肉麻 肉麻 | sickening; corny; sappy; maudlin; fulsome (of praise) | Xiehouyu |
| 自作聪明 自作聰明 | (idiom) to think oneself clever | Xiehouyu |
| 嘴馋 嘴饞 | gluttonous; ravenous | Xiehouyu |
| 物尽其用 物盡其用 | to use sth to the full; to make the best use of everything | Xiehouyu |
| 饱餐一顿 飽餐一頓 | to eat one's fill; to be full | Xiehouyu |
| 短命鬼 短命鬼 | sb who dies prematurely | Xiehouyu |
| 有奶便是娘 有奶便是娘 | lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom); fig. to follow whoever is feeding you; to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie | Xiehouyu |
| 七荤八素 七葷八素 | confused; distracted | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 一模一样 一模一樣 | exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] | Xiehouyu |
| 不通 不通 | to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical | Xiehouyu |
| 同行 同行 | person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry | Xiehouyu |
| 高手 高手 | expert; past master; dab hand | Xiehouyu |
| 大娘 大娘 | (coll.) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address) | Colloquialism |
| 添乱 添亂 | (coll.) to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience | Colloquialism |
| 蹭饭 蹭飯 | (coll.) to mooch a meal | Colloquialism |
| 老娘 老孃 | my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife | Colloquialism |
| 不赖 不賴 | (coll.) not bad; good; fine | Colloquialism |
| 死缠烂打 死纏爛打 | (coll.) to pester; to harass | Colloquialism |
| 泥巴 泥巴 | (coll.) mud | Colloquialism |
| 耳刮子 耳刮子 | (coll.) a slap on one's face; a cuff | Colloquialism |
| 带歪 帶歪 | (coll.) to lead astray | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 雷 雷 | thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 却是 卻是 | nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... | |
| 指着 指著 | Poke | |
| 表面上 表面上 | outwardly; superficially; on the face of it | |
| 宗主 宗主 | head of a clan; natural leader; person of prestige and authority in a domain; suzerain | |
| 温情 溫情 | tenderness; warmth; warmhearted; softhearted | |
| 乱葬岗 亂葬崗 | unmarked burial mound; untended graveyard; mass grave | |
| 饶命 饒命 | to spare sb's life | |
| 兄长 兄長 | elder brother | |
| 绵绵 綿綿 | continuous; uninterrupted | |
| 仙子 仙子 | fairy | |
| 佩剑 佩劍 | sword; (fencing) saber | |
| 家训 家訓 | instructions to one's children; family precepts | |
| 何人 何人 | who | |
| 邪祟 邪祟 | evil spirit | |
| 活捉 活捉 | to capture alive | |
| 余孽 餘孽 | remaining evil element; surviving members (of an evil former regime); dregs (of a colonial administration) |