Vocabulary
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| 妈的 媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 一点不 一點不 | not at all | |
| 大关 大關 | strategic pass; barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000); instrument of torture used to break limbs | |
| 过高 過高 | too high | |
| 家老 家老 | (old) a senior in one's household | |
| 买东西 買東西 | to do one's shopping | |
| 有电 有電 | electric (apparatus); electrified; having electricity supply (of a house) | |
| 点着 點著 | to light (a candle, cigarette etc) | |
| 好几年 好幾年 | several years | |
| 没有事 沒有事 | not a bit; nothing is up; nothing alarming is happening | |
| 早在 早在 | as early as | |
| 送医 送醫 | to send or deliver to the hospital | |
| 就着 就著 | (eat sth) with (sth else); taking advantage of; using | |
| 洗洗睡 洗洗睡 | to have a shower and go to bed; (fig.) (slang) (neologism) (often sarcastic) to give up on sth unrealistic; to stop kidding oneself; (used dismissively, typically as) keep dreaming | |
| 说上 說上 | to say; to speak; to talk | |
| 话说回来 話說回來 | (but) then again; (but) on the other hand | |
| 天干 天干 | the 10 heavenly stems,,,,,,,,,, used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc | |
| 不用找 不用找 | "keep the change" (restaurant expression) | |
| 拗不过 拗不過 | can't persuade; unable to make (sb) change their mind; unable to resist (sb) | |
| 日间 日間 | daytime | |
| 看笑话 看笑話 | to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself | |
| 一来二去 一來二去 | gradually; little by little; in the course of time | |
| 第二个人 第二個人 | the second person; (fig.) someone else; third party | |
| 兰花 蘭花 | cymbidium; orchid | |
| 出殡 出殯 | to accompany a deceased person to his last resting place; to hold a funeral | |
| 师从 師從 | to study under (a teacher) | |
| 十有八九 十有八九 | most likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority | |
| 不正常 不正常 | abnormal | |
| 说教 說教 | to preach | |
| 瘆人 瘮人 | scary | |
| 北上 北上 | to go up north | |
| 要饭 要飯 | to beg (for food or money) | |
| 外国人 外國人 | foreigner | |
| 本地人 本地人 | native person (of a country) | |
| 花痴 花痴 | to be smitten with sb; love-struck fool; starry-eyed infatuation | |
| 少东家 少東家 | boss's son | |
| 零点 零點 | midnight; to order à la carte; (math.) zero of a function | |
| 水栖 水棲 | aquatic; living in water | |
| 给水 給水 | to supply water; to provide feedwater | |
| 号外 號外 | (newspaper) extra; special number (of a periodical) | |
| 白薯 白薯 | sweet potato | |
| 小轿车 小轎車 | (automobile) sedan; car | |
| 出娄子 出婁子 | to run into difficulties; to cause trouble | |
| 白果 白果 | ginkgo | |
| 试想 試想 | to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it:...") | |
| 褥子 褥子 | cotton-padded mattress | |
| 有话快说 有話快說 | spit it out! | |
| 门闩 門閂 | horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal); door bolt | |
| 树蛙 樹蛙 | tree frog | |
| 打下手 打下手 | to act in a supporting role; fig. to play second fiddle |