Vocabulary
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| 大半夜 大半夜 | the middle of the night | |
| 车队 車隊 | motorcade; fleet | |
| 当班 當班 | to work one's shift | |
| 零头 零頭 | odd; scrap; remainder | |
| 万难 萬難 | countless difficulties; extremely difficult; against all odds | |
| 房卡 房卡 | room card (in a hotel) | |
| 可就 可就 | certainly | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 才分 才分 | ability; talent; gift | |
| 借给 借給 | to lend to sb | |
| 让开 讓開 | to get out of the way; to step aside | |
| 来得 來得 | to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to | |
| 话又说回来 話又說回來 | (but) then again; (but) on the other hand | |
| 走向 走向 | direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for | |
| 在座 在座 | to be present | |
| 打掉 打掉 | to tear down; to destroy; to dismantle (a gang); to abort (a fetus) | |
| 过身 過身 | to die; to pass away | |
| 科长 科長 | section chief | |
| 里弄 里弄 | lanes and alleys; neighborhood; lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families | |
| 狗腿子 狗腿子 | dog's leg; fig. one who follows a villain; henchman; hired thug | |
| 背对 背對 | to have one's back towards | |
| 元件 元件 | element; component | |
| 对得起 對得起 | not to let sb down; to treat sb fairly; be worthy of | |
| 拿出 拿出 | to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) | |
| 玩意儿 玩意兒 | erhua variant of 玩意; toy; thing; trick | |
| 干杯 乾杯 | to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup | |
| 做生意 做生意 | to do business | |
| 斤 斤 | catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g | |
| 一共 一共 | altogether | |
| 住院 住院 | to be in hospital; to be hospitalized | |
| 商量 商量 | to consult; to talk over; to discuss | |
| 笑话 笑話 | joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 南方 南方 | south; the southern part of the country; the South | |
| 咱 偺 | see 咱 | |
| 便宜 便宜 | convenient | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 流行 流行 | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 闻 聞 | to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at | |
| 故意 故意 | deliberately; on purpose | |
| 骑 騎 | (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 到处 到處 | everywhere | |
| 随时 隨時 | at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 什么样 什麼樣 | what kind?; what sort? | |
| 经理 經理 | manager; director |