Vocabulary

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世界 世界 shì jiè world HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
种 種 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi 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) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ 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}) HSK 3
说来话长 說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly Idiom ∼HSK 2
一问三不知 一問三不知 yī wèn sān bù zhī lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom); fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on; complete ignorance Idiom ∼HSK 2
千里迢迢 千里迢迢 qiān lǐ - tiáo tiáo (idiom) from a great distance; (to come) from afar Idiom ∼HSK 2
三天两头 三天兩頭 sān tiān liǎng tóu lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day; frequently Idiom ∼HSK 2
十万八千里 十萬八千里 shí wàn bā qiān lǐ light-years (apart); a million miles (apart); (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance) Idiom ∼HSK 2
花天酒地 花天酒地 huā tiān jiǔ dì to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures; life of debauchery Idiom ∼HSK 2
小题大做 小題大做 xiǎo tí dà zuò to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 2
不知轻重 不知輕重 bù zhī qīng zhòng lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things; naive; doesn't know who's who; no sense of priorities Idiom ∼HSK 2
没日没夜 沒日沒夜 méi rì méi yè day and night; regardless of the time of day or night Idiom ∼HSK 2
千难万难 千難萬難 qiān nán wàn nán extremely difficult Idiom ∼HSK 2
说三道四 說三道四 shuō sān dào sì to make thoughtless remarks (idiom); to criticize; gossip Idiom ∼HSK 2
四海为家 四海為家 sì hǎi wéi jiā to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom); to feel at home anywhere; to roam about unconstrained; to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own Idiom ∼HSK 2
一日千里 一日千里 yī rì qiān lǐ lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress Idiom ∼HSK 2
天南海北 天南海北 tiān nán - hǎi běi (idiom) far apart; (idiom) from different places; from all over; (idiom) (to talk) about this and that Idiom ∼HSK 2
千千万万 千千萬萬 qiān qiān wàn wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands Idiom ∼HSK 2
花花绿绿 花花綠綠 huā huā lǜ lǜ brightly colored; gaudy Idiom ∼HSK 2
大放厥词 大放厥詞 dà fàng jué cí to prattle on self-importantly (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 2
黑白分明 黑白分明 hēi bái fēn míng lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom); fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong Idiom ∼HSK 2
八面玲珑 八面玲瓏 bā miàn líng lóng be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations) Idiom ∼HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
不要脸 不要臉 bù yào liǎn to have no sense of shame; shameless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
见不得人 見不得人 jiàn bu dé rén shameful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
天不怕地不怕 天不怕地不怕 tiān bù pà dì bù pà fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom); fearless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
有数 有數 yǒu shù to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score; not many; only a few Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
拉倒 拉倒 lā dǎo (coll.) forget it; drop it; let it go; to pull down Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
红人 紅人 hóng rén a favorite of sb in power; a celebrity; American Indian Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
行不通 行不通 xíng bu tōng won't work; will get (you) nowhere Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
出风头 出風頭 chū fēng tou to push oneself forward; to seek fame; to be in the limelight; same as 出锋头 Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难看 難看 nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
要脸 要臉 yào liǎn (coll.) to have a sense of shame Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
男子汉大丈夫 男子漢大丈夫 nán zǐ hàn dà zhàng fu (coll.) he-man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2