Vocabulary
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| 装神弄鬼 裝神弄鬼 | lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom); fig. to create a false sense of mystery; to play tricks to deceive or scare others; to engage in hocus-pocus | Idiom |
| 偷偷摸摸 偷偷摸摸 | (idiom) surreptitious; sneaky | Idiom |
| 明目张胆 明目張膽 | openly and without fear; brazenly | Idiom |
| 杀人放火 殺人放火 | to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson | Idiom |
| 六亲不认 六親不認 | not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives | Idiom |
| 血口喷人 血口噴人 | to spit blood (idiom); venomous slander; malicious attacks | Idiom |
| 愧不敢当 愧不敢當 | lit. I'm ashamed and dare not (accept the honor); fig. I do not deserve your praise.; You flatter me too much. | Idiom |
| 漏洞百出 漏洞百出 | (of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom) | Idiom |
| 旁门左道 旁門左道 | dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion; dissident group | Idiom |
| 首当其冲 首當其衝 | to bear the brunt | Idiom |
| 迫不得已 迫不得已 | to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances; forced into sth | Idiom |
| 弱肉强食 弱肉強食 | lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); fig. the law of the jungle | Idiom |
| 高抬贵手 高抬貴手 | to be generous (idiom); to be magnanimous; Give me a break! | Idiom |
| 投石问路 投石問路 | lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom); fig. to test the waters | Idiom |
| 客死他乡 客死他鄉 | to die in a foreign land (idiom) | Idiom |
| 吃硬不吃软 吃硬不吃軟 | susceptible to force but not persuasion | Idiom |
| 发号施令 發號施令 | to boss people around (idiom) | Idiom |
| 首屈一指 首屈一指 | to count as number one (idiom); second to none; outstanding | Idiom |
| 鼠目寸光 鼠目寸光 | short-sighted | Idiom |
| 过街老鼠 過街老鼠 | sb or sth detested by all; target of scorn; anathema; cf. 老鼠過街,人人喊打|老鼠过街, | Idiom |
| 通天彻地 通天徹地 | to know all under heaven; exceptionally talented (idiom) | Idiom |
| 多管闲事 多管閒事 | meddling in other people's business | Xiehouyu |
| 神明 神明 | deities; gods | Xiehouyu |
| 滚蛋 滾蛋 | get out of here!; beat it! | Xiehouyu |
| 屈才 屈才 | to waste talent | Xiehouyu |
| 老样子 老樣子 | old situation; things as they were | Xiehouyu |
| 缺一不可 缺一不可 | not a single one is dispensable; can't do without either | Xiehouyu |
| 人财两空 人財兩空 | (idiom) to suffer the departure of sb (talented staff or one's spouse etc) and a financial loss as well; to get burned both romantically and financially | Xiehouyu |
| 鸡蛋里挑骨头 雞蛋裡挑骨頭 | to look for bones in an egg; to find fault; to nitpick (idiom) | Xiehouyu |
| 臭豆腐 臭豆腐 | stinky tofu; strong-smelling preserved beancurd; fig. rough exterior but lovable person | Xiehouyu |
| 为难 為難 | to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) | Xiehouyu |
| 漏洞 漏洞 | leak; hole; gap; loophole | Xiehouyu |
| 臭 臭 | stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) | Xiehouyu |
| 一路 一路 | the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind | Xiehouyu |
| 骆驼 駱駝 | camel (CL:,,); (coll.) blockhead; ninny | Colloquialism |
| 显摆 顯擺 | (coll.) to show off | Colloquialism |
| 长虫 長蟲 | (coll.) snake | Colloquialism |
| 破烂 破爛 | worn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (coll.) rubbish; junk | Colloquialism |
| 仨 仨 | (coll.) three (cannot be followed by a measure word) | Colloquialism |
| 搞不好 搞不好 | (coll.) maybe; perhaps | Colloquialism |
| 排骨 排骨 | pork chop; pork cutlet; spare ribs; (coll.) skinny person | Colloquialism |
| 一丢丢 一丟丟 | (coll.) a tiny bit | Colloquialism |
| 鬼压床 鬼壓床 | (coll.) sleep paralysis | Colloquialism |
| 礼拜 禮拜 | to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday | Colloquialism |
| 慌 慌 | to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly | Colloquialism |
| 收拾 收拾 | to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |
| 神经 神經 | nerve; mental state; (coll.) unhinged; nutjob | Colloquialism |
| 估计 估計 | to estimate; to reckon; (coll.) to suppose | Colloquialism |
| 漕运 漕運 | (old) to transport by water; to ship grain as tax | |
| 魔 魔 | demon |