Vocabulary
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| 逆袭 逆襲 | to counterattack; to strike back; (neologism c. 2008) (of an underdog) to go on the offensive; to make an improbable comeback | |
| 名不正言不顺 名不正言不順 | (of a title, degree etc) illegitimately conferred | |
| 绝密 絕密 | top secret | |
| 洋行 洋行 | (old) foreign firm | |
| 猪狗不如 豬狗不如 | worse than a dog or pig; lower than low | |
| 飘荡 飄盪 | to drift; to wave; to float on the waves; to flutter in the wind | |
| 供职 供職 | to hold an office or post | |
| 天地良心 天地良心 | in all honesty; truth to tell | |
| 征讨 征討 | to go on a punitive expedition | |
| 扫荡 掃蕩 | (military) to mop up; to crack down on; to eradicate | |
| 吹熄 吹熄 | to blow out (a flame) | |
| 决裂 決裂 | to rupture; to burst open; to break; to break off relations with; a rupture | |
| 躲躲藏藏 躲躲藏藏 | to be in hiding | |
| 叠罗汉 疊羅漢 | human pyramid | |
| 搅局 攪局 | to upset the apple cart; to disrupt things | |
| 山崖 山崖 | cliff | |
| 瞎搞 瞎搞 | to fool around; to mess with; to do sth without a plan | |
| 促膝 促膝 | to sit knee to knee | |
| 泥浆 泥漿 | slurry; mud | |
| 公平竞争 公平競爭 | fair competition | |
| 兜兜转转 兜兜轉轉 | (lit. and fig.) to go around and around; to wander around | |
| 吞并 吞併 | to annex | |
| 故作 故作 | to pretend; to feign | |
| 盛事 盛事 | grand occasion | |
| 何必当初 何必當初 | 何: what, why, where, which, how · 必: surely, most certainly; must · 当: bear, accept, undertake; just · 初: beginning, initial, primary | |
| 拦腰 攔腰 | (hitting) squarely in the middle; (slicing) across the middle; to hold by the waist | |
| 口吻 口吻 | tone of voice; connotation in intonation; accent (regional etc); snout; muzzle; lips; protruding portion of an animal's face | |
| 有问必答 有問必答 | 有: have, own, possess; exist · 问: ask about, inquire after · 必: surely, most certainly; must · 答: answer, reply; return; assent to | |
| 夜袭 夜襲 | night attack | |
| 竖起 豎起 | to erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears); to raise (one's eyebrows); to stick up (one's thumb); to turn up (one's collar); (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers) | |
| 贫弱 貧弱 | poor and feeble | |
| 结业 結業 | to finish school, esp. a short course; to complete a course; (of a company) to cease operations | |
| 激荡 激盪 | to rage; to dash; to surge | |
| 野果 野果 | wild fruit | |
| 探寻 探尋 | to search; to seek; to explore | |
| 几欲 幾欲 | almost; nearly going to | |
| 声名大噪 聲名大噪 | to rise to fame | |
| 不知者不罪 不知者不罪 | One who does not know is not guilty; If one does not know any better, one cannot be held responsible | |
| 临危不惧 臨危不懼 | 临: draw near, approach; descend · 危: dangerous, precarious; high · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 惧: fear, be afraid of, dread | |
| 浑然不觉 渾然不覺 | totally unaware | |
| 未料 未料 | to not anticipate; to not expect; unanticipated; unexpected | |
| 衣衫褴褛 衣衫襤褸 | 衣: clothes, clothing; cover, skin · 衫: shirt; robe; gown; jacket · 褴: ragged, tattered, threadbare · 褛: lapel, collar; tattered, threadbare | |
| 席子 席子 | woven mat | |
| 打折扣 打折扣 | to give a discount; to be of less value than anticipated | |
| 长廊 長廊 | promenade; long hallway; Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing | |
| 纹饰 紋飾 | decorative motif; figure | |
| 除邪 除邪 | to guard against evil; to exorcise | |
| 游猎 遊獵 | to go on a hunting expedition | |
| 头痛欲裂 頭痛欲裂 | to have a splitting headache (idiom) | |
| 烤焦 烤焦 | to burn (food by overroasting etc) |