HSK 7–9 word list
The combined 7–9 band is the advanced superset: everything from literary turns to technical registers. Nobody memorizes this list front to back — it is territory to explore by frequency, which is how it is ordered here. The complete list — 5560 words — follows, ordered by real-world frequency.
- 微small, tiny, subtle
- 均equal, even, uniform
- 精神spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist
- 卡to be stuck; to be wedged; to block; customs station; a clip; a fastener; a checkpost; Taiwan pr. [kǎ]
- 真是really
- 非not; to not be; non-; un-; in-; de-; wrong; incorrect; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- 报newspaper; report; to announce; to inform; recompense; revenge
- 应to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with
- 犯罪to commit a crime; crime; offense
- 赛to compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than; superior to; to excel
- 同志comrade; (slang) homosexual
- 尽to give priority to; to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of
- 证券security
- 传biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station
- 若if; to seem; like; as
- 而已that's all; nothing more
- 文writing; language; culture; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67
- 经to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; classics; sacred book; scripture; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济
- 疯insane; mad; wild
- 鬼ghost; disembodied spirit; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
- 圈to confine; to lock up; to pen in
- 即at once; prompt; namely; that is; i.e.; even if; at present; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- 唯only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 or 论, e.g. 唯理论, rationalism)
- 丝silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc
- 所谓so-called; what is called
- 案件case; instance
- 恐怖frightening; frightful; terrible; terror; terrorist
- 委员会committee
- 舞to dance; to wield; to brandish
- 审计audit
- 钟clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell; handleless cup; goblet; to concentrate
- 股(stock) share; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions; thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科
- 家伙(coll.) guy; chap; household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; weapon
- 任to take up a post; office; responsibility; to assign; to appoint; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
- 袭击attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack
- 呈to present, to submit, to show
- 灵spirit; departed soul; quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; coffin
- 何what, how, why, which
- 砸to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle
- 许to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps
- 党party; association; club; society
- 狂mad; wild; violent
- 娘mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate
- 且and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
- 性感sexy; sex appeal; eroticism; sexuality
- 铁iron (metal); hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang); arms; weapons
- 注to pay attention; to concentrate; to inject; to pour into; to annotate; note; comment; stake (gambling); classifier for sums of money; to register
- 赛季season
- 爽to feel well; pleasurable; invigorating; bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; fine; to deviate
- 供to provide; to supply
- 营销market
- 探to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward
- 挑to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up
- 法庭court of law
- 联盟alliance; union; coalition
- 进攻to attack; to assault; to go on the offensive; attack; assault; offense (sports)
- 并非really isn't
- 负to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc)
- 非法illegal
- 走势trend
- 盯to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at
- 尸体dead body; corpse; carcass
- 走向direction
- 设to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
- 托to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee; to give; to base; to commit; to set; thanks to; torr (unit of pressure)
- 一面one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face
- 拨to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch
- 军事military affairs; (attributive) military
- 杆stick; pole; lever; classifier for long objects such as guns
- 粉丝fan (loanword); enthusiast for sb or sth; bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; Chinese vermicelli; cellophane noodles
- 所在place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located
- 灵魂soul; spirit
- 枚classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old)
- 绝absolutely; by no means; to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish
- 勒to strap tightly; to bind
- 素plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; white; raw silk; usually; always; ever
- 融资finance; financing
- 撒to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee
- 家族family; clan
- 单身unmarried; single
- 哼to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph!
- 真心sincere; heartfelt
- 剂dose (medicine)
- 率to lead; to command; rash; hasty; frank; straightforward; generally; usually
- 吻kiss; to kiss; mouth
- 主义-ism; ideology
- 声明to state; to declare; statement; declaration
- 码weight; number; code; to pile; to stack; classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc
- 情报information; intelligence
- 尿to urinate; urine
- 护to protect
- 眼神expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect)
- 计to calculate; to compute; to count; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge; to regard as important
- 精essence; vitality; energy; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extract; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- 毁to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander; to destroy by fire; to defame; to slander
- 斗to fight; to struggle; to contend; to put together; coming together; to condemn; to censure
- 战士fighter; soldier; warrior
- 装置to install; installation; equipment; device; unit; system
- 赌to bet; to gamble
- 蒙to cover; ignorant; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheat; drizzle; mist; blind; dim-sighted
- 发射to shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket); to launch; to emit (a particle); to discharge; emanation; emission
- 穿着attire; clothes; dress
- 界(bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm
- 偏to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations
- 耍to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc)
- 置to place; to put; to install; to buy
- 告to tell; to say; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue
- 牺牲to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
- 选举to elect; election
- 民营private
- 武装to arm; arms; equipment; military; armed (forces)
- 对付to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb)
- 专项special project
- 天堂paradise; heaven
- 惹to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems)
- 屁股buttocks; bottom; butt; back part
- 丁male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl
- 火箭rocket
- 注射injection; to inject
- 肿瘤tumor
- 核nucleus; nuclear; pit; stone; to examine; to check; to verify; to investigate
- 海军navy
- 起诉to sue; to bring a lawsuit against; to prosecute
- 拳fist; boxing
- 结局conclusion; ending
- 创to create; to begin; to initiate; to inaugurate; to start
- 竟unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- 致to cause; to send; to deliver; to convey; to devote; (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
- 战略strategy
- 天使angel
- 老大eldest child in a family; old age; very; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang
- 专辑album; record (music); special collection of printed or broadcast material
- 稳settled; steady; stable
- 涨幅increase / rise
- 幕act (of a play); curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; curtain; screen
- 失踪to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for
- 执法to enforce a law; law enforcement
- 监控to monitor
- 抢劫to rob; looting
- 卫星satellite; moon
- 猛ferocious; fierce; violent; brave; suddenly; abrupt; (slang) awesome
- 治安law and order; public security
- 产权Property rights
- 兑to exchange, to convert
- 折to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
- 完毕to finish; to end; to complete
- 扯to pull; to tear; to chat; to gossip; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey
- 踏to tread; to step on; to stamp; to press a pedal; to investigate on the spot
- 监狱prison
- 运作to operate; operations; workings; activities (usu. of an organization); thread (computing)
- 判to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; clearly distinguishable
- 炸弹bomb
- 孤单lone; lonely; loneliness
- 宗教religion
- 房地产real estate
- 劲strength, energy, force
- 持to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
- 吼to roar; to howl; to shriek; roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage
- 皆all; each and every; in all cases
- 善good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect
- 当事人persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)
- 恶evil; fierce; vicious; ugly; coarse; to harm
- 伴to accompany; partner; companion; comrade; associate
- 注定to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably; to foreordain
- 诉讼lawsuit
- 惨miserable; wretched; disastrous; tragic; cruel; inhuman; dim; gloomy
- 毒品drugs; narcotics; poison
- 董事会board of directors
- 堂classifier for classes, lectures etc; (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for sets of furniture
- 屎excrement, feces
- 港harbor; port
- 寻to search; to look for; to seek
- 作战combat; to fight
- 豪华luxurious
- 独alone; independent; single; sole; only
- 判决judgment (by a court of law); to pass judgment on; to sentence
- 被告defendant
- 佛Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀)
- 甩to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb)
- 基于on the basis of; because of; in view of; on account of
- 立法legislate
- 涂to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to scribble; to scrawl; to blot out; (literary) mud; street
- 乖(of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal
- 逮捕to arrest; to apprehend; an arrest
- 瓦roof tile; abbr. for 特
- 依to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of
- 杀手killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player
- 轿车car or bus; enclosed carriage for carrying passengers; motor carriage; limousine
- 防守to defend; to protect (against)
- 审判a trial; to try sb
- 标mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units
- 发型hairstyle; coiffure; hairdo
- 折磨to torment; to torture
- 慈善benevolent; charitable
- 地板floor
- 拔to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize
- 罢了a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
- 贼thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely
- 啦啦队cheerleading squad
- 尚still; yet; to value; to esteem
- 授权to authorize
- 预算budget
- 行政administration; (attributive) administrative; executive
- 司法judicial; (administration of) justice
- 大陆continent; mainland
- 乐队band; pop group
- 宇宙universe; cosmos
- 传奇legendary; romance; fantasy saga; short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
- 无比incomparable; matchless
- 戒to give up or stop doing sth; to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)
- 之际during
- 信仰to believe in (a religion); firm belief; conviction
- 评委evaluation committee; judging panel; judging panel member; adjudicator (abbr. for 评选委员会委员)
- 不准not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit
- 少女girl; young lady
- 瞎blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose
- 震惊to shock; to astonish
- 抵to resist, to support, to reach, to compensate
- 坑pit; hole in the ground; depression; hollow; tunnel; to hoodwink; to cheat (sb); (archaic) to bury alive
- 导弹(guided) missile
- 勋章medal; decoration
- 领袖leader
- 合约treaty; contract
- 亦also
- 回归to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)
- 机关mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick
- 库存inventory
- 宗ancestor; clan; school; sect; purpose; model; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
- 绑架to kidnap; to abduct; to hijack; a kidnapping; abduction; staking
- 诱惑to entice; to lure; to induce; to attract
- 涨to swell; to distend
- 震荡shake / vibrate
- 微微slight / slightly
- 情人lover; sweetheart
- 起码at the minimum; at the very least
- 嫉妒to be jealous of; to envy
- 财政finances (public); financial
- 迹象sign; indication; mark; indicator
- 支援to provide assistance; to support; to back
- 贱inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my
- 兼double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time
- 签署to sign (an agreement)
- 都会city; metropolis
- 子弹bullet
- 首席chief (representative, correspondent etc)
- 唱片music CD; gramophone record; LP; musical album
- 攻to attack; to accuse; to study
- 移植to transplant
- 事务所office; firm
- 借口to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext
- 肾kidney
- 拯救to save; to rescue
- 崩溃to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
- 膜membrane; film
- 穿越to pass through; to traverse; to cross
- 抛弃to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)
- 跨to step across; to stride over; to straddle; to span
- 战术tactics
- 临床clinical
- 优雅grace; graceful
- 邪恶evil; sinister; vicious; wicked
- 应付to deal with; to cope
- 就此thus
- 芯片computer chip; microchip
- 脱离to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany)
- 解除to remove; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo); to rescind (an agreement); to sack
- 郁闷depressed
- 附to attach; to add; to be attached; to be close to
- 凶vicious; fierce; terrible; fearful; ominous; inauspicious; famine
- 驾to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; to harness; to draw (a cart etc); your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞)
- 援助to help; to support; to aid; aid; assistance
- 讨to demand or ask for; to invite; to provoke; to discuss or study; to denounce or condemn; to send armed forces to suppress; to marry (a woman)
- 侵犯to infringe on; to encroach on; to violate; to assault
- 生涯career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life
- 战场battlefield
- 熬to endure; to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct
- 备to prepare; to have; to be equipped
- 招商attract investment
- 拍卖to auction; auction sale; to sell at a reduced price
- 名义name; in name; titular; nominal; ostensible purpose
- 桩stump; stake; pile; classifier for items
- 联络to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection
- 企图to attempt; to try; attempt
- 引擎engine (loanword)
- 爹dad
- 窝nest; classifier for litters and broods; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend
- 上场on stage; to go on stage; to take the field
- 腹belly, abdomen, stomach
- 祈祷to pray; to say one's prayers; prayer
- 龙头leading position /faucet
- 残incomplete; disabled; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus
- 天生innate; natural; nature; disposition
- 须must; to have to; to wait; beard; mustache; feeler (of an insect etc); tassel
- 怪物monster; freak; eccentric person
- 登陆to land; to come ashore; to make landfall (of typhoon etc); to log in (frequently used erroneous variant of 登录)
- 灵感inspiration; insight; a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor
- 抹to smear; to wipe; to erase; classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
- 若是if
- 假装to feign; to pretend
- 呼to exhale, to shout, to call out
- 边缘edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
- 敬(bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
- 别墅villa
- 高潮high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity; climax (of a story, a competition etc); to have an orgasm
- 缝to sew; to stitch
- 钻石diamond
- 直升机helicopter
- 有意to intend; intentionally; interested in
- 围观gather to watch
- 磨to grind; to rub; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to waste time; to pester; to insist; to die out
- 统治to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime
- 自治区autonomous region
- 裸naked
- 甜蜜sweet; happy
- 回应to respond; response
- 不可思议inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable; unfathomable
- 宁愿would rather ... (than ...)
- 联赛(sports) league; league tournament
- 拼命to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
- 上演to stage (a play); to screen (a movie); a staging; a screening
- 骨折to suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break; fracture
- 剂量dosage
- 渣slag (in mining or smelting); dregs
- 保佑to bless and protect; blessing
- 切除to excise; to cut out (a tumor)
- 欺负to bully
- 逃避to escape; to evade; to avoid; to shirk
- 级别(military) rank; level; grade
- 不下No more
- 热销sell well
- 癌症cancer
- 献to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old)
- 意志will; willpower; determination
- 飞船spaceship; spacecraft; dirigible; airship
- 孤儿orphan
- 无论如何no matter what; in any event; whatever the case; by all possible means
- 态势situation
- 正当reasonable; fair; sensible; honest
- 清除to clear away; to eliminate; to get rid of
- 挣扎to struggle
- 下滑decline
- 器官(physiology) organ; apparatus
- 捏to pinch; to hold between the thumb and fingers; to mold (using the fingers); to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.); to join together; to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)
- 分裂to split up; to divide; to break up; fission; schism
- 空军air force
- 报复revenge; to retaliate; to make reprisals; retaliation
- 纤维fiber
- 护理to nurse; to tend and protect
- 采to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather; color; complexion; looks
- 提议to propose; to suggest; proposal; suggestion
- 保守conservative; to guard; to keep
- 当晚the same evening
- 抗议to protest; protest
- 轮胎tire; pneumatic tire
- 劫to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 波
- 监管to oversee; to take charge of; to supervise; to administer; supervisory; supervision
- 条例regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes
- 监视to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance
- 焦burnt; scorched; charred; worried; anxious; coke; joule (abbr. for 耳)
- 担保to guarantee; to vouch for
- 麻hemp; generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; sesame; (of materials) rough or coarse; pocked; pitted; to have pins and needles or tingling; to feel numb
- 候选人candidate
- 绑to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap
- 告知to inform
- 阴谋a conspiracy; a plot; to conspire; to plot
- 保卫to defend; to safeguard
- 无辜innocent; innocence; not guilty (law)
- 磅(loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams); scale (instrument for weighing); to weigh; (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type)
- 谎言lie
- 声称to claim; to state; to proclaim; to assert
- 背叛to betray
- 帝国empire; imperial
- 介入to intervene; to get involved
- 片子film; movie; film reel; phonograph record; X-ray image
- 股份a share (in a company); stock
- 开工to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job
- 低调low-key; low-profile; low pitch; quiet (voice); subdued
- 光荣honor and glory; glorious
- 凶手murderer; assassin
- 卡车truck
- 时装fashion; fashionable clothes
- 筹to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; resource; way; means
- 辐射radiation
- 功achievement; meritorious deed or service; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)
- 暨and, also; to reach, to attain
- 趴to lie on one's stomach; to lean forward, resting one's upper body (on a desktop etc); (Tw) percent
- 赌博to gamble
- 到位to get to the intended location; to be in place; to be in position; precise; well (done)
- 涉嫌to be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of
- 姜ginger
- 股东shareholder; stockholder
- 残酷cruel; cruelty
- 治愈to cure; to restore to health; uplifting; heartwarming
- 晃to dazzle; to flash past
- 闷stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly
- 戳to jab; to poke; to stab; stamp; seal; (coll.) to sprain; to blunt; to stand; to stand (sth) upright; to fuck (vulgar)
- 曝光(fig.) to expose (a scandal); to expose (photography); (advertising) exposure; Taiwan pr. [pù guāng]
- 浑身all over; from head to foot
- 宪法constitution (of a country)
- 钉to nail; to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to pin; to staple; to sew on
- 尽情as much as one likes
- 防御defense; to defend
- 赛车auto race; cycle race; race car
- 人格personality; integrity; dignity
- 忠诚loyal; devoted; loyalty; fidelity
- 杀害to murder
- 腐败to rot; rotten; corruption; to corrupt
- 发作to flare up; to break out
- 震撼to shake; to shock; to stun; shocking; stunning; shock
- 鉴于in view of; seeing that; considering; whereas
- 局势situation; state (of affairs)
- 隧道tunnel
- 债debt
- 尚未not yet; still not
- 指数(numerical, statistical) index; (math.) exponent; index; exponential (function, growth)
- 提名to nominate
- 耐(bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand
- 鹰eagle; falcon; hawk
- 流氓rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior
- 影像image
- 略(bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; plan; strategy; to capture (territory)
- 竞选to take part in an election; to run for office
- 理智reason; intellect; rationality; rational
- 风暴storm; violent commotion; fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)
- 扁flat; (coll.) to beat (sb) up
- 撤to remove; to take away
- 呵expel breath; my goodness
- 着手to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out
- 指望to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope
- 搭档to cooperate; partner
- 使命mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling
- 残忍cruel; mean; merciless; ruthless
- 倒霉to have bad luck; to be out of luck
- 不及Less than
- 傻瓜idiot; fool
- 追踪to follow a trail; to trace; to pursue
- 保密to keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy
- 致命fatal; mortal; deadly; to sacrifice one's life
- 反抗to resist; to rebel
- 资助to subsidize; to provide financial aid; subsidy
- 赞助to support; to assist; to sponsor
- 难怪(it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that)
- 包围to surround; to encircle; to hem in
- 玉jade
- 隔离to separate; to isolate
- 人性human nature; humanity; human; the totality of human attributes
- 人选choice of person; candidate
- 作风style; style of work; way
- 美妙beautiful; wonderful; splendid
- 情侣sweethearts; lovers
- 本事ability; skill
- 纯粹pure; unadulterated; purely; completely
- 废waste; abandoned; crippled; disabled; to abolish; to abandon; to abrogate; to discard; to depose; to oust
- 缠to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy
- 潮tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard
- 押to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign
- 困境predicament; plight
- 服务器server (computer)
- 短暂of short duration; brief; momentary
- 评审to appraise; to evaluate; to judge
- 鹿deer
- 幢classifier for buildings; carriage curtain (old)
- 数据库database
- 担to carry; to shoulder; to undertake; to take responsibility
- 出手to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task
- 保姆nanny; housekeeper
- 颁奖to confer an award
- 兹this; now; here; time; year
- 刑事criminal; penal
- 虾shrimp; prawn
- 翘to stick up; to rise on one end; to tilt
- 锁定to lock (a door); to close with a latch; to lock into place; a lock; a latch; to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten); to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection); to focus attention on; to target
- 地狱hell; underworld; infernal; (Buddhism) Naraka
- 消to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take
- 举报to report (malefactors to the police); to denounce
- 气息breath; smell; odor; flavor
- 魔法magic
- 潜在hidden; potential; latent
- 演绎(of a story etc) to unfold; to play out; to develop (a technique etc); to enact; (logic) to deduce; to infer
- 真理truth
- 孔hole; classifier for cave dwellings
- 灌to irrigate; to pour; to install (software); to record (music)
- 震to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing thunder; ☳
- 吻合to be a good fit; to be identical with; to adjust oneself to; to fit in
- 随机according to the situation; pragmatic; random
- 生理physiology
- 拜托to request sb to do sth; please!
- 滋味taste; flavor; feeling
- 人间the human world; the earth
- 审查to examine; to investigate; to censor out; censorship
- 丝毫the slightest amount or degree; a bit
- 挖掘to excavate; to dig; to unearth
- 权威authority; authoritative; power and prestige
- 债务debt; liability; amount due; indebtedness
- 谱score (music); chart; list; table; register; to set to music; spectrum (physics)
- 永恒eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)
- 驻to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
- 反击to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack
- 尊严dignity; honor; sanctity; majesty
- 再度once more; once again; one more time
- 下手to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest
- 见识to experience for oneself; to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; knowledge; experience; insight
- 宰to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
- 交叉to cross; to intersect; to overlap
- 电台transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station; radio station
- 终端terminal
- 沾to touch; to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact
- 可笑funny; ridiculous
- 捞to fish up; to dredge up
- 动脉artery
- 顶级top-notch; first-rate
- 多年来for the past many years
- 蠢stupid; sluggish; clumsy; to wiggle (of worms); to move in a disorderly fashion
- 凤凰phoenix
- 扩散to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
- 条款clause (of contract or law)
- 心思mind; thoughts; inclination; mood
- 贿赂to bribe; a bribe
- 阴影(lit. and fig.) shadow
- 硬盘hard disk
- 炮cannon; firecracker
- 无线wireless
- 封锁to blockade; to seal off; to lock down
- 部署to dispose; to deploy; deployment
- 样本sample; specimen
- 进程course of events; process
- 见证to be witness to; witness; evidence
- 钩hook; to hook; to sew; to crochet; check mark or tick; window catch
- 盗to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber
- 异性the opposite sex; of the opposite sex; heterosexual; different in nature
- 颇rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [pǒ]
- 溜to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate
- 农场farm
- 区间range
- 魔鬼devil
- 疯子madman; lunatic
- 底线bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept; (sports) baseline; (sewing) under thread; spy; informer; plant
- 摧毁to destroy; to wreck
- 国土country's territory; national land
- 标记sign; mark; symbol; to mark up; (computing) token
- 相遇to meet; to encounter; to come across
- 但愿if only (sth were possible); I wish (that)
- 温馨comfort; soft and fragrant; warm
- 挨close to; adjacent to; in order; in sequence
- 封面cover (of a publication)
- 辩护to defend; to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of; to plead
- 幸好fortunately
- 园区park
- 人质hostage
- 嘴唇lip
- 签约to sign a contract or agreement
- 训to train; to teach; to admonish; instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule
- 强制to force; to compel; to coerce; forced; compulsory; Taiwan pr. [qiǎng zhì]
- 愚蠢silly; stupid
- 火爆Hot and popular
- 盗窃to steal
- 设定to set; to set up; to install; setting; preferences
- 游行to march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration; to travel around; to roam
- 奔to go to; to head for; towards; Taiwan pr. [bēn]
- 自私selfish; selfishness
- 凑to gather together, pool or collect; to move close to; to happen by chance; to exploit an opportunity
- 警惕to be on the alert; vigilant; alert; on guard; to warn
- 降临to descend; to arrive; to come
- 截to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept; section; chunk; length
- 生死life or death
- 膝盖knee; (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
- 入侵to invade
- 狂欢party; carousal; hilarity; merriment; whoopee; to carouse
- 重组to reorganize; to recombine; to restructure
- 碟small plate or dish
- 乃to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
- 发觉to realize; to become aware; to detect; to perceive
- 撕to tear
- 鸣to make a sound (of birds, animals, or objects)
- 笨蛋fool; idiot
- 极度extremely
- 舱cabin; the hold of a ship or airplane
- 安置to arrange for; to find a place for; to help settle down; to get into bed; placement
- 处置to handle; to take care of; to punish
- 增产to increase production
- 念头thought; idea; intention
- 皇后empress; imperial consort
- 视线line of sight
- 间谍spy
- 首批first batch
- 虚false; empty or unoccupied; (of health) weak; virtual; emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; diffident or timid; humble or modest; in vain
- 壳shell; carapace; crust (earth's crust etc); also pr. [ké]
- 罪犯criminal
- 巡逻to patrol (police, army or navy)
- 投降to surrender; surrender
- 煎to pan fry; to sauté
- 边境frontier; border
- 继to continue; to go on with; to follow after; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards
- 疫苗vaccine
- 喉咙the throat
- 矿a mine; ore; mineral deposit; ore deposit
- 身子body; pregnancy; health
- 邪evil; demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; (coll.) strange; abnormal; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine)
- 军官officer (military)
- 跌幅Decline
- 意愿aspiration; wish (for); desire
- 隐瞒to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth
- 工会labor union; trade union
- 织to weave
- 征服to conquer; to subdue; to vanquish
- 陈述an assertion; to declare; to state
- 地道tunnel; causeway
- 精英elite; cream; essence; quintessence
- 垫pad; cushion; mat; to pad out; to fill a gap; to pay for sb; to advance (money)
- 席seat; banquet; woven mat; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc
- 确切definite; exact; precise
- 不惜not hesitate (to do sth); not stint; not spare; not scruple (to do sth)
- 揭晓to announce publicly; to publish; to make known; to disclose
- 发誓to vow; to pledge; to swear
- 安心at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth
- 唯有only
- 犯规to break the rules; an illegality; a foul
- 缩to contract; to shrink; to reduce; to withdraw; to pull back; abbreviation; also pr. [sù]
- 婚纱wedding dress
- 困惑confused; bewildered; perplexed; difficult problem; perplexity
- 盛大grand; majestic; magnificent
- 共和国republic
- 数码digital; number; numerals; figures; amount; numerical code
- 天赋gift; innate skill
- 空白blank space
- 疗法therapy; treatment
- 同胞sibling; born of the same parents; fellow citizen; compatriot
- 故reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; happening; instance; (of people) to die, dead
- 变形to become deformed; to change shape; to morph
- 无力powerless; lacking strength
- 地步situation; degree (to which a situation has evolved); stage; leeway
- 占领to capture; to seize; to occupy by force
- 扬to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate
- 悲哀grieved; sorrowful
- 欢呼to cheer for; to acclaim
- 阳性positive; masculine
- 壮to strengthen; strong; robust
- 辞to resign; to decline; to dismiss; to take leave; ballad (archaic poetic genre)
- 审to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court)
- 倒数to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down; from the bottom (lines on a page); from the back (rows of seats)
- 临to be (just) about to; just before; to face; to overlook; to arrive
- 晋级advance
- 指引to guide; to show; to point (the way); directions; guidance; guidelines
- 罩cover; fish trap (basket); shade
- 回避to avoid (sb); to shun; to evade (an issue); to skirt; to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc)
- 新生new student; newborn; new; emerging; nascent; rebirth; regeneration; new life
- 不当Improper
- 问候to give one's respects; to send a greeting; (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)
- 留意to be mindful; to pay attention to; to take note of
- 棉花cotton
- 指甲fingernail
- 神圣divine; hallow; holy; sacred
- 恶化to worsen
- 口气tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone
- 国民nationals; citizens; people of a nation
- 指令order; command; instruction
- 勾to attract; to arouse; to tick; to strike out; to delineate; to collude
- 出局(of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition; (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball); to be dismissed (in cricket); (fig.) to be weeded out; to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
- 贵族nobility; aristocrat; lord; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocracy
- 制服uniform (army, party, school etc); (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status; livery (for company employees); to subdue; to check; to bring under control
- 吉他guitar (loanword)
- 癌cancer; carcinoma; also pr. [yán]
- 证人witness
- 清新fresh and clean
- 征journey; trip; expedition; to go on long campaign; to attack; to invite; to recruit; to levy (taxes); to draft (troops); phenomenon; symptom; characteristic sign (used as proof); evidence
- 备战Prepare for battle
- 坦克tank (military vehicle) (loanword)
- 自称to call oneself; to claim to be; to profess; to claim a title
- 毁灭to perish; to ruin; to destroy
- 乐意to be willing to do sth; to be ready to do sth; to be happy to do sth; content; satisfied
- 哭泣to weep
- 筹码bargaining chip; gaming chip; casino token
- 水晶crystal
- 瞄准to take aim at; to target
- 脑海the mind; the brain
- 会谈talks; discussions
- 双重double
- 捅to poke; to stab; to prod; to nudge; to disclose
- 掩饰to cover up; to conceal; to mask; to gloss over
- 终止to stop; to terminate
- 掩盖to conceal; to hide behind; to cover up
- 标签label; tag; (computing) tab (GUI element)
- 演习practice; maneuver; exercise; to maneuver
- 艾滋病AIDS (loanword)
- 陷阱pitfall; snare; trap
- 胎fetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding); womb carrying a fetus; (fig.) origin; source; (loanword) tire
- 来电incoming telephone call (or telegram); to phone in; to send in a telegram; to have an instant attraction to sb; (of electricity, after an outage) to come back
- 筒tube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
- 干涉to interfere; to meddle; interference
- 组建to organize; to set up; to establish
- 制止to stop; to put a stop to; to curb; to check; to limit
- 华丽gorgeous
- 操纵to operate; to control; to manipulate; to rig
- 遗忘to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore
- 积to accumulate; to amass; to store; old; long-standing; measured quantity (such as area of volume); product (the result of multiplication); to integrate (math.); to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.)
- 地带zone
- 准则norm; standard; criterion
- 报酬reward; remuneration
- 可疑suspicious; dubious
- 丫头girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)
- 搅to mix; to stir; to disturb; to annoy
- 极限limit; extreme boundary
- 讽刺to satirize; to mock; irony; satire; sarcasm
- 赐to confer; to bestow; to grant; Taiwan pr. [sì]
- 星座constellation; astrological sign
- 违背to go against; to be contrary to; to violate
- 呕吐to vomit
- 原告complainant; plaintiff
- 美容to improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery); to make oneself more attractive; to beautify
- 揍to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth)
- 糖尿病diabetes; diabetes mellitus
- 分成to divide (into); to split a bonus; to break into; tenths; percentage allotment
- 指控accuse
- 性命life
- 糊涂muddled; silly; confused
- 慌to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly
- 同步synchronous; to synchronize; to keep step with
- 何必there is no need; why should
- 团伙(criminal) gang; gang member; accomplice; crony
- 麻醉anesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality)
- 审理to hear (a case)
- 共识common understanding; consensus
- 内在inner; internal; intrinsic; innate
- 抵押to provide (an asset) as security for a loan; to put up collateral
- 伪装to disguise oneself as; to pretend to be (asleep etc); pretense; disguise; (military) to camouflage; camouflage
- 曲线curve; curved line; indirect; in a roundabout way
- 喘to gasp; to pant; asthma
- 吸毒to take drugs
- 独家exclusive
- 任意any; arbitrary; at will; at random
- 青睐favor
- 开除to expel (a member of an organization); to fire (an employee)
- 拽to pull; to tug at (sth)
- 墓grave; tomb; mausoleum
- 陷to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; pitfall; trap; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect
- 废话nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
- 激光laser
- 国务院State Council (PRC); State Department (USA)
- 抖to tremble; to shake out; to reveal; to make it in the world
- 时空time and place; world of a particular locale and era; (physics) space-time
- 霜frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting; (skin) cream
- 流血to bleed; to shed blood
- 应急to respond to an emergency; to meet a contingency; (attributive) emergency
- 八卦the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经; gossip; gossipy
- 是非right and wrong; quarrel
- 言论expression of opinion; views; remarks; arguments
- 并发症Complications
- 无敌unequalled; without rival; a paragon
- 昏迷to lose consciousness; to be in a coma; stupor; coma; stunned; disoriented
- 运转to work; to operate; to revolve; to turn around
- 官司lawsuit
- 替补substitute
- 没收to confiscate; to seize
- 嫩young and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked; (of color) light; (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled
- 辉煌splendid; glorious
- 沙滩beach; sandy shore
- 流浪to wander; to drift about; to roam; homeless; nomadic; unsettled (e.g. population); vagrant
- 手枪pistol
- 感恩to be grateful
- 良心conscience
- 火炬(flaming) torch
- 出卖to sell; to offer for sale; to sell out; to betray
- 梦幻dream; illusion; reverie
- 鲜血blood
- 魔术magic
- 与众不同to stand out from the masses (idiom)
- 地毯carpet; rug
- 进军march into
- 甜美sweet; pleasant; happy
- 受害人victim
- 雇to employ; to hire; to rent
- 乐园paradise
- 吓人to scare; scary; frightening
- 光芒rays of light; brilliant rays; radiance
- 海滩beach
- 额外extra; added; additional
- 钢铁steel
- 压抑to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression
- 伪造to forge; to fake; to counterfeit
- 召集to convene; to gather
- 亲眼with one's own eyes; personally
- 骚扰to disturb; to cause a commotion; to harass
- 标识Identification
- 花样pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花样滑冰 figure skating)
- 亲手personally; with one's own hands
- 激活to activate
- 上诉to appeal (a judicial case); appeal
- 憋to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath)
- 摊to spread out; vendor's stand
- 任命to appoint; (job) appointment
- 环球around the world; worldwide
- 轰bang; boom; rumble; explosion; to attack; to shoo away; to expel
- 撤离to withdraw from; to evacuate
- 无情pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless
- 为人to conduct oneself; behavior; conduct; personal character
- 开场to begin; to open; to start; beginning of an event
- 连连repeatedly
- 容忍to put up with; to tolerate
- 权益rights; interests; rights and benefits
- 邀to invite; to request; to intercept; to solicit; to seek
- 丸ball; pellet; pill
- 防护to defend; to protect
- 坚信to believe firmly; without any doubt
- 折腾to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money)
- 寻常usual; common; ordinary
- 侮辱to insult; to humiliate; dishonor
- 一早early in the morning; at dawn
- 生产线production line
- 兜pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old)
- 致力于Dedicate
- 扮to play (a role); to dress up; to disguise oneself as; to put on (an expression)
- 意图intent; intention; to intend
- 火焰blaze; flame
- 恶意malice; evil intention
- 盼to hope for; to long for; to expect
- 上司boss; superior
- 荣幸honored (to have the privilege of ...)
- 高贵grandeur; noble
- 蜂蜜honey
- 怨to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge
- 处境situation (of a person)
- 创伤wound; injury; trauma
- 发言人spokesperson
- 哄to deceive; to coax; to amuse (a child)
- 说谎to lie; to tell an untruth
- 回想to recall; to recollect; to think back
- 祭to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); memorial ceremony; (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; (lit. and fig.) to wield
- 幕后behind the scenes
- 沮丧dispirited; dejected; dismayed
- 发掘to excavate; to explore; (fig.) to unearth; to tap into
- 储备reserves; to store up
- 通报to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal
- 占用to occupy
- 出路a way out (lit. and fig.); a way forward; opportunity for advancement; outlet (for one's products)
- 炖to stew
- 盲目blind; blindly; ignorant; lacking understanding
- 迟早sooner or later
- 谜riddle
- 充to fill; sufficient; full; to serve as; to act as; to act falsely as; to pose as
- 愈to recover; to heal; better; the more...(the more...)
- 伴侣companion; mate; partner
- 瞒to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark
- 自主independent; to act for oneself; autonomous
- 交代to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to transfer (duties to sb else); to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end
- 步伐pace; (measured) step; march
- 宽容lenient; tolerant; indulgent; charitable; to forgive
- 强行to do sth by force; Taiwan pr. [qiǎng xíng]
- 手脚hand and foot; movement of limbs; action; trick; step in a procedure
- 投放launch / put into (market)
- 姿态attitude; posture; stance
- 经费funds; expenditure
- 社交interaction; social contact
- 幼稚young; childish; puerile
- 辖区jurisdiction
- 随身to (carry) on one's person; to (take) with one
- 走私to smuggle; to have an illicit affair
- 诈骗to defraud; to swindle; to blackmail
- 尽头end; extremity; limit
- 挽救to save; to remedy; to rescue
- 扩张to expand (e.g. one's power or influence); expansion; dilation; to broaden
- 眼下now; at present; subocular (medicine)
- 歧视to discriminate against; discrimination
- 放过to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth
- 润moist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate; to embellish; to enhance; profit; remuneration; (neologism c. 2021) (slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate (in order to flee adverse conditions)
- 无意inadvertent; accidental; to have no intention of (doing sth)
- 侦查investigate
- 裂to split; to crack; to break open; to rend
- 效力effectiveness; positive effect; to serve (in some capacity)
- 侵略to invade; invasion
- 宣称to assert; to claim
- 威力might; formidable power
- 别说to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone
- 施工construction; to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
- 勿do not
- 激素hormone
- 隆重grand; ceremonious; solemn; prosperous
- 破裂to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down
- 体制system; organization
- 废物rubbish; waste material; useless person
- 迷失to lose (one's bearings); to get lost
- 守护to guard; to protect
- 协商to consult with; to talk things over; agreement
- 委员committee member
- 视野field of view; (fig.) outlook; perspective
- 蹦to jump; to bounce; to hop
- 样品sample; specimen
- 雷达radar (loanword)
- 关节joint (physiology); key point; critical phase
- 民事civil
- 边界boundary; border
- 嫌疑suspicion; to have suspicions
- 波动to fluctuate; to undulate; wave motion; rise and fall
- 海盗pirate
- 与否whether or not (at the end of a phrase)
- 往事past events; former happenings
- 传言rumor; hearsay
- 何况let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more
- 传闻rumor
- 简称to be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form
- 预警issue an early warning
- 发泄to give vent to (one's feelings)
- 预言to predict; prophecy
- 失控to go out of control
- 出动to start out on a trip; to dispatch troops
- 妥协to compromise; to reach terms; a compromise
- 宁静tranquil; tranquility; serenity
- 瞪to open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at
- 来回to make a round trip; return journey; back and forth; to and fro; repeatedly
- 终结end; conclusion; to come to an end; to terminate (sth)
- 可恶hateful; repulsive; vile; abominable
- 泡沫foam; (soap) bubble; (economic) bubble
- 额度Credit limit
- 谴责to denounce; to condemn; to criticize; condemnation; criticism
- 分歧difference (of opinion, position); disagreement; divergent; (math.) bifurcation
- 烟花fireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
- 版权Copyright
- 纠缠to be in a tangle; to nag
- 海报poster; playbill; notice
- 机密secret; classified (information)
- 绳子cord; string; rope
- 剧情story line; plot; drama (genre)
- 灿烂to glitter; brilliant; splendid
- 自行by oneself; voluntary; autonomous; self-
- 拘留to detain (a prisoner); to keep sb in custody
- 孕妇pregnant woman
- 新春Spring Festival
- 腔(bound form) cavity; tune; accent (in one's speech); (old) (classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock)
- 复合(of a couple) to get back together; (of people who were estranged) to be reconciled; to combine; complex; compound; composite; hybrid; to compound
- 下场to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
- 匹配to match; matching; compatible; to mate or marry
- 气象meteorology; meteorological feature; atmosphere; ambience; scene
- 傲proud; arrogant; to despise; unyielding; to defy
- 介意to care about; to take offense; to mind
- 编号to number; numbering; serial number
- 一体an integral whole; all concerned; everybody
- 辩to debate; to dispute; to argue; to discuss
- 巧合coincidence; coincidental; to coincide
- 古怪strange; weird; eccentric; bizarre
- 岩石rock
- 克隆clone (loanword)
- 裹to wrap around; bundle; parcel; package; to press into service; to pressgang; to make off with (sth)
- 下达issue
- 皱to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
- 豹leopard; panther
- 直至lasting until; up till (the present)
- 出身to come from; to be born of; family background; class origin
- 头号first rate; top rank; number one
- 王国kingdom; realm
- 墨ink stick; China ink; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead
- 动静(detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness
- 授予to award; to confer
- 赴to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc)
- 下令to give an order; to command
- 直觉intuition
- 诊所clinic
- 掐to pinch; to nip; to pinch off; to pick (flowers); to clutch; (slang) to fight
- 前线front line; military front; workface; cutting edge
- 忠实faithful
- 亲近intimate; to get close to
- 延to prolong; to extend; to delay
- 战役military campaign
- 坦白honest; forthcoming; to confess
- 缓slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate; not tense; relaxed
- 掩护to screen; to shield; to cover; protection; cover
- 社会主义socialism
- 胎儿unborn child; fetus; embryo
- 政权regime; political power
- 虐待to mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse; mistreatment; maltreatment
- 宣言declaration; manifesto
- 瘾addiction; craving
- 窒息to choke; to stifle; to suffocate
- 法治Rule of law
- 漆paint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
- 熏to smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils; to perfume; fragrance; warm; to educate
- 赞美to admire; to praise; to eulogize
- 虚假false; phony; pretense
- 永久forever; everlasting; lasting; permanent; perpetual
- 强势strong; powerful; (linguistics) emphatic; intensive
- 伸手to reach out with one's hand; to hold out a hand; (fig.) to beg; to get involved; to meddle
- 民生livelihood
- 种族race; ethnicity
- 扭曲to twist; to warp; to distort
- 人情human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn
- 民办run by the local people; privately operated
- 编剧to write a play; screenwriter; dramatist; scenario
- 处方medical prescription; to write out a prescription; (fig.) recommendation; advice
- 安定stable; calm; settled; to stabilize; Valium; diazepam
- 默契tacit understanding; mutual understanding; rapport; connected at a deep level with each other; (of team members) well coordinated; tight
- 续to continue; to replenish
- 礼服ceremonial robe; formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc)
- 舔to lick; to lap
- 叠to fold; to fold over in layers; to layer; to pile up; to furl; to repeat; to duplicate
- 一线front line
- 耗to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally; news
- 智商IQ (intelligence quotient)
- 漫free; unrestrained; to inundate
- 片段fragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc); episode (of story etc)
- 基金会foundation
- 温泉hot spring; spa; onsen
- 副作用side effect
- 枕pillow
- 追逐to chase; to pursue vigorously
- 涌to bubble up; to rush forth
- 奇妙fantastic; wonderful
- 归来to return; to come back
- 奴隶slave
- 干预to meddle; to intervene; intervention
- 争执to dispute; to disagree; to argue opinionatedly; to wrangle
- 卧to lie; to crouch
- 集会to gather; assembly; meeting
- 无知ignorant; ignorance
- 剥夺to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property)
- 橡胶rubber; caoutchouc
- 万分very much; extremely; one ten thousandth part
- 指向to point towards; aimed at; facing; the direction indicated
- 协定agreement; accord; to reach an agreement
- 私下in private
- 旗帜ensign; flag
- 悬to hang or suspend; unresolved; to worry; baseless; without foundation; public announcement
- 水准level (of achievement etc); standard; level (surveying)
- 重重Heavy
- 柜台sales counter; front desk; bar; (of markets, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter)
- 纯洁pure; clean and honest; to purify
- 揭露to expose; to unmask; to ferret out; to disclose; disclosure
- 吩咐to tell; to instruct; to command
- 导航navigation
- 强劲strong; powerful; robust
- 挽回to retrieve; to redeem
- 剥to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck
- 三角triangle
- 庆幸to rejoice; to be glad
- 条约treaty; pact
- 享to enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of
- 陆军army; ground forces
- 恐慌panic; panicky; panic-stricken
- 旺prosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming; (of fire) roaring
- 连锁to interlock; to be linked; chain (store etc)
- 伤感sad; emotional; sentimental; pathos
- 轻微slight; light; trivial; to a small extent
- 辩论debate; argument; to argue over
- 疲惫beaten; exhausted; tired
- 拧to pinch; wring
- 莫名其妙inexplicable; (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason
- 廉价cheaply-priced; low-cost
- 束缚to bind; to tie; to restrict; fetters; to commit
- 撞击to strike; to hit; to ram
- 债券bond; debenture
- 垮to collapse (lit. or fig.)
- 当真to take seriously; serious; No joking, really!
- 复活to revive; (lit. and fig.) to come back to life; (religion) resurrection
- 溪creek; rivulet
- 怪不得no wonder!; so that's why!
- 突击sudden and violent attack; assault; fig. rushed job; concentrated effort to finish a job quickly
- 压迫to oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression; stress (physics)
- 蔓延to extend; to spread
- 巨人giant
- 模范model; fine example
- 设法to try; to make an attempt; to think of a way (to accomplish sth)
- 强硬tough; unyielding; hard-line
- 心意intention; regard; kindly feelings
- 道具prop (theater); paraphernalia; (gaming) item; artifact
- 不妨there is no harm in; might as well
- 靴子boots
- 终究in the end; after all is said and done
- 会面to meet with; meeting
- 失落to feel a sense of loss; frustrated; disappointment; loss; to lose (sth); to drop (sth)
- 解脱to untie; to free; to absolve of; to get free of; to extirpate oneself; (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries
- 受益to benefit from; profit
- 小人nasty person; vile character; person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself)
- 炸药explosive (material)
- 灶kitchen stove; cooking range
- 表决to decide by vote; to vote
- 享有to enjoy (rights, privileges etc)
- 登场Make an appearance
- 仇恨to hate; hatred; enmity; hostility
- 注视to look attentively at; to closely watch; to gaze at
- 后备reserve; backup
- 开支expenditures; expenses; to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages
- 擅自without permission
- 抽查random inspection; to do a spot check
- 目睹to witness; to see at first hand; to see with one's own eyes
- 防范to guard against; to be on guard; wariness; preventive
- 手腕wrist; trickery; finesse; ability; skill
- 税收taxation
- 清单list of items
- 明智sensible; wise; judicious; sagacious
- 非凡out of the ordinary; unusually (good, talented etc)
- 刊登to carry a story; to publish (in a newspaper or magazine)
- 泄露to leak (information); to divulge; also pr. [xiè lòu]
- 无耻without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless
- 诱人attractive; alluring; captivating
- 鹅goose
- 仇hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc)
- 冷漠cold and detached towards sb; indifference; lack of regard; neglect
- 预备to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory
- 卡通cartoon (loanword)
- 圈子circle; ring; (social) circle
- 天地heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity
- 厌倦to be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with
- 饶to spare; to forgive; to add for free; to throw in as bonus; rich; abundant; exuberant; despite; although
- 手册manual; handbook
- 转化to change; to transform; isomerization (chemistry)
- 奔驰to run quickly; to speed; to gallop
- 体贴considerate (of other people's needs)
- 生效to take effect; to go into effect
- 服饰apparel; clothing and personal adornment
- 名誉reputation; fame; honor; honorary; emeritus (of retired professor)
- 垂to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach
- 退役(of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
- 兑现(of a check etc) to cash; to honor a commitment
- 肌肤skin; flesh; fig. close physical relationship
- 拳头fist; clenched fist; competitive (product)
- 遵循to follow; to abide by; to comply with
- 抗生素antibiotic
- 下属subordinate; underling
- 英勇heroic; gallant; valiant
- 人权human rights
- 喜悦happy; joyous
- 大气atmosphere (surrounding the earth); imposing; impressive; stylish
- 引用to quote; to cite; to recommend; to appoint; (computing) reference
- 世人people / the public
- 查明to investigate and find out; to ascertain
- 一手a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help
- 怪异monstrous; strange; strange phenomenon
- 认证to authenticate; to approve
- 作弊to practice fraud; to cheat; to engage in corrupt practices
- 蜡烛candle
- 可悲lamentable
- 惊奇to be amazed; to be surprised; to wonder
- 立案file a case
- 精神病mental disorder; psychosis
- 厌恶to loathe; to hate; disgusted with sth
- 和尚Buddhist monk
- 扛to carry on one's shoulder; (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)
- 偿还to repay; to reimburse
- 验to examine; to test; to check
- 炫耀dazzling; to show off; to flaunt
- 人身person; personal; human body
- 品味taste
- 一旁aside; to the side of
- 上行ascend
- 后台backstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end; background
- 自在comfortable; at ease
- 啃to gnaw; to nibble; to bite
- 即日the same day
- 寺Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)
- 帐篷tent
- 低估to underestimate; to underrate
- 缘故reason; cause
- 偏偏(indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people
- 话语words; speech; utterance; discourse
- 上映to screen; to show (a movie)
- 主编editor in chief
- 统统totally
- 要命to cause sb's death; (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance; extremely; terribly
- 颤抖to shudder; to shiver; to shake; to tremble
- 打倒to overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... !
- 背影Back view
- 董事board member
- 解剖to dissect (an animal); to analyze; anatomy
- 风情mien; bearing; grace; amorous feelings; flirtatious expressions; local conditions and customs; wind force, direction etc
- 雕塑sculpture; a statue; to carve; a Buddhist image
- 资质qualification
- 国防national defense
- 搜查to search
- 加之besides
- 核武器nuclear weapon
- 着想to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs); also pr. [zháo xiǎng]
- 罢工a strike; to go on strike
- 颁发to issue; to promulgate; to award
- 攻势Offensive
- 腾to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; (verb suffix indicating repeated action)
- 呼吁to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to); an appeal
- 支配to control; to dominate; to allocate
- 堕落to degrade; to degenerate; to become depraved; corrupt; a fall from grace
- 解救to rescue; to help out of difficulties; to save the situation
- 妥ready; settled; suitable; adequate
- 开庭hold a court session
- 歹徒gangster; hoodlum; evildoer; malefactor
- 野蛮barbarous; uncivilized
- 分解to resolve; to decompose; to break down
- 敞开to open wide; unrestrictedly
- 代理人agent
- 名声reputation
- 挪to shift; to move
- 丑闻scandal
- 口岸port
- 面孔face
- 卸to unload; to unhitch; to remove or strip; to get rid of
- 潜艇submarine
- 公关public relations
- 报案Report the case
- 以至于down to; up to; to the extent that...
- 业绩achievement; accomplishment; (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results
- 直线straight line; sharply (rise or fall)
- 指南to guide; guidebook
- 融to melt; to thaw; to blend; to merge; to be in harmony
- 澄清clear (of liquid); limpid; to clarify; to make sth clear; to be clear (about the facts)
- 外星人space alien; extraterrestrial
- 大不了(usu. in the negative) serious; alarming; at worst; if worst comes to worst
- 裂缝crack; crevice
- 上空overhead; in the sky
- 境界boundary; state; realm
- 伤痕scar; bruise
- 生育to bear; to give birth; to grow; to rear; to bring up (children); fertility
- 泄漏(of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge; to leak (information)
- 劈to chop; to hack; to split open; (of lightning) to strike
- 行使to exercise (a right etc)
- 撤退to retreat
- 悲惨miserable; tragic
- 早日soon; at an early date; the early days; the past
- 动用to utilize; to put sth to use
- 粉碎to crush; to smash; to shatter
- 撒谎to tell lies
- 忧郁depressed; melancholy; sullen; dejected
- 虚拟(computing) to emulate; (computing) virtual; fictitious; to imagine; to make up; theoretical; hypothetical
- 昏to faint; to lose consciousness; muddle-headed; twilight
- 收养to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child); adoption
- 掀起to lift; to raise (a lid etc); (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc); (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
- 界限boundary
- 前所未有unprecedented
- 品位quality; (aesthetic) taste; rank; grade
- 旋律melody
- 固执obstinate; stubborn; to fixate on; to cling to
- 刻意intentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously
- 摩擦friction; rubbing; chafing; fig. disharmony; conflict; also written 磨擦
- 淘to wash; to clean out; to cleanse; to eliminate; to dredge
- 源头source; fountainhead
- 一度for a time; at one time; one time; once
- 察觉to sense; to perceive; to become aware of; to detect
- 宁可preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils
- 侧面side; lateral side; aspect; profile
- 萝卜radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白萝卜
- 照射shine / irradiate
- 局部part; local
- 渗透to seep into; (lit. and fig.) to permeate; (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population); (of hostile forces) to infiltrate; (chemistry) osmosis
- 黑客hacker (computing) (loanword)
- 塌to collapse; to droop; to settle down
- 俗popular; common; custom; convention; coarse; vulgar; secular
- 裁决ruling; adjudication
- 使者emissary; envoy
- 决议a resolution; to pass a resolution
- 期盼to expect; to await
- 龟tortoise; turtle
- 余extra; surplus; remaining; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); after; (literary) I; me; I; me; remainder after division; residue (math.)
- 把手handle; grip; knob
- 过错mistake; fault; responsibility (for a fault)
- 软弱weak; feeble; flabby
- 和解to reconcile; to become reconciled; to settle (a dispute out of court); settlement; conciliation
- 抑郁depressed; despondent; gloomy
- 解散to dissolve; to disband
- 装扮to dress up; to disguise oneself; to decorate; to adorn
- 良good; very; very much
- 严密strict; tight (organization, surveillance etc)
- 籽seed
- 排斥to reject; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to repel
- 长相appearance; looks; countenance; profile
- 报仇to take revenge; to avenge
- 收缩to shrink; to contract; to pull back; (physiology) systole
- 帖子(forum) post; card; invitation; message
- 嚼to chew; also pr. [jué]
- 牌照(business) license; vehicle license; car registration; license plate
- 搜寻to search; to look for
- 抚养to foster; to bring up; to raise
- 万能omnipotent; all-purpose; universal
- 宠to love; to pamper; to spoil; to favor
- 较量to compete with sb; to pit oneself against sb; contest; battle; to haggle; to quibble
- 谣言rumor
- 重返to return to
- 非得(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must
- 探测to probe; to survey
- 位子place; seat
- 零件part; component
- 夺冠to seize the crown; fig. to win a championship; to win gold medal
- 自尊self-respect; self-esteem; ego; pride
- 瘫痪paralysis; be paralyzed (body, transportation, etc)
- 光辉radiance; glory; brilliant; magnificent
- 雇佣to employ; to hire
- 逮(coll.) to catch; to seize
- 上报to report to one's superiors; to appear in the news; to reply to a letter
- 低下low status; lowly; to lower (one's head)
- 迫使to force; to compel
- 阴性negative; feminine
- 钙calcium (chemistry)
- 坦言frankly say; frank statement
- 放射to radiate; radioactive
- 臀buttocks, bottom, rump
- 容器receptacle; vessel; (computing) container
- 敷to apply (powder, ointment etc); to spread; to lay out; sufficient (to cover); enough
- 欣慰to be gratified
- 俊handsome; smart; talented; eminent
- 末日last day; end; final days; doomsday
- 鄙视to despise; to disdain; to look down upon
- 元首head of state
- 苍白pale; wan
- 持平Flat
- 纱cotton yarn; muslin
- 阶级(social) class
- 中途midway
- 独一无二unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled; nothing compares with it
- 经受to undergo (hardship); to endure; to withstand
- 亮相(fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc); (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc; to strike a pose (Chinese opera)
- 懒得not to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to
- 捐献to donate; to contribute; donation; contribution
- 接手to take over (duties etc); catcher (baseball etc)
- 即可equivalent to 就可以; can then (do sth); can immediately (do sth); (do sth) and that will suffice
- 小品short, simple literary or artistic creation; essay; skit
- 栽to plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb; to stumble; to fall down
- 线条line (in drawing, calligraphy etc); the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
- 取胜to score a victory; to prevail over one's opponents
- 星球planet
- 联手lit. to join hands; to act together
- 遗体remains (of a dead person)
- 残留to remain; to be left over; residual; remnant; residue
- 震动to shake; to vibrate; to strongly affect; shock; vibration
- 角逐to tussle; to contend; to contest
- 特权prerogative; privilege; privileged
- 可不是that's just the way it is; exactly!
- 口水saliva
- 巨额large sum (of money); a huge amount
- 热带the tropics; tropical
- 遮to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal
- 战友comrade-in-arms; battle companion
- 世间the world
- 扒to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig
- 诠释interpret
- 蘑菇mushroom; to pester; to dawdle
- 时髦in vogue; fashionable
- 音响sound; acoustics; audio; hi-fi system; stereo sound system; abbr. for 组合音响
- 急性acute
- 钞票paper money; a bill (e.g. 100 yuan)
- 虽说though; although
- 风云weather; unstable situation
- 徘徊to pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate; (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate
- 显现appearance; to appear
- 净化to purify
- 雇员employee
- 演示to demonstrate; to show; presentation; demonstration
- 马桶chamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet; toilet bowl
- 务工work
- 迷惑to puzzle; to confuse; to baffle
- 黎明dawn; daybreak
- 步入to step into; to enter
- 屠杀to massacre; to slaughter
- 琢磨to ponder; to mull over; to think through; Taiwan pr. [zhuó mó]
- 致敬to salute; to pay one's respects to; to pay tribute to; to pay homage to
- 心声inner voice; thoughts; feelings; aspirations; heartfelt wishes
- 表态to declare one's position; to say where one stands
- 预见to foresee; to predict; to forecast; to envision; foresight; intuition; vision
- 双胞胎twin
- 殴打to beat up; to come to blows; battery (law)
- 支票check (bank); cheque
- 宝石precious stone; gem
- 领土territory
- 生前(of a deceased) during one's life; while living
- 下落whereabouts; to drop; to fall
- 序列sequence
- 无能为力impotent (idiom); powerless; helpless
- 供需Supply and demand
- 老人家polite term for old woman or man
- 跳跃to jump; to leap; to bound; to skip
- 坠to fall; to drop; to weigh down
- 本性natural instincts; nature; inherent quality
- 相识to get to know each other; acquaintance
- 弃权abstain
- 惯例convention; usual practice
- 荒唐absurd; beyond belief; preposterous; intemperate; dissipated
- 必定to be bound to; to be sure to
- 事宜matters; arrangements
- 弦string of musical instrument; bow string; watchspring; chord (segment of curve); hypotenuse
- 迫不及待impatient (idiom); in a hurry; itching to get on with it
- 囚犯prisoner; convict
- 虚伪false; hypocritical; artificial; sham
- 予以to give; to impose; to apply
- 分泌to secrete; secretion
- 触摸to touch
- 好比to be just like; can be compared to
- 起步to set out; to set in motion; the start (of some activity)
- 余地margin; leeway
- 修正to revise; to amend
- 好心kindness; good intentions
- 欺诈to cheat
- 扭转to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation); (mechanics) torsion
- 狂热zealotry; fanatical; feverish
- 硬币coin
- 压制to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle
- 窜to flee; to scuttle; to exile or banish; to amend or edit
- 前任former; predecessor; ex-; ex (spouse etc)
- 沙龙salon (loanword)
- 警示warn
- 志愿aspiration; ambition; to volunteer
- 依照according to; in light of
- 住处residence; dwelling
- 推翻to overthrow
- 疏散to evacuate; to scatter; to disperse; scattered; to relax
- 境内within the borders; internal (to a country, province, city etc); domestic
- 煤气coal gas; gas (fuel)
- 庆典celebration
- 光彩luster; splendor; radiance; brilliance
- 造就to bring up; to train; to contribute to; achievements (usually of young people)
- 隐形invisible
- 大局overall situation; the big picture
- 人手manpower; staff; human hand
- 暂temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhàn]; to scurry
- 滥用to misuse; to abuse
- 冻结to freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc)
- 愈合(of a wound) to heal
- 草坪lawn
- 营造to build (housing); to construct; to make
- 侦探detective; to do detective work
- 越过to cross over; to transcend; to cover distance; to overcome; to rise above
- 动摇to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to
- 稍后in a little while; in a moment; later on
- 丢人to lose face
- 挠to scratch; to thwart; to yield
- 公务official business
- 来访to pay a visit
- 提及refer to
- 口音oral speech sounds (linguistics)
- 稀watery; sparse; rare; uncommon
- 年均average annually
- 乱七八糟(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
- 贫穷poor; impoverished
- 判处to sentence; to condemn
- 英俊handsome
- 行列formation; array; (fig.) ranks (as in "join the ranks of ...")
- 变异variation
- 电线wire; power cord
- 麻痹paralysis; palsy; numbness; to benumb; (fig.) to lull; negligent; apathetic
- 制裁to punish; punishment; sanctions (incl. economic)
- 招募to recruit; to enlist
- 日程schedule; itinerary
- 预感to have a premonition; premonition
- 绅士gentleman
- 引领to lead; to show the way; to crane one's neck; to await eagerly
- 开张to open a business; first transaction of a business day
- 矿产minerals
- 抗拒to resist; to defy; to oppose
- 评判to judge (a competition); to appraise
- 不堪cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely
- 别扭awkward; difficult; uncomfortable; not agreeing; at loggerheads; gauche
- 大片wide expanse; large area; vast stretch; extending widely; blockbuster movie
- 轰炸to bomb; to bombard
- 指标(production) target; quota; index; indicator; sign; signpost; (computing) pointer
- 盏a small cup; classifier for lamps
- 揉to knead; to massage; to rub
- 感性perceptual; perception; sensibility; sensitive; emotional; sentimental
- 探险to explore; to go on an expedition; adventure
- 正经serious; proper; decent; honorable; according to standards
- 呼唤to call out (a name etc); to shout
- 主力main force; main strength of an army
- 盈利profit; gain; to make profits
- 顶尖top (figures in a certain field); world best; number one; finest (competitors); peak; apex
- 传媒media
- 放置to put
- 选民voter; constituency; electorate
- 入手to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 从 + {noun} + 手: "to begin with {noun}; to take {noun} as one's starting point"); to receive; to obtain; to buy
- 函envelope; case; letter
- 确信to be convinced; to be sure; to firmly believe; to be positive that; definite news
- 销毁to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate
- 况且moreover; besides; in addition; furthermore
- 车间workshop
- 丰厚generous; ample
- 口径bore; caliber; diameter; aperture; (fig.) stance (on an issue); version (of events); account; narrative; line
- 通告to announce; to give notice; announcement
- 资本主义capitalism
- 忍耐to endure; to bear with; to exercise patience; to restrain oneself; patience; endurance
- 削to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
- 奖杯trophy cup
- 破碎to smash to pieces; to shatter
- 铲spade; shovel; to shovel; to level off; to root up; to remove
- 恐龙dinosaur; (old) (slang) ugly person
- 除去except for; apart from; to eliminate; to remove
- 犀利sharp
- 通宵all night; throughout the night
- 值钱valuable; costly; expensive
- 理会to understand; to pay attention to; to take notice of
- 南瓜pumpkin
- 发热to have a high temperature; feverish; to emit heat; unable to think calmly
- 抵制to resist; to boycott; to refuse (to cooperate); to reject; resistance; refusal
- 境地circumstances
- 贪婪greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable; avid
- 逆to go against; contrary; opposite; backwards; to oppose; to betray; to rebel
- 得罪to commit an offense; to violate the law; excuse me! (formal); see also 罪
- 跨越to step across; step over
- 保重to take care of oneself
- 奢侈luxurious; extravagant
- 信件letter (sent by mail)
- 奇特peculiar; unusual; queer
- 严峻grim; severe; rigorous
- 巷lane; alley
- 平稳smooth; steady
- 粪manure; dung
- 框frame (e.g. door frame); casing; fig. framework; template; to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth); to frame; to restrict; Taiwan pr. [kuāng]
- 惯accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child)
- 进取forge ahead
- 红利Dividend
- 舆论public opinion
- 预告to forecast; to predict; advance notice
- 禁区restricted area; forbidden region
- 配方formulate; formula
- 身影silhouette; figure
- 事迹deed; past achievement; important event of the past
- 倾斜to incline; to lean; to slant; to slope; to tilt
- 物资goods; supplies
- 时段time interval; work shift; time slot; the twelve two-hour divisions of the day
- 法则Law
- 招牌signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business
- 价值观system of values
- 商用commercial
- 支柱pillar; mainstay; prop; backbone
- 异议objection; dissent
- 一心wholeheartedly; heart and soul
- 宣告to declare; to proclaim
- 一头one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously
- 弓a bow (weapon); to bend; to arch (one's back etc)
- 变革to transform; to change
- 空虚hollow; emptiness; meaningless
- 喇叭horn (automobile etc); loudspeaker; brass wind instrument; trumpet; suona 锁呐
- 露面to show one's face; to appear (in public)
- 免得so as not to; so as to avoid
- 暗中in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously
- 坚守to hold fast to; to stick to
- 计较to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem
- 帆sail; Taiwan pr. [fán], except 布 canvas; to gallop; Taiwan pr. [fán]
- 捆a bunch; to tie together; bundle
- 无能incapable; inability; incompetence; powerless
- 贩卖to sell; to peddle; to traffic
- 至此up until now; so far
- 产物product; result (of)
- 耀眼to dazzle; dazzling
- 慢性slow and patient; chronic (disease); slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)
- 富翁rich person; millionaire; billionaire
- 蒸(of cooking) to steam; to evaporate; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old)
- 流畅flowing (of speech, writing); fluent; smooth and easy
- 崛起to emerge suddenly; to spring up; to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; the emergence (e.g. of a power)
- 点子idea; spot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); crux; indication; pointer
- 苍蝇housefly
- 平面plane (flat surface); print media
- 过头to overdo it; to overstep the limit; excessively; above one's head; overhead
- 搂to hug; to embrace; to hold in one's arms
- 葬礼burial; funeral
- 包袱a bundle wrapped in cloth; wrapping cloth; burden; load; weight; funny part; punchline
- 窗帘window curtains
- 引人注目to attract attention; eye-catching; conspicuous
- 诸位(pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs
- 改装to remodel; to refit; to modify; to convert; to change one's costume; to repackage
- 缴to hand in; to hand over; to seize
- 乡下countryside; rural area
- 核实to verify; to check
- 咽to swallow
- 冷冻to freeze; to deep-freeze
- 胜负victory or defeat; the outcome of a battle
- 畸形deformity; abnormality
- 鸽子pigeon; dove; various birds of the family Columbidae
- 发财to get rich
- 往常usual; customary
- 隐蔽to hide; to conceal; covert; under cover
- 救济emergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods
- 复苏to recover (health, economic); to resuscitate; anabiosis
- 糊paste; congee; muddled; scorched; making a living
- 终生throughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong
- 竞技competition of skill (e.g. sports); athletics tournament
- 迅猛rapid
- 专栏special column
- 分辨to distinguish; to differentiate; to resolve
- 贵宾honored guest; distinguished guest; VIP
- 实体entity; substance; thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence); the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it)
- 诺言promise
- 赞扬to praise; to approve of; to show approval
- 迷恋to be infatuated with; to be enchanted by; to be passionate about
- 筹集to collect money; to raise funds
- 借用to borrow sth for another use; to borrow an idea for one's own use
- 派遣to send (on a mission); to dispatch
- 揪to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull
- 首饰jewelry; head ornament
- 即时immediately
- 精度precision
- 不容to not allow; must not; cannot; cannot tolerate
- 强盗to rob (with force); bandit; robber
- 临近close to; approaching
- 架子shelf; frame; stand; framework; airs; arrogance
- 一如既往just as in the past (idiom); as before; continuing as always
- 安宁peaceful; tranquil; calm; composed; free from worry
- 卷入to be drawn into; to be involved in
- 契约agreement; contract
- 携手hand in hand; to join hands; to collaborate
- 倾诉to say everything (that is on one's mind)
- 海湾bay; gulf
- 情愿willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y)
- 头衔title; rank; appellation
- 心事a load on one's mind; worry
- 依法legal (proceedings); according to law
- 肢体limb; limbs and trunk; body
- 捕捉to catch; to seize; to capture
- 筋muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)
- 遇难to perish; to be killed
- 过不去to make life difficult for; to embarrass; unable to make it through
- 肇事to cause an accident; to be responsible for an incident; to provoke a disturbance
- 气势imposing manner; grandeur; loftiness; energetic looks; vigor
- 斩to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
- 猎人hunter
- 丢脸to lose face; humiliation
- 年报annual report
- 慎重cautious; careful; prudent
- 医务medical affairs
- 虚弱weak; in poor health
- 火花spark; sparkle
- 集装箱container (for shipping)
- 全力以赴to do at all costs; to make an all-out effort
- 航天space flight
- 协作cooperation; coordination
- 猜想to guess; to conjecture; to suppose; (math.) hypothesis
- 削减reduce
- 资讯information
- 蹭to rub against; to walk slowly; (coll.) to freeload
- 误导to mislead; to misguide; misleading
- 孤立isolated; to isolate
- 器材equipment; material
- 无穷endless; boundless; inexhaustible
- 航行to sail; to fly; to navigate
- 前辈senior; older generation; precursor
- 打发to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc)
- 绩效performance
- 牢牢firmly; safely
- 收音机radio
- 难以置信hard to believe; incredible
- 起草to make a draft; to draw up (plans)
- 麻木numb; insensitive; apathetic
- 葱scallion; green onion
- 出面to appear personally; to step in; to step forth; to show up
- 收视率ratings (of a TV show)
- 整合to conform; to integrate
- 出众to stand out; outstanding
- 反感to be disgusted with; to dislike; bad reaction; antipathy
- 照样as before; (same) as usual; in the same manner; still; nevertheless
- 营救to rescue
- 沉浸to soak; to permeate; to immerse
- 从头anew; from the start
- 客房guest room; room (in a hotel)
- 怀抱to hug; to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc); to cherish; within the bosom (of the family)
- 野兽beast; wild animal
- 当心to take care; to look out
- 水源water source; water supply; headwaters of a river
- 同感(have the) same feeling; similar impression; common feeling
- 操心to worry about
- 学业studies; schoolwork
- 亩classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare
- 轰动to cause a sensation; to create a stir in (a place); commotion; controversy
- 苦难suffering
- 撬to lift; to pry open; to lever open
- 演技acting; performing skills
- 按钮Button
- 权限authority
- 猛烈fierce; violent; vigorous; intense
- 管家housekeeper; manager; administrator; (old) butler; steward; to manage a household
- 裁to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment
- 有待not yet (done); pending
- 不乏No shortage
- 缝合to sew together; suture (in surgery); to sew up (a wound)
- 手动manual; manually operated; manual gear-change
- 示威to demonstrate (as a protest); a demonstration; a military show of force
- 歌舞singing and dancing
- 视角(fig.) perspective; viewpoint; angle from which one observes an object; frame of reference; (cinematography) camera angle; (visual perception) visual angle (the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye); (photography) angle of view
- 迷信superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth)
- 议to comment on; to discuss; to suggest
- 慷慨generous; magnanimous; vehement; fervent
- 烦躁jittery; twitchy; fidgety
- 壮观spectacular; magnificent sight
- 逢to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon
- 意味meaning
- 好说easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me
- 对策countermeasure for dealing with a situation
- 扰乱to disturb; to perturb; to harass
- 社团association; society; group; union; club; organization
- 阵地(military) position; front
- 转悠to roll; to wander around; to appear repeatedly
- 手头on hand; at hand; one's financial situation
- 测验test; to test
- 溅to splash
- 资深veteran (journalist etc); senior; highly experienced
- 确诊to make a definite diagnosis; confirmed (case of a specific disease)
- 崇高majestic; sublime
- 特质characteristic; special quality
- 届时when the time comes; at the scheduled time
- 寝室bedroom; dormitory
- 密封to seal up
- 获悉to learn of sth; to find out; to get news
- 高明brilliant; superior; wise
- 王朝dynasty
- 疤scar; scab
- 叼to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
- 堵塞to clog up; blockage
- 磕to tap; to knock (against sth hard); to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)
- 分明clear; distinct; evidently; clearly
- 料理to cook; cuisine; art of cooking; to arrange; to handle
- 礼品gift; present
- 填补to fill a gap; to fill in a blank (on a form); to overcome a deficiency
- 手掌palm
- 起伏to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs
- 否决to veto; to overrule
- 中止to stop; to cease; to suspend; to break off; to discontinue
- 移交to transfer; to hand over
- 挑衅to provoke; provocation
- 功劳contribution; meritorious service; credit
- 遗漏omit / miss
- 通货膨胀inflation
- 有幸fortunately
- 复发to recur (of a disease); to reappear; to relapse (into a former bad state)
- 丛林jungle; thicket; forest; Buddhist monastery
- 演变to develop; to evolve; development; evolution
- 精华essence; soul; best feature; most important part of an object; quintessence
- 反射to reflect; reflection (from a mirror etc); reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
- 火热fiery; burning; fervent; ardent; passionate
- 膨胀to expand; to inflate; to swell
- 更改to alter
- 丙third in order; third of the ten Heavenly Stems 干; letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 165°; propyl
- 缺席to be absent
- 标本specimen; sample; the root cause and symptoms of a disease
- 伤势condition of an injury
- 堤dike; Taiwan pr. [tí]
- 皱纹wrinkle
- 拌to mix; to mix in; to toss (a salad)
- 机动locomotive; motorized; power-driven; adaptable; flexible (use, treatment, timing etc)
- 幻觉illusion; hallucination; figment of one's imagination
- 过滤to filter; filter
- 偏见prejudice; bias
- 攀to climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status
- 气愤indignant; furious
- 阶层social class
- 抽屉drawer
- 会场meeting place; place where people gather
- 知觉perception; consciousness
- 审核to audit; to investigate thoroughly
- 飞翔to circle in the air; to soar
- 直辖市municipality directly under the central government
- 零售to retail; to sell individually or in small quantities
- 敏锐keen; sharp; acute
- 附加additional; annex
- 粗糙rough; coarse; crude; gruff
- 税务taxation services; state revenue service
- 破解to break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain; to unravel; to decipher; to decode; to crack (software)
- 特此hereby
- 冷却to cool (lit. and fig.)
- 化验chemical examination; to do a lab test
- 坦诚candid; frank; plain dealing
- 无私selfless; unselfish; disinterested; altruistic
- 劫持to hijack; to kidnap; to abduct; to hold under duress
- 平行parallel; of equal rank; simultaneous
- 声誉reputation; fame
- 掺to mix
- 相伴to accompany sb; to accompany each other
- 人造man-made; artificial; synthetic
- 蚊子mosquito
- 现任current (president etc); incumbent; to occupy a post currently; (coll.) current boyfriend (girlfriend, spouse)
- 亲生one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents)
- 胡说to talk nonsense; drivel
- 根源origin; root (cause)
- 席位a seat (in a theater, stadium etc); parliamentary or congressional seat
- 惬意comfortable
- 妄想to attempt vainly; a vain attempt; delusion
- 榨to press; to extract (juice); device for extracting juice, oils etc
- 玩耍to play (as children do); to amuse oneself
- 笼罩to envelop; to shroud
- 卓越outstanding; distinguished; splendid; surpassing
- 保养to take good care of (or conserve) one's health; to keep in good repair; to maintain; maintenance
- 全局overall situation
- 响应to respond to; answer
- 瀑布waterfall
- 动员to mobilize; mobilization
- 顾虑misgivings; apprehensions
- 监护to act as a guardian
- 鳄鱼alligator; crocodile
- 恐吓to threaten; to menace
- 百合lily
- 下行descend
- 诚意sincerity; good faith
- 理所当然as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right
- 痰phlegm; spittle
- 必将inevitably
- 数额amount; sum of money; fixed number
- 火腿ham
- 部件part; component
- 悲痛grieved; sorrowful
- 所属belonging to; affiliated; one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with); subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself); under one's command
- 潇洒confident and at ease; free and easy
- 了结to settle; to finish; to conclude; to wind up
- 倒计时to count down; countdown
- 回合Round
- 狡猾crafty; cunning; sly
- 闪烁flickering; twinkling; evasive; vague (of speech)
- 愉悦cheerful
- 卵egg; ovum; spawn; (coll.) testicles; (old) penis; (expletive) fucking
- 秘诀secret know-how; key (to longevity); secret (of happiness); recipe (for success)
- 揭to take the lid off; to expose; to unmask
- 同盟alliance
- 挑剔picky; fussy
- 器械apparatus; instrument; equipment; weapon
- 触动to touch; to stir up (trouble or emotions); to move (sb's emotions or worry)
- 内幕inside story; non-public information; behind the scenes; internal
- 支架bracket / support
- 历程course; process
- 望远镜binoculars; telescope
- 要紧important; urgent
- 重申to reaffirm; to reiterate
- 庙temple; ancestral shrine; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial
- 神情look; expression
- 棺材coffin
- 翻身Turn over
- 俘虏captive
- 信誉reputation; prestige; distinction; trust
- 耻辱disgrace; shame; humiliation
- 锤hammer; to hammer into shape; to strike with a hammer; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
- 租赁to rent; to lease; to hire
- 镇定calm; unperturbed; cool
- 破案to solve a case; shabby old table
- 规章rule; regulation
- 施展to use fully; to put to use
- 丧生to die; to lose one's life
- 微生物microorganism
- 山谷valley; ravine
- 平淡ordinary; flat; dull; nothing special
- 高压high pressure; high-handed
- 推理reasoning; inference; to infer; to deduce
- 管用efficacious; useful
- 潜水to dive; to go under water; (in an online forum) to lurk
- 礼仪etiquette; ceremony
- 多半most; mostly; most likely
- 定律Law
- 深情deep emotion; deep feeling; deep love
- 凹sunken; depressed; indented; concave; female (connector etc)
- 放宽Relax
- 唠叨to prattle; to chatter away; to nag; garrulous; nagging
- 新手new hand; novice; raw recruit
- 简短brief (statement, summary etc); briefly; brevity
- 风尚current custom; current way of doing things
- 转播relay; broadcast (on radio or TV)
- 积蓄to save; to put aside; savings
- 闲置leave idle
- 管辖to administer; to have jurisdiction (over)
- 坟墓grave; tomb
- 衰竭organ failure; exhaustion; prostration (medicine)
- 苦恼vexed; distressed
- 团聚to reunite; to have a reunion
- 丑陋ugly
- 充当to serve as; to act as; to play the role of
- 启用launch
- 遍布to cover the whole (area); to be found throughout
- 修补to mend
- 泥土earth; soil; mud; clay
- 抚摸to gently caress and stroke; to pet; to fondle
- 光滑glossy; sleek; smooth
- 同伙colleague; co-conspirator; accomplice
- 发抖to tremble; to shake; to shiver
- 衷心heartfelt; wholehearted; cordial
- 司令commanding officer
- 棚shed, shack, canopy, or simple structure for shelter
- 若干a certain number or amount; how many?; how much?
- 水产aquatic product
- 揭示to show; to make known
- 标语written slogan; placard
- 批判to criticize; critique
- 筑to build; to construct; to ram; to hit; five-string lute; Taiwan pr. [zhú]
- 追赶to chase after; to pursue; to catch up with; to accelerate; to overtake
- 阵营camp; group of people; faction; sides in a dispute
- 武力military force
- 难堪hard to take; embarrassed
- 演说speech; to deliver a speech
- 激起to arouse; to evoke; to cause; to stir up
- 纳税人taxpayer
- 野心ambition; wild schemes; careerism
- 纳税to pay taxes
- 炼to refine; to smelt
- 美学aesthetics
- 关照to take care; to look after; to keep an eye on; to tell; to remind
- 变更to change; to alter; to modify
- 配置configuration; to deploy; to allocate; allocation
- 天鹅swan
- 断裂fracture; rupture; to break apart
- 油漆oil paints; lacquer; to paint
- 古董curio; antique
- 拟to plan to; to draft (a plan); to emulate; to imitate; to compare; pseudo-; doubtful; suspicious; to assess
- 反弹to bounce; to bounce back; to boomerang; to ricochet; rebound (of stock market etc); bounce; backlash; negative repercussions
- 懂事(esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; intelligent
- 奋力to do everything one can; to spare no effort; to strive
- 追随to follow; to accompany
- 代号code name
- 调解to mediate; to bring parties to an agreement
- 绯闻sex scandal
- 可耻shameful; disgraceful; ignominious
- 幸亏fortunately; luckily
- 微妙subtle
- 反省to reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself; to search one's soul
- 皇上the emperor; Your majesty the emperor; His imperial majesty
- 本色inherent qualities; natural qualities; true qualities; distinctive character
- 鉴别to differentiate; to distinguish
- 意想不到unexpected; previously unimagined
- 背面the back; the reverse side; the wrong side
- 直径diameter
- 换取to obtain (sth) in exchange; to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
- 过往to come and go; to have friendly relations with; in the past; previous
- 忽悠to trick sb into doing sth; to dupe; to con; to rock; to sway; to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water); to flutter (e.g. of a flag)
- 心血heart's blood; expenditure (for some project); meticulous care
- 显露reveal
- 忧虑to worry; anxiety (about)
- 显而易见clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously; clearly; it goes without saying
- 防卫to defend; defensive; defense
- 预先beforehand; in advance
- 人气popularity; personality; character
- 墓地cemetery; graveyard
- 遗失to lose; to leave behind (inadvertently)
- 公式formula
- 侵害to encroach on; to infringe on
- 储量Reserves
- 表白to express; to reveal one's thoughts or feelings; to explain oneself; declaration; confession
- 带头to take the lead; to be the first; to set an example
- 四肢the four limbs of the body
- 酥crunchy; flaky pastry; soft; limp; silky
- 烹饪cooking; culinary arts
- 陶瓷pottery and porcelain; ceramics
- 监察to supervise; to control
- 讨好to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; to get the desired outcome; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor
- 发火to get angry; to catch fire; to ignite; to detonate
- 丰满ample; well developed; fully rounded
- 湿地wetland
- 任职to hold a post; to take office
- 核查to examine; to inspect
- 感悟Insight
- 创始人creator; founder; initiator
- 任性willful; headstrong; unruly
- 玄black; mysterious
- 帮手helper; assistant
- 仿to imitate; to copy; seemingly
- 以致to such an extent as to; down to; up to
- 化身embodiment (of abstract idea); incarnation; personification; reincarnation
- 蒸发to evaporate; evaporation
- 编排to arrange; to lay out
- 实地on-site
- 立体three-dimensional; solid; stereoscopic
- 精明astute; shrewd; smart
- 滑稽comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gǔ jī]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
- 高涨to surge up; to rise; (of tensions etc) to run high
- 善意goodwill; benevolence; kindness
- 宗旨objective; aim; goal
- 上游upper reaches (of a river); upstream; upper level; upper echelon
- 上任to take office; previous (incumbent); predecessor
- 探望to visit; to call on sb; to look around
- 举止bearing; manner; mien
- 聘to engage (a teacher etc); to hire; to betroth; betrothal gift; to get married (of woman)
- 忠于to be loyal to
- 旬a period of ten days
- 胜任qualified; competent (professionally); to be up to a task
- 下跌to fall; to tumble
- 荒谬absurd; ridiculous
- 拓展to expand (one's client base, outlook etc)
- 替换to replace; to substitute for; to exchange; to switch
- 回馈to repay a favor; to give back; feedback
- 浓缩to concentrate (a liquid); concentration; espresso coffee; abbr. for 意式浓缩咖啡
- 放映to show (a movie); to screen
- 虚构fictional; to make up; fabrication; imaginary
- 肥皂soap
- 泄(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge
- 贪greedy; to have a voracious desire for; to covet; corrupt
- 果断firm; decisive
- 路径path
- 失效to fail; to lose effectiveness
- 平原field; plain
- 振奋to stir oneself up; to raise one's spirits; to inspire
- 雕to carve; to engrave; bird of prey; shrewd
- 卑鄙contemptible; mean; base; despicable
- 耳光a slap on the face
- 披露to reveal; to publish; to make public; to announce
- 浮动Float
- 判定to judge; to decide; judgment; determination
- 务必must; to need to; to be sure to
- 惊叹to exclaim in admiration; a gasp of surprise
- 拥护to endorse; to support
- 首脑head (of state); summit (meeting); leader
- 意料to anticipate; to expect; expectations
- 僵硬stiff; rigid
- 空前unprecedented
- 油画oil painting
- 董事长chairman of the board of directors
- 旺盛vigorous; exuberant
- 克制to restrain; to control; restraint; self-control
- 包容to show tolerance; to pardon; to forgive; inclusive; to contain; to hold
- 驳回to reject; to turn down; to overrule
- 无形incorporeal; virtual; formless; invisible (assets); intangible
- 方针policy; guidelines
- 张扬to display ostentatiously; to bring out into the open; to make public; to spread around; flamboyant; brash
- 风味distinctive flavor; distinctive style
- 档次grade; class; quality; level
- 歌剧Western opera
- 相近similar
- 让步to give in; to yield; to concede; a concession; (linguistics) concessive
- 士气morale
- 听从to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken
- 推断to infer; to deduce; to predict; to extrapolate
- 领养to adopt (a child); adoption
- 货运freight transport; cargo; transported goods
- 芝麻sesame (seed)
- 遗弃to leave; to abandon
- 四方all directions
- 正直upright; upstanding; honest
- 平息to settle (a dispute); to quieten down; to suppress
- 狭窄narrow
- 敬意respect; esteem; high regard
- 变换to transform; to convert; to vary; to alternate; a transformation
- 布局layout; arrangement; composition; opening (chess jargon)
- 贪污to be corrupt; corruption; to embezzle
- 自如smoothly; with ease; freely; unobstructed; unconstrained
- 终极ultimate
- 雇主employer
- 峡谷canyon; gill; ravine
- 沐浴to take a bath; to bathe; to immerse
- 受理to accept to hear a case; to handle (a service)
- 吉利auspicious; lucky; propitious
- 重现to reappear
- 聆听listen
- 微波炉microwave oven
- 紊乱disorder; chaos
- 废墟ruins
- 萎缩to wither; to dry up (of a plant); to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)
- 扶持to help; to assist
- 真情real situation; the truth
- 人品moral standing; moral quality; character; personality; appearance; looks (colloquial); bearing
- 平和gentle; mild; moderate; placid
- 稍稍somewhat; a little; slightly
- 沉迷to be engrossed; to be absorbed with; to lose oneself in; to be addicted to
- 票房box office
- 反驳to retort; to refute
- 重量级heavyweight (boxing etc)
- 去向direction in which sb or sth has gone; whereabouts
- 开办to open; to start (a business etc); to set up
- 脱颖而出to reveal one's talent (idiom); to rise above others; to distinguish oneself
- 亮点highlight; bright spot
- 牵挂to worry about; to be concerned about
- 如期as scheduled
- 火山volcano
- 环绕to surround; to circle; to revolve around
- 驱逐to expel; to deport; banishment
- 职称professional title
- 补助to subsidize; subsidy; allowance
- 苛刻harsh; severe; demanding
- 踹to kick; to trample; to tread on
- 不知不觉unconsciously; unwittingly
- 梳a comb; to comb
- 裁定ruling
- 再现to recreate; to reconstruct (a historical relic)
- 责怪to blame; to rebuke
- 尽早as early as possible
- 对照to compare; to contrast; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check
- 纳入to bring into; to channel into; to integrate into; to incorporate
- 辨认to recognize; to identify
- 备忘录memorandum; aide-memoire; memorandum book
- 奖项award; prize
- 天性nature; innate tendency
- 家教family education; upbringing; to bring sb up; private tutor
- 悬崖precipice; overhanging cliff
- 埋怨to complain; to grumble (about); to reproach; to blame
- 冷战cold war; (fig.) strained relationship; to be barely on speaking terms
- 住户household; inhabitant; householder
- 指点to point out; to indicate; to give directions; to show how (to do sth); to censure; to pick at
- 轨迹trajectory; orbit; locus; track
- 行情market price; quotation of market price; the current market situation
- 整洁neatly; tidy
- 过失error; fault; (law) negligence; delinquency
- 先锋vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
- 苗sprout
- 常人ordinary person
- 宣誓to swear an oath (of office); to make a vow
- 搅拌to stir; to agitate
- 全能omnipotent; all-round; strong in every area
- 颠覆to topple (i.e. knock over); to capsize; fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion); to undermine; to subvert
- 小丑clown
- 海滨shore; seaside
- 气管windpipe; trachea; respiratory tract; air duct; gas pipe
- 利率interest rates
- 牵涉to involve; implicated
- 分支branch (of company, river etc); to branch; to diverge; to ramify; to subdivide
- 去除to remove; to dislodge
- 流水running water; (business) turnover
- 公道fair; equitable
- 腐蚀to corrode (degrade chemically); to rot; corrosion; corruption
- 公款public money
- 原创(adj.) original; to create (sth original); originality; original work
- 辜负to let down; to fail to live up (to expectations); to betray (hopes); to disappoint; unworthy (of trust)
- 活该(coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should
- 单价Unit price
- 一塌糊涂muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess
- 上瘾to get into a habit; to become addicted
- 来宾guest; visitor
- 忍心to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task
- 太平peace and security
- 存活Survive
- 可谓it could even be said
- 后续follow-up; (dialect) to remarry
- 微弱weak; faint; feeble
- 丸子meatball
- 不愧to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be
- 垄断to monopolize
- 玩弄to play with; to toy with; to dally with; to engage in; to resort to
- 开采to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine
- 见解opinion; view; understanding
- 抵挡to resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off; to withstand
- 酝酿(of a crisis) to be brewing; (of alcohol) to ferment; to mull over (an issue); to hold exploratory discussions
- 揭发to expose; to bring to light; to disclose; revelation
- 跳动to jump about; to throb; to pulse; to bounce; to jiggle
- 出头to stick out; to get out of a predicament; to take the initiative; remaining odd fraction after a division; a little more than
- 阵容troop arrangement; battle formation; lineup (of a sports team etc)
- 巴掌Slap
- 烧毁to burn; to burn down
- 饲料feed; fodder
- 同等equal to; having the same social class or status
- 极力to make a supreme effort; at all costs
- 除外to exclude; not including sth (when counting or listing); except for
- 拣to pick; to choose; to sort out; to pick up
- 递交to present; to give; to hand over; to hand in; to lay before
- 倒塌to collapse (of building); to topple over
- 附属affiliated; subsidiary; attached; auxiliary; subordinate; subordinating
- 屈服to surrender; to succumb; to yield; (as a transitive verb) to defeat; to prevail over
- 捍卫to defend; to uphold; to safeguard
- 点火to ignite; to light a fire; to start an engine; ignition; to agitate; fig. to stir up trouble
- 订购to place an order; to subscribe
- 博弈Game
- 急于eager to; in a hurry to
- 不算to not count; to not be considered (as); to not calculate; to have no weight
- 雪山snow-capped mountain
- 沸腾(of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over; to flare up; to be impassioned
- 满怀to have one's heart filled with; (to collide) full on; (of farm animals) heavy with young
- 君子nobleman; person of noble character
- 势头momentum; tendency; the look of things; situation; power; impetus
- 拎to lift up; to carry in one's hand; Taiwan pr. [līng]
- 小心翼翼very carefully; gently and cautiously; cautious and solemn (idiom); prudent
- 风采svelte; elegant manner; graceful bearing
- 插手to get involved in; to meddle; interference
- 合伙to act jointly; to form a partnership
- 全心全意heart and soul; wholeheartedly
- 前台front desk; reception desk; stage; proscenium; foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.); (computing) front-end; foreground
- 驾驭to drive; to steer; to handle; to manage; to master; to urge on (of horse); to dominate
- 共鸣(physics) to resonate; resonance; sympathetic response
- 绷to draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); embroidery hoop; woven bed mat
- 假冒to impersonate; to pose as (someone else); to counterfeit; to palm off (a fake as a genuine)
- 扳to pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation); to recoup
- 乞丐beggar
- 敬请please (do sth) (deferential form)
- 高空high altitude
- 放纵to indulge; to pamper; to connive at; permissive; indulgent; self-indulgent; unrestrained; undisciplined; uncultured; boorish
- 申报to report (to the authorities); to declare (to customs)
- 冒充to feign; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as
- 流失(of soil etc) to wash away; to be eroded; (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere; to fail to be retained
- 高雅dainty; elegance; elegant
- 事态situation; existing state of affairs
- 驱动to drive; to propel; drive (vehicle wheel); drive mechanism (tape or disk); device driver (computing software)
- 恶性malignant; wicked; vicious (circle); producing evil; rapid (decline); runaway (inflation)
- 担当to take upon oneself; to assume
- 差错mistake; error; slip-up; fault; accident; mishap
- 罐头tin; can
- 攒to save; to accumulate; to collect; to hoard
- 风度elegance (for men); elegant demeanor; grace; poise
- 救治to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant)
- 方向盘steering wheel
- 板块(geology) tectonic plate; slab; (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry); (economic) bloc
- 接纳to admit (to membership)
- 归属to belong to; to be affiliated to; to fall under the jurisdiction of; a place where one feels that one belongs; one's final destination (where one need look no further)
- 动感sense of movement (often in a static work of art); dynamic; vivid; lifelike
- 棘手thorny (problem); intractable
- 尖锐sharp; penetrating; pointed; intense; acute (illness)
- 休克shock (loanword); to go into shock
- 削弱to weaken; to impair; to cripple
- 宽松spacious; roomy; uncrowded; (of clothes) loose and comfortable; relaxed; free of worry; well-off; affluent
- 虔诚pious; devout; sincere
- 宣读to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)
- 狐狸fox
- 着眼to have one's eyes on (a goal); having sth in mind; to concentrate
- 牢固firm; secure
- 亲热affectionate; intimate; warmhearted; to show affection for; (coll.) to get intimate with sb
- 恨不得wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth
- 分量(vector) component
- 兑换to convert; to exchange
- 遗留to leave behind; to hand down
- 露天outdoors; al fresco; in the open
- 巨头big player (including company, country, school etc); tycoon; magnate; big shot
- 赢家winner
- 简洁concise; succinct; pithy
- 大肆wantonly; without restraint (of enemy or malefactor); unbridled
- 悬念suspense in a movie, play etc; concern for sb's welfare
- 过量Excessive
- 巡回tour
- 微型miniature; micro-; tiny
- 反响repercussions; reaction; echo
- 祖父father's father; paternal grandfather
- 销to sell; to cancel; to annul; to melt (metal); to expend; to spend; pin; bolt; to fasten with a pin or bolt
- 眨眼to blink; to wink; in the twinkling of an eye
- 掉头to turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about
- 寂静quiet
- 伦理ethics
- 畏惧to fear; to dread; foreboding
- 身价social status; worth; price of a slave; price of a person (a sportsman etc); value (of stocks, valuables etc)
- 振作to pull oneself together; to cheer up; to bestir oneself; to uplift; to stimulate
- 莫非can it be possible that; could it be
- 城墙city wall
- 驯to attain gradually; to tame; Taiwan pr. [xún]
- 切换switch
- 冲洗to rinse; to wash; to develop (photographic film)
- 接替to replace; to take over (a position or post)
- 下台to go off the stage; to step down (from office etc); to fall from position of prestige; to disentangle oneself; to get off the hook
- 宫殿palace
- 遗嘱testament; will
- 现行to be in effect; in force; current
- 申领to apply (for license, visa etc)
- 整顿to tidy up; to reorganize; to consolidate; to rectify
- 螃蟹crab
- 撇to throw; to cast; left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)
- 仙女fairy
- 从容unhurried; calm; to go easy; Taiwan pr. [cōng róng]
- 艰巨arduous; very difficult; terrible (task); formidable
- 电信telecommunications
- 缺口gap; nick; jag; shortfall
- 疲倦to tire; tired
- 钱财wealth; money
- 卑微lowly
- 有望hopeful; promising
- 难关difficulty; crisis
- 峰会summit meeting
- 镇静calm; cool
- 外在external
- 遥控to direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control
- 申诉appeal
- 顽固stubborn; obstinate
- 散布to disseminate
- 搓to rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist
- 份额share; portion
- 关切Concern
- 愣to stare blankly; to look distracted; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly
- 颗粒kernel; granule; granulated (sugar, chemical product)
- 宝藏hidden treasure; precious mineral deposits; (fig.) treasure; (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law
- 惭愧ashamed
- 穿梭Shuttle
- 构思to design; to plot; to plan out; to compose; to draw a mental sketch; conception; plan; idea; composition
- 海绵sponge (zoology); sponge (piece of absorbent material, either natural or made from plastic etc); foam rubber
- 盛宴feast
- 增添to add; to increase
- 暧昧vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
- 灭亡to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
- 弥漫to pervade; to fill the air; diffuse; everywhere present; about to inundate (water); permeated by (smoke); filled with (dust); to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc)
- 添加剂additive
- 配件part; component; fitting; accessory; replacement part
- 尊贵respected; respectable; honorable
- 秤steelyard; Roman balance
- 仿真Simulation
- 如意as one wants; according to one's wishes; ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune
- 缸jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry
- 辩解to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself
- 摔跤to trip and fall; to wrestle; wrestling (sports)
- 退回to return (an item); to send back; to go back
- 紧迫pressing; urgent
- 促成to facilitate; to effect
- 领队to lead a group; leader of a group; captain (of sports squad)
- 贯穿to run through; a connecting thread from beginning to end; to link
- 一无所有not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking; without two sticks to rub together
- 规格standard; norm; specification
- 高血压high blood pressure; hypertension
- 田间field
- 思绪train of thought; emotional state; mood; feeling
- 振动to vibrate; to shake; vibration
- 宣扬to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide
- 牵扯to involve; to implicate; to be interrelated
- 显示器monitor (computer)
- 斗志will to fight; fighting spirit
- 如一consistent; the same; unvarying
- 喝彩to acclaim; to cheer
- 致使to cause; to result in
- 序(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
- 埋伏to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush
- 引诱to coerce (sb into doing sth bad); to lure (into a trap); to seduce
- 结算to settle a bill; to close an account
- 格式form; specification; format
- 呛to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)
- 不经意not paying attention; carelessly; by accident
- 调度to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc); to schedule; to manage; dispatcher; scheduler
- 看台terrace; spectator's grandstand; viewing platform
- 燃油fuel oil
- 审视to look closely at; to examine
- 半数half the number; half
- 表彰to honor; to commend; to cite (in dispatches)
- 前夕eve; the day before
- 过瘾to satisfy a craving; to get a kick out of sth; gratifying; immensely enjoyable; satisfying; fulfilling
- 养活to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth
- 赎to redeem; to ransom
- 抗争to resist; to make a stand and fight (against)
- 聚焦focus on
- 友善friendly
- 师范teacher-training; pedagogical; normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University)
- 电网electricity grid; power grid; electrified wire netting
- 乏力fatigue
- 出走to leave home; to go off; to run away
- 浮现to appear before one's eyes; to come into view; to float into appearance; to come back (of images from the past); to emerge; it emerges; it occurs (to me that..)
- 兴奋剂stimulant; doping (in athletics)
- 站立to stand; standing; on one's feet
- 惊慌to panic; to be alarmed
- 测定to determine (by measuring or surveying)
- 肥料fertilizer; manure
- 执照license; permit
- 滋润moist; humid; to moisten; to provide moisture; comfortably off
- 屡屡repeatedly
- 寄托to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc)
- 歉意apology; regret
- 报答to repay; to requite
- 灯泡light bulb; see also 电灯泡; third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang)
- 捂to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to enclose; to cover up (an affair); contrary; to contradict
- 可观considerable; impressive; significant
- 脱落to drop off; to come off; to lose (hair etc); to omit (a character when writing)
- 拿手expert in; good at
- 收敛to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to astringe; (math.) to converge
- 核桃walnut
- 点评to comment; a point by point commentary
- 募捐to solicit contributions; to collect donations
- 一并together
- 傲慢arrogant; haughty
- 开阔wide; open (spaces); to open up
- 脉搏pulse (both medical and figurative)
- 魔力charm
- 掰to break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
- 选项option; alternative; choice; to choose a project
- 量化quantify
- 阻力resistance; drag
- 全方位all around; omnidirectional; complete; holistic; comprehensive
- 缘分fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny
- 搏斗to wrestle; to fight; to struggle
- 腐烂to rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt
- 足迹footprint; track; spoor
- 照料to tend; to take care of sb
- 怨恨to resent; to harbor a grudge against; to loathe; resentment; rancor
- 粪便excrement; feces; night soil
- 冷酷unfeeling; callous
- 合唱chorus; to chorus
- 飞跃to leap
- 物种species
- 开拓to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam); to develop (border regions); fig. to open up (new horizons)
- 办事处office; agency
- 要好to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement
- 风筝kite
- 怀旧to feel nostalgic; nostalgia
- 神仙Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person
- 一连串a succession of; a series of
- 葬to bury (the dead); to inter
- 逃亡to flee; flight (from danger); fugitive
- 抽签to perform divination with sticks; to draw lots; a ballot (in share dealing)
- 无须need not; not obliged to; not necessarily
- 柔和gentle; soft
- 迫害to persecute
- 退缩to shrink back; to cower
- 承接Undertake
- 谅解to understand; to make allowances for; understanding
- 补给supply; replenishment; to replenish
- 颠倒to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy
- 无从not to have access; beyond one's authority or capability; sth one has no way of doing
- 夜班night shift
- 辛勤hardworking; industrious
- 粗暴rough; cruel
- 天线antenna; mast; connection with high-ranking officials
- 出征Set out for battle
- 皇室royal family; imperial household; member of the royal family
- 风流distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle; romantic; dissolute; loose
- 海峡strait; channel
- 主宰to dominate; to rule; to dictate; master
- 升华sublimate
- 光顾to visit (as a customer)
- 成天(coll.) all day long; all the time
- 疑虑hesitation; misgivings; doubt
- 情不自禁unable to restrain emotions; cannot help
- 嚣张arrogant
- 苏醒to come to; to awaken; to regain consciousness
- 解雇to fire; to sack; to dismiss; to terminate employment
- 隐患a danger concealed within sth; hidden damage; misfortune not visible from the surface
- 郑重serious; solemn; earnest; conscientious
- 坦率frank (discussion); blunt; open
- 烈士martyr
- 笼子cage; basket; container
- 逃生to flee for one's life
- 阐述to expound (a position); to elaborate (on a topic); to treat (a subject)
- 喜好to like; fond of; to prefer; to love; one's tastes; preference
- 轮廓an outline; silhouette
- 蒜garlic
- 门槛doorstep; sill; threshold; fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
- 晚期later period; end stage; terminal
- 妥善appropriate; proper
- 痴呆imbecility; dementia
- 一无所知not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant; without an inkling
- 试探to sound out; to probe; to feel out; to try out
- 憧憬Look forward to
- 壮大to expand; to strengthen
- 骚乱disturbance; riot; to create a disturbance
- 收据receipt
- 底层ground or first floor; bottom (of a pile); lowest rung (of society)
- 同比year-on-year
- 自以为是to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated
- 颁布to issue; to proclaim; to enact (laws, decrees etc)
- 饲养to raise; to rear
- 诚恳sincere; honest; cordial
- 假定to assume; to suppose; supposed; so-called; assumption; hypothesis
- 女婿daughter's husband; son-in-law
- 匿名anonymous
- 凝聚to condense; aggregation; to coagulate; coacervation (i.e. form tiny droplets); coherent
- 编制to compile; to put together (a lesson plan, budget etc); to establish (a unit or department); staffing structure (excluding temporary and casual staff); to weave; to plait
- 宽敞spacious; wide
- 恩怨gratitude and grudges; resentment; grudges; grievances
- 面貌face; features; appearance; look
- 专程specifically; specially (for that purpose)
- 分红dividend; to award a bonus
- 预示to indicate; to foretell; to forebode; to betoken
- 奔波to rush about; to be constantly on the move
- 偏僻remote; desolate; far from the city
- 备份backup
- 真空vacuum
- 亲身personal; oneself
- 小提琴fiddle; violin
- 原型model; prototype; archetype
- 核对to check; to verify; to examine; to audit
- 坟grave; tomb; embankment; mound; ancient book
- 领悟to understand; to comprehend
- 安抚to placate; to pacify; to appease
- 废除to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal
- 著称be famous for
- 扣除to deduct
- 素材source material (in literature and art)
- 跟进Follow up
- 催眠hypnosis
- 伺候to serve; to wait upon
- 丢弃to discard; to abandon
- 出人意料unexpected (idiom); surprising
- 鼻涕nasal mucus; snivel; snot
- 融洽harmonious; friendly relations; on good terms with one another
- 搭乘to ride as a passenger; to travel by (car, plane etc)
- 切割to cut
- 潜能potential; hidden capability
- 徒步to be on foot
- 订阅Subscribe
- 邮政postal service; postal
- 天桥overhead walkway; pedestrian bridge
- 迁to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote
- 半导体Semiconductor
- 拼搏to struggle; to wrestle
- 化解to resolve (contradictions); to iron out (difficulties); to defuse (conflicts); to dispel (doubts); to dissolve; to neutralize (fears)
- 完好intact; in good condition
- 任期term of office; tenure (entire period in office)
- 围墙perimeter wall; fence
- 充斥Fill up
- 好歹good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever
- 凸protruding; to stick out; convex; male (connector etc); Taiwan pr. [tú]
- 航海to sail the seas; maritime navigation; voyage
- 排行榜the charts (of best-sellers); table of ranking
- 美满happy; blissful
- 格子Grid
- 绽放to blossom
- 法制legal system and institutions
- 壁垒Barrier
- 转型to transition; to transform; to undergo fundamental change; to update (to a new model of product)
- 埋葬to bury
- 暴躁irascible; irritable; violent
- 协同to cooperate; in coordination with; coordinated; collaborate; collaboration; collaborative
- 痴迷infatuated; obsessed
- 初衷original intention
- 丝绸silk cloth; silk
- 配偶spouse
- 中立neutral; neutrality
- 不力Ineffective
- 延误to delay; to be held up; to miss (an opportunity); delay; holdup
- 灭绝to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely; to exterminate
- 截然不同entirely different; different as black and white
- 入场to enter the venue for a meeting; to enter into an examination; to enter a stadium, arena etc
- 容纳to hold; to contain; to accommodate; to tolerate (different opinions)
- 无条件unconditional
- 言行words and actions; what one says and what one does
- 何等how
- 开动to start; to set in motion; to move; to march; to dig in (eating); to tuck in (eating)
- 揽to take into one's arms; to embrace; to take on (responsibility etc); to monopolize; to seize; to fasten (with a rope etc); to canvass
- 体能physical capability; stamina
- 爪子(animal's) claw
- 饭碗rice bowl; fig. livelihood; job; way of making a living
- 公然openly; publicly; undisguised
- 洗礼baptism (lit. or fig.)
- 扣押to detain; to hold in custody; to distrain; to seize property
- 富豪rich and powerful person
- 洞穴cave; cavern
- 胀to swell; swollen; bloated; dropsical
- 要害vital part; (fig.) key point; crucial
- 坚实firm and substantial; solid
- 醒目eye-grabbing (headline); striking (illustration)
- 组装to assemble; to put together
- 向来always (previously)
- 投机to speculate (on financial markets); opportunistic; congenial; agreeable
- 黄昏dusk; evening; nightfall
- 交付to hand over; to deliver
- 展望to look ahead; to look forward to; outlook; prospect
- 情结complex (psychology)
- 低落Depressed
- 仪表appearance; bearing; meter (i.e. measuring instrument)
- 庄严solemn; dignified; stately
- 蹬to step on; to tread on; to wear (shoes); (slang) to dump (sb); Taiwan pr. [dèng]
- 主人公hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
- 冷淡cold; indifferent
- 吉祥物mascot
- 草案draft (legislation, proposal etc)
- 取暖to warm oneself (by a fire etc)
- 过关to cross a barrier; to get through (an ordeal); to pass (a test); to reach (a standard)
- 所作所为one's conduct and deeds
- 珍藏a collection of rare and valuable items; to collect (such items)
- 抵御to resist; to withstand
- 失利to lose; to suffer defeat
- 安稳steady; stable; sedate; calm; (of sleep) sound; (of a transition) smooth
- 扑克poker (game) (loanword); playing cards
- 流露to reveal (indirectly, implicitly); to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc
- 别看don't be fooled by the fact that
- 冤枉wronged; to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; not worthwhile
- 信贷credit; borrowed money
- 生机life force; vitality; opportunity to live; to reprieve from death
- 陷害to frame (up); to entrap; to set up; to make false charges against
- 追溯lit. to go upstream; to trace sth back to; to date from
- 体谅to empathize; to allow (for sth); to show understanding; to appreciate
- 自卫to defend oneself; self-defense
- 自责to blame oneself
- 尾声coda; epilogue; end
- 一举a move; an action; in one move; at a stroke; in one go
- 聋deaf
- 脸颊cheek
- 破灭to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
- 逐一one by one
- 藏身to hide; to go into hiding; to take refuge
- 祖母father's mother; paternal grandmother
- 缓和to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay; to make more mild
- 戒备to take precautions; to guard against (emergency)
- 芽bud; sprout
- 报销to apply for reimbursement; to submit an expense account; to write off; to wipe out
- 皇宫imperial palace
- 流逝pass
- 绣to embroider; embroidery
- 正宗authentic; genuine; fig. traditional; old school; orthodox school
- 结晶to crystallize; crystallization; crystal; crystalline; (fig.) the fruit (of labor etc)
- 嘉年华carnival (loanword)
- 坎坷rough
- 想方设法to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other
- 范畴category
- 抽样Sampling
- 索赔to ask for compensation; to claim damages; claim for damages
- 自负conceited; to take responsibility
- 逼近to approach; to draw near; to press on towards; to close in on
- 违章to break the rules; to violate regulations
- 牢记to keep in mind; to remember
- 特制special; unique
- 分担to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)
- 空间站space station
- 手艺craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade
- 谈及mention
- 追问to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely; to get to the heart of the matter
- 双向bidirectional; two-way; interactive
- 危及to endanger; to jeopardize; a danger (to life, national security etc)
- 剃to shave; shave; to weed
- 芭蕾ballet (loanword)
- 阴暗dark; dim; overcast; darkness; shadow; (fig.) dismal; gloomy; somber; murky; shadowy (side)
- 不予to withhold, to refuse
- 堡垒fort
- 僵rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
- 敲诈to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail
- 领会to understand; to comprehend; to grasp
- 举措move; act; measure
- 美德virtue
- 欢快cheerful and lighthearted; lively
- 参照to consult a reference; to refer to (another document)
- 蜜月honeymoon
- 摇摆to sway; to wobble; to waver
- 优越superior; superiority
- 开朗spacious and well-lit; open and clear; (of character) optimistic; cheerful; carefree
- 受害to suffer damage, injury etc; damaged; injured; killed; robbed
- 哨a whistle; sentry
- 危急critical; desperate (situation)
- 着迷to be fascinated; to be captivated
- 侥幸luckily
- 复原to restore (sth) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness; recovery
- 随即immediately; presently; following which
- 做主see 主
- 字眼wording
- 警报alarm
- 通缉to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted
- 文凭diploma
- 捎to bring sth to sb; to deliver
- 总额total (amount or value)
- 无非only; nothing else
- 启程to set out on a journey
- 提拔to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion
- 趁机to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of situation
- 劝说to persuade; persuasion; to advise
- 随心所欲to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases (idiom)
- 皮革leather
- 绰号nickname
- 哑mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud
- 图纸drawing; blueprint; design plans; graph paper
- 矣classical final particle, similar to modern 了
- 观望to wait and see; to watch from the sidelines; to look around; to survey
- 告诫to warn; to admonish
- 妖怪monster; devil
- 政党political party
- 物力material resources
- 译to translate; to interpret
- 商讨to discuss; to deliberate
- 凶残savage; cruel; fierce
- 口香糖chewing gum
- 绞to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring; to turn; to wind; to hang (by the neck); classifier for skeins of yarn
- 警戒warn
- 踪迹tracks; trail; footprint; trace; vestige
- 受贿to accept a bribe
- 沉思to ponder; to contemplate; contemplation; meditation
- 江山rivers and mountains; state power
- 内存internal storage; computer memory; random access memory (RAM)
- 诉求appeal for; demand
- 热潮upsurge; popular craze
- 精密precise; exact; accuracy; refined
- 质问to question; to ask questions; to inquire; to bring to account; to interrogate
- 掠夺to plunder; to rob
- 剥削to exploit; exploitation
- 编造to fabricate; to invent; to concoct; to make up; to cook up; to compile; to draw up
- 坦然calm; undisturbed
- 间断interrupted; disconnected; suspended; a gap; a break
- 细腻exquisite; meticulous
- 不动产Real estate
- 控告to accuse; to charge; to indict
- 晋升to promote to a higher position
- 蜡candle; wax
- 典范model; example; paragon
- 溶解to dissolve
- 行星planet
- 划算worthwhile; value for money; cost-effective; to calculate; to weigh (pros and cons); to view as profitable
- 栏目regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program); program (TV or radio)
- 矫正to correct; to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision); to cure; rectification; correction; to straighten
- 夜宵midnight snack
- 疏忽to neglect; to overlook; negligence; carelessness
- 执着to be dedicated; to be strongly attached to; to cling to; (Buddhism) attachment
- 半岛peninsula
- 粉末fine powder; dust
- 衰退to decline; to fall; to drop; to falter; a decline; recession (in economics)
- 结识to get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time
- 缺失to be deficient; to lack; lack; deficiency; shortcoming; flaw; defect
- 呻吟to moan; to groan
- 号称to be known as; to be nicknamed; to be purportedly; to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)
- 讨价还价to haggle over price; to bargain
- 流淌to flow
- 雕刻to carve; to engrave; carving
- 考查examine
- 奏效to show results; to be effective
- 田园countryside
- 挥霍to squander money; extravagant; prodigal; free and easy; agile
- 主权sovereignty
- 干部official; cadre; officer; manager
- 脱身to get away; to escape (from obligations); to free oneself; to disengage
- 构建to construct (sth abstract)
- 恼火annoyed; riled; vexed
- 归宿place to return to; home; final destination; ending
- 凳子stool; small seat
- 争端dispute; controversy; conflict
- 马力horsepower
- 人道human sympathy; humanitarianism; humane; the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism); sexual intercourse
- 明朗bright; clear; obvious; forthright; open-minded; bright and cheerful
- 指纹fingerprint
- 仰望look up at
- 不屑to disdain to do sth; to think sth not worth doing; to feel it beneath one's dignity
- 偏离deviate
- 叛逆to rebel; to revolt; a rebel
- 辨别to distinguish; to differentiate; to tell; to discern; to recognize
- 铭记to engrave in one's memory
- 责备to blame; to criticize; condemnation; reproach
- 严谨rigorous; strict; careful; (of writing) well organized; meticulous
- 奢望an extravagant hope; to have excessive expectations
- 丰盛rich; sumptuous
- 申办to apply for; to bid for
- 庄园manor; feudal land; villa and park
- 冲刺(sports) to sprint; to spurt; to dash; to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the deadline approaches
- 刻苦hardworking; assiduous
- 后勤logistics
- 往日former days; the past
- 老化(of a person, population or material) to age; (of knowledge) to become outdated
- 议程agenda; agenda item
- 敬佩to esteem; to admire
- 宽恕to forgive; forgiveness
- 热衷to be fond of; to feel strongly about; obsession; deep commitment
- 知己to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend
- 捣乱to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally
- 产业链Industrial chain
- 大为greatly
- 搞笑to get people to laugh; funny; hilarious
- 俗称be commonly known as; common name
- 堪称can be rated as; can be said to be
- 着实truly; indeed; severely; harshly
- 腹泻diarrhea; to have the runs
- 劣势inferior; disadvantaged
- 胶囊(pharm.) capsule
- 星级star rating; star-rated
- 逼迫to force; to compel; to coerce
- 喂养to feed (a child, domestic animal etc); to keep; to raise (an animal)
- 溢to overflow; (literary) excessive
- 运河canal
- 不得已to have to; to have no choice; to have no alternative but to; to act against one's will; must
- 框架(construction) frame; (fig.) framework
- 许愿make a wish
- 复兴to revive; to rejuvenate
- 巅峰peak (of a civilization etc); summit; apex; pinnacle (of one's career etc)
- 断定to conclude; to determine; to come to a judgment
- 风趣charm; humor; wit; humorous; witty
- 曲折winding; (fig.) complicated
- 搁to place; to put aside; to shelve
- 离奇odd; bizarre
- 复查to check again; to re-examine
- 王牌trump card
- 唤醒Wake up
- 施行to put in place; to put into practice; to take effect
- 混淆to confuse; to mix up; to obscure; to blur; to mislead
- 盛会pageant; distinguished meeting
- 投稿to submit articles for publication; to contribute (writing)
- 惊险perilous; touch-and-go; nerve-racking; suspenseful
- 急剧rapid; sudden
- 迎合to cater to; to pander to
- 厌烦bored; fed up with sth; sick of sth
- 交涉to negotiate (with); to have dealings (with)
- 均衡balanced; equal; harmony; equilibrium
- 教科书textbook
- 本意original idea; real intention; etymon
- 锋利sharp (e.g. knife blade); incisive; to the point
- 思索to think deeply; to ponder
- 夸大to exaggerate
- 改良to improve (sth); to reform (a system)
- 编织to weave; to knit; to plait; to braid; (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)
- 渔船fishing boat
- 驻扎to station; to garrison (troops)
- 盟友ally
- 正视to face squarely; to meet head on; to face up to
- 投身to throw oneself into sth
- 重任heavy responsibility
- 挤压to squeeze; to press; to extrude
- 施加to exert (effort or pressure)
- 处分disciplinary action; to discipline sb; to punish; to deal with (a matter)
- 得手to go smoothly; to come off; to succeed
- 镶to inlay; to embed; border; ridge
- 私自private; personal; secretly; without explicit approval
- 兼顾to attend simultaneously to two or more things; to balance (career and family, family and education etc)
- 水域waters; body of water
- 配音dubbing (filmmaking)
- 宏伟grand; imposing; magnificent
- 自然而然involuntary; automatically
- 精髓essence; quintessence; pith; marrow
- 过剩to be excessive; to be more than is required
- 改动to alter; to modify; to revise
- 惦记to think of; to keep thinking about; to be concerned about
- 岛屿island
- 漆黑pitch-black
- 屏蔽block
- 茫茫boundless; vast and obscure
- 敏捷nimble; quick; shrewd
- 禁忌taboo; contraindication (medicine); to abstain from
- 新奇novel; new; exotic
- 改观Change the situation
- 废弃Abandoned
- 因地制宜(idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
- 越发increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more
- 炭wood charcoal; coal
- 针灸acupuncture and moxibustion; to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion
- 懒惰idle; lazy
- 回首to turn around; to look back; (fig.) to recall the past
- 柴油diesel fuel
- 酗酒heavy drinking; to get drunk; to drink to excess
- 错觉misconception; illusion; misperception
- 陶醉to be infatuated with; to be drunk with; to be enchanted with; to revel in
- 未免unavoidably; can't help; rather; really
- 名言saying; famous remark
- 池塘pool; pond
- 审批to examine and approve; to endorse
- 示意to hint; to indicate (an idea to sb)
- 定居to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
- 加紧to intensify; to speed up; to step up
- 蓝图blueprint
- 修养accomplishment; training; self-cultivation
- 斑点spot; stain; speckle
- 病症disease; illness
- 首府capital city of an autonomous region
- 帆船sailboat
- 无缘to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
- 抑郁症clinical depression
- 潜伏lurk
- 熄灭to go out (of fire); to stop burning; to die out; extinguished
- 耕to plow, to cultivate land
- 防火墙firewall
- 补救to remedy
- 辗转toss and turn / travel far and wide
- 海啸tsunami
- 定论final conclusion; accepted argument
- 开辟to open up; to set up; to establish
- 外号nickname
- 散落scatter
- 接见to receive sb; to grant an interview
- 筹划to plan and prepare
- 胚胎embryo
- 疗效healing efficacy; healing effect
- 漂浮to float; to hover; to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life); to rove; showy; superficial
- 革新to innovate; innovation
- 声望popularity; prestige
- 空洞cavity; empty; vacuous
- 呵护to cherish; to take good care of; to bless; to conserve
- 不知所措not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end; embarrassed and at a complete loss
- 守候to wait for; to keep watch; to watch over; to expect; to nurse
- 深切deeply felt; heartfelt; sincere; honest
- 路子method; way; approach
- 反常unusual; abnormal
- 打量to size sb up; to look sb up and down; to take the measure of; to suppose; to reckon
- 敬业dedicated to one's work
- 视察to inspect; an investigation
- 基建infrastructure
- 刷新to refresh (computer window); to break (a record); to renovate; to refurbish; to write a new page (in history)
- 概general, approximate, outline
- 一行party; delegation
- 慰问to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc
- 泛滥to be in flood; to overflow (the banks); to inundate; to spread unchecked
- 磁带magnetic tape
- 大意general idea; main idea
- 麻将mahjong
- 不法Unlawful
- 毁坏to damage; to devastate; to vandalize; damage; destruction
- 会晤to meet; meeting; conference
- 动向trend; tendency
- 焦急anxiety; anxious
- 体面dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable
- 顺其自然to let nature take its course (idiom)
- 胡乱careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how
- 随时随地anytime and anywhere
- 成品finished goods; a finished product
- 扩to enlarge
- 嚷to shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth; to make a fuss about sth
- 牧场pasture; grazing land; ranch
- 凝固to solidify; to freeze; to congeal; fig. with rapt attention
- 炒作to hype; to promote (in the media)
- 磨损to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out
- 意向intention; purpose; intent; inclination; disposition
- 源泉water source; fountainhead; well-spring; fig. origin
- 顺手while one is at it; in passing; handy; easily; without trouble
- 觉悟to realize; to come to understand; consciousness; awareness; Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda)
- 细微tiny; minute; fine; subtle; sensitive (instruments)
- 夕阳sunset; the setting sun
- 煎熬Torment
- 抉择choose
- 显眼conspicuous; eye-catching; glamorous
- 简易simple and easy; simplistic; simplicity
- 欣喜happy
- 吓唬to scare; to frighten
- 一齐at the same time; simultaneously
- 温室greenhouse
- 检察to inspect; (law) to prosecute; to investigate
- 推崇esteem
- 宠爱to dote on sb
- 摇晃to rock; to shake; to sway
- 失明to lose one's eyesight; to become blind; blindness
- 栏杆railing; banister
- 兴致mood; spirits; interest
- 累积to accumulate
- 静止still; immobile; static; stationary
- 拴to tie up
- 拱to arch; to dig earth with the snout; arched; to cup one's hands in salute; to surround
- 荧光fluorescence; fluorescent
- 观测to observe; to survey; observation (scientific etc)
- 减退decline
- 到头来in the end; finally; as a result
- 缕classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair); strand; thread; detailed; in detail
- 发呆to stare blankly; to be stunned; to be lost in thought
- 自卑to have low self-esteem; to abase oneself
- 输液intravenous infusion; to get put on an IV
- 连同together with; along with
- 仲裁arbitration
- 圈套trap; snare; trick
- 议题topic of discussion; topic; subject; issue (under discussion)
- 触犯to violate; to offend
- 相貌appearance
- 茫然blankly; vacantly; at a loss
- 身躯body
- 留恋reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly
- 一举一动every movement; each and every move
- 竭力to do one's utmost
- 阻挠to thwart; to obstruct (sth)
- 将就to put up with
- 迄今so far; to date; until now
- 关头juncture; moment
- 居高不下(of prices, rates etc) to remain high
- 上层upper class
- 蕴含contain / embody
- 伴奏to accompany (musically)
- 失灵out of order (of machine); not working properly; a failing (of a system)
- 凝视to gaze at; to fix one's eyes on
- 无赖rascal; hoodlum; rogue; rascally; scoundrelly
- 木偶puppet
- 诉说to recount; to tell of; to relate; (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history)
- 折叠to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
- 重型heavy; heavy duty; large caliber
- 秘方secret recipe
- 轻而易举easy; with no difficulty
- 地段section; district
- 吹牛to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect)
- 掀to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse
- 盗版pirated; illegal; see also 版
- 脾spleen
- 顾及to take into consideration; to attend to
- 旁人others
- 逼真lifelike; true to life; distinctly; clearly
- 挥舞Wave
- 无偿free; no charge; at no cost
- 当日on that day
- 遵照in accordance with; to follow (the rules)
- 花瓣petal
- 性情nature; temperament
- 豆子bean; pea
- 来之不易(idiom) hard to come by; not easily obtained
- 洗涤wash
- 骨骼Bone
- 羞愧ashamed
- 主题曲theme song
- 聘用to employ; to hire
- 交织intertwine
- 精品quality goods; premium product; fine work (of art)
- 小看to look down on; to underestimate
- 快活happy; cheerful
- 耕耘Cultivate
- 滋生breed
- 轻视to despise; to scorn; contempt; contemptuous; scornful
- 商议negotiate
- 当众in public; in front of everybody
- 好意good intention; kindness
- 光泽luster; gloss
- 演练to practice; to do a drill; training; drill
- 停顿to halt; to break off; pause (in speech)
- 呐喊to shout; shout; rallying cry; cheering
- 憔悴haggard
- 荣耀glorious
- 相继in succession; following closely
- 发扬to develop; to make full use of
- 纵容to indulge; to connive at
- 分化to split apart; differentiation
- 拖累to encumber; to be a burden on; to implicate
- 算计to reckon; to calculate; to plan; to expect; to scheme
- 果真really; as expected; sure enough; if indeed...; if it's really...
- 鞠躬to bow; (literary) to bend down
- 孕育to be pregnant; to produce offspring; to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc); fig. replete with (culture etc)
- 悠闲leisurely; carefree; relaxed
- 依次in order; in succession
- 专职special duty; assigned full time to a task
- 照耀to shine; to illuminate
- 闸brake; gear; electric switch or circuit breaker; sluice; lock (on waterway)
- 知足content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness)
- 前沿front-line; forward position; outpost; extending ahead; frontier (of science, technology etc)
- 客机passenger plane
- 适时timely; apt to the occasion; in due course
- 方圆around
- 制约to restrict; condition
- 加盟to join; to become a member of an alliance or union; to align; participate
- 凶猛fierce; violent; ferocious
- 留心to be careful; to pay attention to
- 低谷fig. low point; lowest ebb; nadir of one's fortunes; valley; trough (as opposed to peaks)
- 外貌profile; appearance
- 如实as things really are; realistic
- 裁员to cut staff; to lay off employees
- 风范air; manner; model; paragon; demeanor
- 弟子disciple; follower
- 喷泉fountain
- 断绝to sever; to break off
- 贯彻to implement; to put into practice; to carry out
- 谋生to seek one's livelihood; to work to support oneself; to earn a living
- 灵敏smart; clever; sensitive; keen; quick; sharp
- 名副其实not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom); aptly named; worthy of the name
- 争相competitively
- 亿万hundreds of millions
- 供应链Supply chain
- 大数据big data (computing)
- 市值market value
- 美誉good reputation
- 妥当appropriate; proper; ready
- 裸露exposed; naked; bare; uncovered
- 公约convention (i.e. international agreement)
- 悬挂to suspend; to hang; (vehicle) suspension
- 拖欠in arrears; behind in payments; to default on one's debts
- 自发spontaneous
- 垫底to put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime; to lay the foundation; to come last in the rankings
- 滚动to roll; (to do sth) in a loop; to scroll (computing); to progressively expand (economics); to rumble (of thunder)
- 民用(for) civilian use
- 深沉deep; profound; (of a person) reserved; undemonstrative; (of a voice, sound etc) deep; low-pitched
- 民意public opinion; popular will; public will
- 惨重disastrous
- 干劲enthusiasm for doing sth
- 扣留to detain; to arrest; to hold; to confiscate
- 超标to cross the limit; to be over the accepted norm; excessive
- 免除to avoid; to prevent; to excuse; to exempt; to relieve; (of a debt) to remit
- 反面reverse side; backside; the other side (of a problem etc); negative; bad
- 掌管in charge of; to control
- 调料condiment; seasoning; flavoring
- 构想to conceive; concept
- 下游lower reaches (of a river); downstream; lower level; lower echelon
- 忌to avoid or abstain from; to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to quit; to give up sth
- 逝世to pass away; to die
- 寡妇widow
- 沉着steady; calm and collected; not nervous
- 摸索to feel about; to grope about; to fumble; to do things slowly
- 不可或缺necessary; must have
- 收买to purchase; to bribe
- 款项funds; a sum of money
- 能耐ability; capability
- 巡视patrol
- 好似to seem; to be like
- 通通all; entire; complete
- 风波disturbance; crisis; disputes; restlessness
- 来历history; antecedents; origin
- 仁慈benevolent; charitable; kind; kindly; kindness; merciful
- 寻觅to look for
- 没完没了without end; incessantly; on and on
- 废品production rejects; seconds; scrap; discarded material
- 呼声a shout; fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group
- 盘旋to spiral; to circle; to go around; to hover; to orbit
- 杂交to hybridize; to crossbreed; promiscuity
- 开销to pay (expenses); expenses; (old) to dismiss (an employee)
- 招数move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick; scheme; movement; same as 着数
- 沉闷depressed; not happy; oppressive (of weather); heavy; (of sound) dull; muffled
- 玩意儿toy; thing; trick
- 微不足道negligible; insignificant
- 钦佩to admire; to look up to; to respect sb greatly
- 收支cash flow; financial balance; income and expenditure
- 倒退Regression
- 反倒but on the contrary; but expectedly
- 华人ethnic Chinese person or people
- 书记secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk; scribe
- 拨款to allocate funds; appropriation
- 渗to seep; to ooze; to horrify
- 灌输to imbue with; to inculcate; to instill into; to teach; to impart; to channel water to another place
- 坠落fall
- 蘸to dip in (ink, sauce etc)
- 突破口breach; gap; breakthrough point
- 敬礼to salute; salute
- 劣质shoddy; of poor quality
- 透气to flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc); to take a breath of fresh air; to divulge
- 容貌one's appearance; looks; one's aspect; features
- 桨oar; paddle
- 充裕Abundant
- 容许to permit; to allow
- 不由自主can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
- 疼爱to love dearly
- 鲜活vivid; lively; (of food ingredients) live or fresh
- 得力able; capable; competent; efficient
- 诽谤to slander; to libel
- 先例antecedent; precedent
- 直达to reach (a place) directly; (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping; (of a train, flight etc) direct; nonstop
- 偏爱prefer
- 譬如for example; for instance; such as
- 吃亏to suffer losses; to lose out; to get the worst of it; to be at a disadvantage; to come to grief; unfortunately
- 论证to prove a point; to expound on; to demonstrate or prove (through argument); proof
- 心胸heart; mind; ambition; aspiration
- 输血to transfuse blood; to give aid and support
- 悼念to grieve
- 焚烧to burn; to set on fire
- 察看to watch; to look carefully at
- 纽带tie; link; bond
- 竭尽全力to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
- 摆设ornament; decorative item; (fig.) sth that is merely for show
- 香料spice; flavoring; condiment; perfume
- 得体appropriate to the occasion; fitting
- 对峙to stand opposite; to confront; confrontation
- 苗条(of a woman) slim; slender; graceful
- 自立to stand on one's own feet; to support oneself; independent; self-reliant; self-sustaining
- 濒临on the edge of; (fig.) on the verge of; close to
- 美化to make more beautiful; to decorate; embellishment
- 内脏internal organs
- 屏障barrier
- 煲to cook slowly over a low flame; pot; saucepan
- 偷懒to goof off; to be lazy
- 出资to fund; to put money into sth; to invest
- 厚道kind and honest; generous; sincere
- 横向horizontal; orthogonal; perpendicular; lateral; crosswise
- 挽to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover; to draw (a cart)
- 绘制Drawing
- 就职to take office; to assume a post
- 好在luckily; fortunately
- 升值to rise in value; to appreciate
- 专长specialty; special knowledge or ability
- 精湛exquisite
- 高傲arrogant; haughty; proud
- 成全help
- 孵化breeding; to incubate; innovation (esp. in commerce and marketing)
- 包扎to wrap up; to pack; to bind up (a wound)
- 冲浪to surf; surfing
- 肩负to shoulder (a burden); to bear; to suffer (a disadvantage)
- 陈旧old-fashioned
- 纪念碑monument
- 直视to look straight at
- 收留to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care
- 馅filling, stuffing (for food)
- 演化evolve
- 传单leaflet; flier; pamphlet
- 分割to cut up; to break up
- 耽搁to tarry; to delay; to stop over
- 烟火smoke and fire; fireworks
- 非但Not only
- 表述to formulate; enunciation; to explain sth precisely
- 回味to call to mind and ponder over; aftertaste
- 顺畅smooth and unhindered; fluent
- 配角supporting role
- 八成Eighty percent
- 曙光dawn; fig. the dawn of a new era
- 嫂子(coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law
- 胸膛chest
- 不妙Not good
- 带队to lead a team; to lead a group; group leader; (tourism) tour guide
- 血缘bloodline
- 漫游to travel around; to roam; (mobile telephony) roaming
- 眯to narrow one's eyes; to squint; (dialect) to take a nap
- 情调sentiment; tone and mood; taste
- 繁华flourishing; bustling
- 注销cancel
- 上限upper bound
- 煽动to incite; to instigate
- 半径Radius
- 崇尚to advocate; to hold in esteem; to hold up (as an model); to revere
- 记性memory (ability to retain information)
- 渺小tiny; minute; negligible; insignificant
- 姓氏family name
- 出台to appear on stage; to officially launch (a policy, program etc); to appear publicly; (of a bar girl) to leave with a client
- 安逸easy and comfortable; easy
- 牲畜domesticated animals; livestock
- 强项key strength; strong suit; specialty
- 拇指thumb
- 光盘compact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM
- 朦胧(literary) (of moonlight) dim; (literary) murky; indistinct
- 立足to stand; to have a footing; to be established; to base oneself on
- 钉子nail; snag; saboteur
- 打捞to salvage; to dredge; to fish out (person or object from the sea)
- 子孙offspring; posterity
- 施压to pressure
- 气流airflow
- 交接to hand over to; to take over from; (of two things) to come into contact; to meet; to associate with; to have friendly relations with; to have sexual intercourse
- 耗费to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander
- 福气good fortune; a blessing
- 受苦to suffer hardship
- 明媚bright and beautiful
- 家政housekeeping
- 胡闹to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble
- 践踏to trample
- 用意intention; purpose
- 埋藏to bury; to hide by burying; hidden
- 迁移to migrate; to move
- 窑kiln; oven; coal pit; cave dwelling; (coll.) brothel
- 路段stretch of road; section of a highway or railway
- 流向direction of a current; direction of flow; to flow toward
- 估算assessment; evaluation
- 清澈clear; limpid
- 官僚bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic
- 拉链zipper
- 费劲to require effort; strenuous
- 探究explore
- 光环ring of light; halo; (fig.) glory; splendor
- 没劲to have no strength; to feel weak; exhausted; feeling listless; boring; of no interest
- 搬迁to move; to relocate; removal
- 花纹decorative design
- 黑马dark horse; fig. unexpected winner
- 胡思乱想to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild
- 寺庙temple; monastery; shrine
- 高昂to hold (one's head) high; expensive; high (spirits etc)
- 无理irrational; unreasonable
- 侵权to infringe the rights of; to violate; infringement
- 嗓音voice
- 像样presentable; decent; up to par
- 字体calligraphic style; typeface; font
- 铸造to cast (pour metal into a mold)
- 冒犯to offend
- 由衷heartfelt; sincere; unfeigned
- 就诊to see a doctor; to seek medical advice
- 三维three-dimensional; 3D
- 浸泡to steep; to soak; to immerse
- 动弹to budge
- 自然界nature; the natural world
- 交锋to cross swords; to have a confrontation (with sb)
- 恰到好处it's just perfect; it's just right
- 藏匿to cover up; to conceal; to go into hiding
- 无关紧要indifferent; insignificant
- 尺度scale; yardstick
- 梳理to comb; fig. to sort out
- 攀升to clamber up; (of prices etc) to rise
- 心得what one has learned (through experience, reading etc); insight; understanding; knowledge; tips
- 高额high quota; large amount
- 转达to pass on; to convey; to communicate
- 僵局impasse; deadlock
- 黏sticky; glutinous; (Tw) to adhere; to stick on; to glue
- 倡导to advocate; to initiate; to propose; to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought)
- 定向directional; directed; to orientate; orienteering
- 私立private (company, school etc)
- 私营privately-owned; private
- 吊销to suspend (an agreement); to revoke
- 定做to have something made to order
- 遏制to check; to contain; to hold back; to keep within limits; to constrain; to restrain
- 老乡fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
- 稳固stable; steady; firm; to stabilize
- 索取to ask; to demand
- 主体main part; bulk; body; subject; agent
- 延缓to defer; to postpone; to put off; to retard; to slow sth down
- 恭维compliment; praise; to praise; to speak highly of
- 财经finance and economics
- 抨击to attack (verbally or in writing)
- 实物material object; concrete object; original object; in kind; object for practical use; definite thing; reality; matter (physics)
- 荒desolate; uncultivated; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; to neglect
- 瞅(dialect) to look at
- 摇篮cradle
- 昔日former days; in the past
- 当务之急top priority job; matter of vital importance
- 入场券admission ticket
- 增速accelerate / increase speed
- 操控to control; to manipulate
- 薪酬salary
- 灵通fast and abundant (news); clever; effective
- 受骗to be cheated; to be taken in; to be hoodwinked
- 涮to rinse; to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table); to trick; to fool sb
- 勾结to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with
- 时节season; time
- 揣to put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. [chuǎi]
- 收割harvest
- 宫廷court (of king or emperor)
- 评定to evaluate; to make one's judgment
- 谋取seek
- 良性(medicine) benign (tumor etc); positive (in its effect); leading to good consequences; virtuous
- 图形picture; figure; diagram; graph; depiction; graphical
- 主页home page
- 作废to become invalid; to cancel; to delete; to nullify
- 更衣室change room; dressing room; locker room; (euphemism) toilet
- 苦涩bitter and astringent
- 承载to bear the weight; to sustain
- 功率rate of work; power (output)
- 国有state-owned; government owned; public; nationalized
- 碰巧by chance; by coincidence; to happen to
- 导向to be oriented towards; orientation
- 欠缺to be deficient in; lapse; deficiency
- 猩猩orangutan; (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin
- 平庸mediocre, common place
- 处事Dealing with affairs
- 交替to replace; alternately; in turn
- 媒介medium; media; intermediary; vehicle; vector
- 洁白white
- 迟疑to hesitate
- 着重to put emphasis on; to stress
- 惋惜to regret; to feel that it is a great pity; to feel sorry for sb
- 价位price level
- 沿用continue to use
- 缠绕to twine; to wind; twisting; to pester; to bother
- 汇聚convergence; to come together
- 撰写to write; to compose
- 并肩Side by side
- 宣泄to unburden oneself; to drain (by leading off water); to divulge; to leak a secret
- 上岗to take up one's post; to go on duty; to take up a job
- 教养to bring up; to educate; to nurture; upbringing; breeding; culture
- 透支(banking) to overdraw; to take out an overdraft; an overdraft; to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue); (old) to draw one's wage in advance; (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc); to damage a natural resource through overuse
- 杂技acrobatics
- 秃bald; blunt
- 液晶liquid crystal
- 享用enjoy
- 响亮loud and clear; resounding
- 附带to attach; supplementary; additionally; incidentally; in passing; in parentheses; by chance; secondary; subsidiary
- 咀嚼to chew; to think over
- 佩戴wear
- 菜肴Conjecture
- 开发商developer (of real estate, a commercial product etc)
- 更正to correct; to make a correction
- 风水feng shui; geomancy
- 磨难a trial; a torment; tribulation; a cross (to bear); well-tried
- 幸存to survive (a disaster)
- 乃至and even; to go so far as to
- 乞讨to beg; to go begging
- 耸to raise up; to shrug; high; lofty; towering; to excite
- 转折shift in the trend of events; turnaround; plot shift in a book; turn in the conversation
- 跨国transnational; multinational
- 总和sum
- 章程rules; regulations; constitution; statute; articles of association (of company); articles of incorporation; charter (of a corporation); by-laws
- 女方the woman
- 劳累tired; exhausted; worn out; to toil
- 区区minor
- 刑法criminal law
- 口子hole; opening; cut; gap; gash; my husband or wife; classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc); precedent
- 体质constitution
- 退化degenerate
- 拳击boxing
- 算数to count numbers; to keep to one's word; to hold (i.e. to remain valid); to count (i.e. to be important)
- 阻拦to stop; to obstruct
- 丛cluster; collection; collection of books; thicket
- 拼接piece together
- 缩减reduce
- 取笑to tease; to make fun of
- 子弟child; the younger generation
- 情境context
- 动荡unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion
- 嗜好hobby; indulgence; habit; addiction
- 沿途along the sides of the road; by the wayside
- 腥fishy (smell)
- 外汇foreign (currency) exchange
- 摘要summary; abstract
- 唤起to waken (to action); to rouse (the masses); to evoke (attention, recollection etc)
- 和睦peaceful relations; harmonious
- 毅力perseverance; willpower
- 去处place; destination
- 慌乱frenetic; hurried
- 病历Medical record
- 爱戴to love and respect; love and respect
- 功力skill; competence; efficacy; merit; power
- 仓促all of a sudden; hurriedly
- 霸道overbearing; despotic rule; rule by might; tyranny; the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道; evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道; (of liquor, medicine etc) strong; potent
- 诚挚sincere; cordial
- 照常as usual
- 粗鲁coarse; crude (in one's manner); boorish
- 公办Public
- 堆积to pile up; to heap; accumulation
- 慌张flustered; agitated
- 致富to become rich
- 无话可说to have nothing to say (idiom)
- 凑合to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to bring together; to improvise; passable; not too bad
- 破旧shabby
- 顶多at most; at best
- 印章seal; stamp; signet; chop
- 承包to contract; to undertake (a job)
- 职能function; role
- 波浪wave
- 显微镜microscope
- 定金down payment; advance payment
- 提防to guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip); Taiwan pr. [tí fáng]
- 侵占to invade and occupy (territory)
- 观摩to observe and emulate; to study (esp. following sb's example)
- 过道passageway; corridor; aisle
- 相通interlinked; connected; communicating; in communication; accommodating
- 得当appropriate; suitable
- 偏远remote; far from civilization
- 忙活to be really busy; pressing business
- 带路to lead the way; to guide; to show the way; (fig.) to instruct
- 精细fine; meticulous; careful
- 行家connoisseur; expert; veteran
- 墨水ink
- 格局structure; pattern; layout
- 和好become reconciled
- 咽喉throat
- 敬爱to respect and love; to hold in high esteem
- 看护to nurse; to look after; to watch over; (old) hospital nurse
- 点缀to decorate; to adorn; sprinkled; studded; only for show
- 礼堂assembly hall; auditorium
- 作物crop
- 抠to dig out; to pick out (with one's fingers); to carve; to cut; to study meticulously; to lift one's clothes; stingy; miserly
- 合乎to accord with; to conform to
- 觉醒to awaken; to come to realize; awakened to the truth; the truth dawns upon one; scales fall from the eyes; to become aware
- 家禽poultry; domestic fowl
- 岳父wife's father, father-in-law
- 选用to choose for some purpose; to select and use
- 动身to go on a journey; to leave
- 督促to supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on
- 滞留(of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded; (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain; to linger
- 颓废dispirited; depressed; dejected; decadent
- 时而occasionally; from time to time
- 盛开blooming; in full flower
- 柱子pillar
- 周密careful; thorough; meticulous; dense; impenetrable
- 专卖monopolize / sell exclusively
- 偷窥to peep; to peek; to act as voyeur
- 机智quick-witted; resourceful
- 必不可少absolutely necessary; indispensable; essential
- 新式new style; latest type
- 后世Later generations
- 倘若if; supposing; in case
- 烟囱chimney
- 素食vegetarian food; to eat a vegetarian diet
- 背负Carry
- 报废to scrap; to dispose of (sth worn-out or damaged)
- 试点test point; to carry out trial; pilot scheme
- 纺织spinning and weaving
- 丑恶ugly; repulsive
- 闹事to cause trouble; to create a disturbance
- 年薪annual salary
- 梯子ladder; stepladder
- 好受Good feeling
- 剧目theatrical piece (play or opera); repertoire; list of plays or operas
- 归于be attributed to
- 家用home-use; domestic; family expenses; housekeeping money
- 准许to allow; to grant; to permit
- 时时often; constantly
- 看管to look after
- 简陋simple and crude
- 重叠to overlap; to superimpose; to duplicate; one over another; superposition; an overlap; redundancy; reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 步 to have a stroll); to telescope; to run together
- 只管just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; solely engrossed in one thing; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth)
- 莫大greatest
- 压倒to overwhelm; to overpower; overwhelming
- 曰to speak; to say
- 嫌弃to regard with disdain; to shun
- 基层basic level; grassroots unit; basement layer
- 栽培to grow; to cultivate; to train; to educate; to patronize
- 灌溉to irrigate
- 归结to sum up; to conclude; to put in a nutshell; conclusion; end (of a story etc)
- 平日everyday; ordinary day; usually; ordinarily
- 参见to refer to; see also; compare (cf.); to pay respect to
- 向导guide
- 无家可归homeless
- 敷衍perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by; to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics)
- 恳求to beg; to beseech; to entreat; entreaty
- 批发wholesale; bulk trade; distribution
- 可贵to be treasured; praiseworthy
- 看守guard
- 松弛to relax; relaxed; limp; lax
- 路途(lit. and fig.) road; path
- 捷径shortcut
- 运算to perform calculations; (mathematical) operation
- 张贴to post (a notice); to advertise
- 湿润moist
- 器具utensil
- 致辞to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc); to address (an audience); to express in words or writing; same as 致词
- 文盲illiterate
- 瓦解to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up
- 腐朽rotten; decayed; decadent; degenerate
- 厄运bad luck; misfortune; adversity
- 误差difference; error; inaccuracy
- 后遗症residual effects; (medicine) sequelae; (fig.) repercussions; aftermath
- 力求to make every effort to; striving to do one's best
- 接力relay
- 忠心loyalty; devotion; dedication; good faith
- 消遣to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of
- 含糊ambiguous; vague; careless; perfunctory
- 情谊friendship; camaraderie
- 造假to counterfeit; to pass off a fake as genuine
- 谎话lie
- 虚幻imaginary; illusory
- 泻to flow out swiftly; to flood; a torrent; diarrhea; laxative
- 会诊consultation (medical); to meet for diagnosis; (by extension) consultation of different specialists
- 攀登to climb; to pull oneself up; to clamber; to scale; fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger
- 沼泽marsh; swamp; wetlands; glade
- 诱发to induce; to cause; to elicit; to trigger
- 潜入sneak into
- 歪曲to distort; to misrepresent
- 颠簸to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence); (fig.) to undergo a rough experience
- 生平life (a person's whole life); in one's entire life
- 平房bungalow
- 心甘情愿delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do
- 动不动(typically followed by 就) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc); at the drop of a hat
- 知识分子intellectual; intelligentsia; learned person
- 天花板ceiling
- 疑点a doubtful point
- 突如其来to arise abruptly; to arrive suddenly; happening suddenly
- 存货Inventory
- 嗅觉sense of smell
- 固然admittedly (it's true that...)
- 全身心wholeheartedly
- 商机business opportunity
- 安眠药sleeping pill
- 千方百计lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
- 接班人successor
- 连夜that very night; through the night; for several nights in a row
- 拐杖crutches; crutch; walking stick
- 军舰warship; military naval vessel
- 幻影phantom; mirage
- 醒悟to come to realize; to come to see the truth; to wake up to reality; to come to oneself
- 次日next day; the morrow
- 落实to implement; to carry out; practical; workable; to decide
- 摆动to sway; to swing; to move back and forth; to oscillate
- 实况live (e.g. broadcast or recording); what is actually happening; scene; the real situation
- 禁不住can't help it; can't bear it
- 漂流drift
- 田野field; open land
- 凄凉mournful; miserable; desolate (place)
- 摧残to ravage; to ruin
- 汇集to collect; to compile; to converge; also written 汇集
- 费力Strenuous
- 抢夺to plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take
- 旨在to have as its purpose; to be intended to; to aim to (do sth)
- 界定definition; to delimit
- 出发点starting point; (fig.) basis; motive
- 螺丝screw
- 炉子stove; oven; furnace
- 新陈代谢metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom)
- 力争to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly
- 英明wise; brilliant
- 裸体be naked; nudity
- 实话实说to tell the truth; to tell it as it is
- 或多或少more or less
- 采摘Picking
- 捶to beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound
- 爆竹firecracker
- 填充to fill up; to stuff; to fill in a blank space
- 法人legal person; corporation; see also 人
- 一动不动motionless
- 诱饵bait
- 顺心happy; satisfactory
- 筛to sieve; to sift; to filter; (bound form) a sieve; to eliminate through selection; to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water); to pour (wine or tea); (dialect) to strike (a gong)
- 相约to agree (on a meeting place, date etc); to reach agreement; to make an appointment
- 羞耻(a feeling of) shame
- 交情friendship; friendly relations
- 洁净clean; to cleanse
- 连任to continue in (a political) office; to serve for another term of office
- 应酬to engage in social activities; to socialize; social engagement; dinner party; banquet
- 雕像Statue
- 偏差bias; deviation
- 稻草rice straw
- 吝啬stingy; mean; miserly
- 惊动to alarm; to startle; to disturb
- 凶狠cruel; vicious; fierce and malicious; vengeful
- 陨石meteorite; aerolite
- 偏向partial towards sth; to prefer; to incline; erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)
- 急躁irritable; irascible; impetuous
- 间隙interval; gap; clearance
- 抗衡to compete with; to vie with; to counter
- 存折passbook; bankbook
- 担负to shoulder; to bear; to undertake
- 狼狈in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derog.)
- 在职to be employed; to be in post; on-the-job
- 违约to break a promise; to violate an agreement; to default (on a loan or contract)
- 银幕movie screen
- 无所事事to have nothing to do; to idle one's time away (idiom)
- 感触one's thoughts and feelings; emotional stirring; moved; touched
- 盛行to be in vogue; to be popular; to be prevalent
- 抒情to express emotion; lyric
- 不正之风unhealthy tendency
- 真挚sincere; sincerity
- 交集(of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously; to intermingle; common ground; points of commonality; overlap; connection; interaction; dealings; (math.) (set theory) intersection
- 跨度span
- 糟蹋to waste; to wreck; to abuse; to defile; to insult; to trample on; also pr. [zāo ta]
- 打猎to go hunting
- 痛心grieved; pained
- 告辞to say goodbye; to take one's leave
- 奶酪cheese
- 理睬to heed; to pay attention to
- 效益benefit; effectiveness; efficiency
- 害虫injurious insect; pest
- 停滞stagnation; at a standstill; bogged down
- 提炼to refine; to extract (ore, minerals etc); to purify; to process
- 摆平to be fair; to be impartial; to settle (a matter etc)
- 屡time and again; repeatedly; frequently
- 清静quiet; peaceful and quiet
- 喘息to gasp for breath; to take a breather
- 转折点turning point; breaking point
- 恰巧by chance; as chance would have it
- 管教to discipline; to teach; to guarantee
- 合计to add up the total; to figure what sth amounts to; to consider
- 专人specialist; person appointed for specific task
- 天分natural gift; talent
- 重创to inflict heavy losses; to inflict serious damage
- 频频repeatedly; again and again; continuously; constantly
- 缅怀to commemorate; to recall fondly; to think of the past
- 取而代之(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
- 拆迁to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
- 后裔descendant
- 饱满full; plump
- 汹涌to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc); turbulent
- 稀罕rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish; Taiwan pr. [xī hǎn]
- 尖端the tip; sharp pointed end; the cusp; most advanced and sophisticated; tip-top; highest peak; the best
- 剪辑editing
- 气压atmospheric pressure; barometric pressure
- 限定to restrict to; to limit
- 少不了cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many
- 念念不忘to keep in mind constantly (idiom)
- 乌云black cloud
- 民居residence
- 贝壳shell; conch; cowry; mother of pearl; hard outer skin; also pr. [bèi qiào]
- 急促hurried
- 绷带bandage (loanword)
- 萧条bleak; desolate; (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed
- 架势attitude; position (on an issue etc)
- 内地inland; interior; hinterland
- 先天inborn; innate; natural; embryonic period (contrasted with 后天 [hòu tiān])
- 无动于衷aloof; indifferent; unconcerned
- 记号mark; symbol; notation; seal
- 溜达to stroll; to go for a walk
- 参谋staff officer; to give advice
- 保鲜to keep fresh
- 淌to drip; to trickle; to shed (tears)
- 感叹to sigh (with feeling); to lament
- 碑a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele
- 传记biography
- 爽快refreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward
- 捧场to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge); to root for sb; to sing sb's praises; to flatter
- 言辞words; expression; what one says
- 迟钝slow (witted)
- 倔强stubborn; obstinate; unbending
- 血脉blood vessels
- 煤炭coal
- 名著masterpiece
- 枪毙to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of
- 大体in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the big picture; cadaver for dissection in training medical students
- 驻足stop / pause
- 大惊小怪to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
- 渔民fisherman; fisher folk
- 财力financial resources
- 核能nuclear energy
- 史无前例unprecedented in history
- 迁徙to migrate; to move
- 扎实strong; solid; sturdy; firm; practical
- 壁画mural (painting); fresco
- 眼界ken; scope
- 锈to rust
- 肖像portrait (painting, photo etc); (in a general sense) representation of a person; likeness
- 不景气slack; in a slump
- 得失gains and losses; success and failure; merits and demerits
- 过问to show an interest in; to get involved with
- 超前to be ahead of one's time; to surpass or outdo one's predecessors; to be ahead of the pack; to take the lead; advanced
- 解体to break up into components; to disintegrate; to collapse; to crumble
- 窃取to steal (usu. private information, intellectual property etc)
- 祭祀to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
- 现成ready-made; readily available
- 天平scales (to weigh things)
- 问世to be published; to come out
- 插曲Interlude
- 吃力strenuous; to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task; laborious; strain
- 赤字(financial) deficit; red letter
- 公证notarization; notarized; acknowledgement
- 气色complexion
- 辫子plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle
- 口罩mask (surgical etc)
- 抵消to counteract; to cancel out; to offset
- 鲸whale
- 别致unusual; unique
- 赞叹to exclaim in admiration
- 里程碑milestone
- 健壮robust; healthy; sturdy
- 留神to take care; to be careful
- 打消Give up
- 搭建to build (esp. with simple materials); to knock together (a temporary shed); to rig up
- 质地texture; background (texture); grain; quality; character; disposition
- 成型to become shaped; to become formed
- 椰子a coconut palm; a coconut
- 海豚Dolphin
- 沉睡Sleep
- 公用public; for public use
- 歼灭to wipe out; to crush; to annihilate
- 调试to debug; to adjust components during testing; debugging
- 悔恨remorse; repentance
- 介于between; intermediate; to lie between
- 机灵clever; quick-witted
- 品德moral character
- 刊物publication
- 端正upright; regular; proper; correct
- 互补complementary; to complement each other
- 领略to have a taste of; to realize; to appreciate
- 嘀咕Muttering
- 次要secondary
- 冷落to treat sb coldly; to snub; to cold shoulder; desolate; unfrequented
- 供养Support
- 安详serene
- 节制to control
- 执意to be determined to; to insist on
- 深邃profound
- 坛platform; rostrum; altar; earthen jar
- 官兵(military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops
- 赛跑race (running); to race (running)
- 主打focus on / highlight
- 领军to lead troups; (fig.) to lead; leading
- 黑名单Blacklist
- 杠杆lever; pry bar; crowbar; financial leverage
- 居于be located in
- 墓碑gravestone; tombstone
- 鞭炮firecrackers; string of small firecrackers
- 涵盖to cover; to comprise; to include
- 筐basket
- 专制autocracy; dictatorship
- 放肆wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent
- 副本Copy
- 径直directly
- 私事personal matters
- 元老senior figure; elder; doyen
- 幸免to avoid (an unpleasant fate)
- 紧凑compact; terse; tight (schedule)
- 交互mutually; interact
- 低迷blurred (landscape etc); low (spirits); in a slump (economy)
- 离谱儿Scientific
- 不定indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious
- 公墓public cemetery
- 深思to ponder; to consider
- 发怒to get angry
- 五官facial features
- 稳重steady; earnest; staid
- 殿堂palace; hall; temple buildings
- 晚年one's later years
- 仇人foe; one's personal enemy
- 攻克to overcome; to solve; to capture; to take
- 沿岸coastal area; littoral or riparian
- 谋划plan
- 汇合to converge; to join; confluence; to fuse; fusion
- 物证material evidence
- 坐落to be situated; to be located (of a building)
- 狭小narrow
- 瘫paralyzed
- 草率careless; negligent; sloppy; not serious
- 隐约vague; faint; indistinct
- 霸占to occupy by force; to seize; to dominate
- 呼救to call for help
- 相提并论to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms; to place on a par with; (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)
- 笨拙clumsy; awkward; stupid
- 尤为especially
- 序幕prologue
- 抄袭to plagiarize; to copy; to attack the flank or rear of an enemy
- 常理common sense; conventional reasoning and morals
- 松懈lax; relax
- 气泡bubble; blister (in metal); (of beverages) sparkling; carbonated
- 桑拿sauna (loanword)
- 绿洲oasis
- 茉莉jasmine
- 委婉tactful; euphemistic; soft; (of voice etc) suave
- 坚韧tough and durable; tenacious
- 防盗to guard against theft; anti-theft
- 不见得not necessarily; not likely
- 不解to not understand; to be puzzled by; indissoluble
- 阀门valve (mechanical)
- 契机opportunity; turning point; juncture
- 对得起not to let sb down; to treat sb fairly; be worthy of
- 齐心协力to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts; to pull together; to work as one
- 顺从obedient; to comply; to submit; to defer
- 休想don't think (that); don't imagine (that)
- 叹气to sigh; to heave a sigh
- 凿chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel or dig; (literary) (bound form) certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuò]
- 瓶颈neck of a bottle; (fig.) bottleneck; problem that impedes progress
- 累计cumulative; total; in total; to calculate the running total
- 止步to halt; to stop; to go no farther
- 水龙头faucet; tap
- 床位bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc); berth; bunk
- 征集to collect; to recruit
- 见效to have the desired effect
- 编程Programming
- 汲取draw
- 措手不及no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
- 惊吓frighten
- 拓宽to broaden
- 罢休to give up; to abandon (a goal etc); to let sth go; forget it; let the matter drop
- 手帕handkerchief
- 征收to levy (a tax); to expropriate
- 小费tip; gratuity
- 稳健firm; stable and steady
- 确凿definite; conclusive; undeniable; authentic; also pr. [què zuò]
- 历来always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time
- 就任to take office; to assume a post
- 切忌avoid
- 淀粉starch; amylum (C6H10O5)n
- 牵制to control; to curb; to restrict; to impede; to pin down (enemy troops)
- 达标to reach a set standard
- 倾倒dump
- 变迁changes; vicissitudes
- 冤injustice; grievance; wrong
- 属性attribute; property
- 充沛abundant; plentiful; vigorous
- 简要concise; brief
- 自力更生regeneration through one's own effort (idiom); self-reliance
- 敬畏revere
- 阶梯flight of steps; (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of
- 藏品museum piece; collector's item; precious object
- 勾勒draw the outline of
- 毯子blanket
- 港湾bay serving as a harbor
- 中性neutral
- 忧愁to be worried
- 骨架Skeleton
- 跳伞to parachute; to bail out; parachute jumping
- 忠告advise; advice
- 核电站nuclear power plant
- 催促to urge
- 头条lead story (on the news)
- 唯独only; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except; unique
- 自始至终from start to finish (idiom)
- 回升to rise again after a fall; to pick up; rally (stock market etc)
- 孝顺to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); filial piety
- 嘱咐to tell; to exhort; injunction
- 宽广wide; broad; extensive; vast
- 凯旋triumphantly return
- 学说theory; doctrine
- 胸怀one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open; to think about; to cherish
- 分发Distribution
- 并购merger and acquisition (M and A); acquisition; to take over
- 抵触to conflict; to contradict
- 矛头spearhead; barb; an attack or criticism
- 避难refuge; to take refuge; to seek asylum (political etc)
- 太极the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
- 唾液saliva
- 甘心to be willing to; to resign oneself to
- 转眼in a flash; in the blink of an eye; to glance
- 进修to undertake advanced studies; to take a refresher course
- 媲美to match; is comparable with
- 盘算to plot; to scheme; to calculate
- 逆境adversity
- 纽扣button
- 平坦flat; level; even; smooth
- 激增surge
- 权衡to consider; to weigh (a matter); to balance (pros and cons)
- 同仁colleague
- 庄重grave; solemn; dignified
- 新潮modern; fashionable
- 势必to be bound to; undoubtedly will
- 刺绣to embroider; embroidery
- 学士bachelor's degree; person holding a university degree
- 举重to lift weights; weight-lifting (sports)
- 清凉cool; refreshing; (of clothing) skimpy; revealing
- 瑕疵flaw
- 刨to dig; to excavate; (coll.) to exclude; not to count; to deduct; to subtract
- 裂痕crack; gap; split
- 烈日scorching sun
- 心想事成to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best!
- 集资to raise money; to accumulate funds
- 公立public (e.g. school, hospital)
- 哲理philosophy
- 缩水to shrink (in the wash); fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
- 动工to start (a building project)
- 遛to stroll; to walk (an animal)
- 迟迟late (with a task etc); slow
- 雄性male
- 花卉flowers and plants
- 兴建to build; to construct
- 口令oral command; a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts); password (used by sentry)
- 心肠heart; intention; one's inclination; state of mind; to have the heart for sth; mood
- 无故without cause or reason
- 贬低to belittle; to disparage; to play down; to demean; to degrade; to devalue
- 刻画depict
- 作对to set oneself against; to oppose; to make a pair
- 反问to ask (a question) in reply; to answer a question with a question; rhetorical question
- 菩萨Bodhisattva (Buddhism)
- 就地locally; on the spot
- 恩爱Love and affection
- 胆怯timidity; timid; cowardly
- 刺耳ear-piercing
- 凝结condense
- 狭隘narrow; narrow minded; tight; lacking in experience
- 瘟疫plague; pestilence
- 自首surrender
- 早年many years ago; in the past; in one's early years
- 山脉mountain range
- 哽咽Choke up
- 淡水potable water (water with low salt content); fresh water
- 追捧chase / pursue
- 罪魁祸首criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit; fig. main cause of a disaster
- 据悉according to reports; it is reported (that)
- 款待to entertain; to be hospitable to
- 修长slender; lanky; tall and thin
- 名次position in a ranking of names; place; rank
- 惯性(physics) inertia; (fig.) force of habit; tendency to do things in the accustomed way; habitual
- 人缘儿relations with other people
- 休养to recuperate; to recover; to convalesce
- 凉爽cool and refreshing
- 庆贺to congratulate; to celebrate
- 标示to indicate
- 昼夜day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop
- 失事be involved in a crash
- 下意识subconscious mind
- 返还restitution; return of something to its original owner; remittance
- 发酵to ferment; (fig.) (of trends, emotions or repercussions etc) to bubble away; to simmer; to develop
- 同期the corresponding time period (in a different year etc); concurrent; synchronous
- 兼容compatible
- 界线limits; bounds; dividing line
- 祥和auspicious and peaceful
- 和蔼kindly; nice; amiable
- 奥秘secret; mystery
- 繁重heavy; arduous; burdensome; onerous; heavy-duty
- 钻研to study meticulously; to delve into
- 友人friend
- 采矿mining
- 温差temperature difference
- 通俗common; everyday; average
- 烘to bake; to heat by fire; to set off by contrast
- 读物Reading materials
- 大宗large amount; staple; influential family of long standing
- 伙食food; meals
- 地下水groundwater
- 辞退to dismiss; to discharge; to fire
- 口碑public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom
- 衬托to set off
- 抢眼eye-catching
- 精简to simplify; to reduce
- 搁置to shelve; to set aside
- 远见foresight; discernment; vision
- 反之on the other hand...; conversely...
- 蔑视to loathe; to despise; contempt
- 航运shipping; transport
- 争气to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short
- 敬重to respect deeply; to revere; to esteem
- 外行layman; amateur
- 祸害disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck
- 后盾support; backing
- 前程future
- 本钱capital; (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)
- 诧异flabbergasted; astonished
- 外援foreign aid; external aid; (sports) foreign player; player recruited from overseas
- 助力assist; support
- 无济于事(idiom) to no avail; of no use
- 力所能及as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability; within one's powers
- 透彻penetrating; thorough; incisive
- 当之无愧fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc)
- 俗话common saying; proverb
- 挫败Frustration
- 水利water conservancy; irrigation works
- 奖赏reward; prize; award
- 源源不断a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream
- 受罪to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance
- 湖泊lake
- 托付to entrust
- 列举a list; to list; to enumerate
- 波及to spread to; to involve; to affect
- 求证to seek proof; to seek confirmation
- 公事work-related matters; documents
- 烘干to dry over a stove
- 详尽thorough and detailed; exhaustive; the tedious details in full
- 请示to ask for instructions
- 虚荣vanity
- 索性you might as well (do it); simply; just
- 彻夜the whole night
- 整治to bring under control; to regulate; to restore to good condition; (coll.) to fix (a person); to prepare (a meal etc)
- 渊源origin; source; relationship
- 并列to stand side by side; to be juxtaposed
- 交界common boundary; common border
- 写照portrayal
- 鼓动to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc)
- 解围to lift a siege; to help sb out of trouble or embarrassment
- 喜庆jubilation; festive
- 基准standard; criterion; benchmark; (surveying) datum
- 负重Bear weight
- 警钟alarm bell
- 朗诵to read aloud with expression; to recite; to declaim
- 显赫illustrious; celebrated
- 窍门a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth)
- 燕子swallow
- 如愿以偿to have one's wish fulfilled
- 就医to receive medical treatment
- 熄火(of a vehicle) to stall; (of fire, lamp etc) to go out; to put out (fire); (fig.) to die down
- 不折不扣a hundred percent; to the letter; out-and-out
- 缴纳to pay (taxes etc)
- 强加to impose; to force upon
- 歌颂to sing the praises of; to extol; to eulogize
- 迁就to yield; to adapt to; to accommodate to (sth)
- 团员member; group member
- 重用promote / place in an important position
- 推论to infer; inference; corollary; reasoned conclusion
- 空隙crack; gap between two objects; gap in time between two events
- 怨言complaint
- 陈列to display; to exhibit
- 一连in a row; in succession; running
- 查处to investigate and handle (a criminal case)
- 拉拢to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice
- 男方the man
- 告示announcement
- 世代for many generations; generation; era; age
- 干事administrator; executive secretary
- 造福to benefit (e.g. the people)
- 不懈untiring; unremitting; indefatigable
- 就绪be ready
- 宽阔expansive; wide; width; thickness
- 叫好to applaud; to cheer
- 药方prescription
- 寓意moral (of a story); lesson to be learned; implication; message; import; metaphorical meaning
- 泄密to leak secrets
- 高调high-sounding speech; bombast; high-profile
- 烹调to cook
- 投掷to throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at; to throw (dice etc); to flip (a coin)
- 顺势in passing; without taking extra trouble; conveniently; to take advantage; to seize an opportunity
- 上调to raise (prices); to adjust upwards
- 脚踏实地to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy; steady and serious character
- 挂念concerned
- 放水to turn on the water; to let water out; (sports) to throw a game
- 电讯telecommunications; telecom
- 隐含imply
- 坝dam; dike; embankment
- 深造further one's study
- 胆量Courage
- 算账to do the accounts; (accounting) to balance the books; (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge
- 解析to analyze; to resolve; (math.) analysis; analytic
- 绿地green area (e.g. urban park or garden)
- 繁多Numerous
- 愚昧ignorant; uneducated; ignorance
- 一言不发to not say a word (idiom)
- 逗留Stay
- 诸如此类things like this (idiom); and so on; and the rest; etc
- 门路way of doing sth; the right social connection
- 字迹handwriting
- 推移(of time) to elapse or pass; (of a situation) to develop or evolve
- 死心to give up; to admit failure; to drop the matter; to reconcile oneself to loss; to have no more illusions about
- 犹豫不决hesitancy; indecision; to waver
- 阐释Explanation
- 燃气fuel gas (coal gas, natural gas, methane etc)
- 洽谈to discuss
- 人文humanities; human affairs; culture
- 口才eloquence
- 周旋to mix with others; to socialize; to deal with; to contend
- 脱口而出to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)
- 遗物remnant
- 专著monograph; specialized text
- 消沉depressed; bad mood; low spirit
- 通畅unobstructed; clear; (of writing or thinking) coherent; fluent
- 肆无忌惮absolutely unrestrained; unbridled; without the slightest scruple
- 历时to last; to take (time); period; diachronic
- 纵横vertically and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed; lit. warp and weft in weaving; able to move unhindered; abbr. for 合纵连横, School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- 载体carrier (chemistry); vector (epidemiology); vehicle or medium
- 断然Decidedly
- 个案individual case; special case
- 茎stalk; stem
- 成家to settle down and get married (of a man); to become a recognized expert
- 调和harmonious; to mediate; to reconcile; mediation; to compromise; to mix; to blend; blended; to season; seasoning; to placate
- 油腻(of food) greasy; oily; fatty; greasy food; oily food; (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious; pretentious; vulgar
- 迟缓slow; sluggish
- 稀奇rare; strange
- 迎面directly; head-on (collision); in one's face (of wind)
- 威信prestige; reputation; credit with the people; trust
- 一目了然obvious at a glance (idiom)
- 举足轻重to play a critical role (idiom); influential
- 火速at top speed; at a tremendous lick
- 大纲outline; synopsis; program; leading principles
- 亮丽bright and beautiful
- 舒畅happy; entirely free from worry
- 应有尽有everything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand; to have all one needs
- 验收to inspect and accept; acceptance
- 威风might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive
- 维权defend rights
- 镶嵌to inlay; to embed; to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring); tiling; tesselation
- 无忧无虑carefree and without worries (idiom)
- 气派impressive; stylish; magnificent; imposing manner; dignified air
- 固有intrinsic to sth; inherent; native
- 似曾相识déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time); seemingly familiar; apparently already acquainted
- 朴实plain; simple; guileless; down-to-earth; sincere and honest
- 呼啸to whistle; to scream; to whiz
- 担子carrying pole and the loads on it; burden; task; responsibility
- 取材draw materials from
- 喧闹to make a noise; noisy
- 随处可见can be seen everywhere
- 澎湃surging
- 对白dialogue (in a movie or a play)
- 功利Utilitarian
- 礼节etiquette
- 调侃to tease; to ridicule; to mock; idle talk; chitchat
- 一心一意concentrating one's thoughts and efforts; single-minded; bent on; intently
- 潮水Tide
- 本着based on...; in conformance with..; taking as one's main principle
- 败坏to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
- 骨干diaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone
- 机舱cabin of a plane
- 荣获be honored with
- 健美healthy and beautiful; to do fitness exercises; abbr. for 健美运动
- 乞求to beg
- 标致Peugeot
- 预赛preliminary competition; to hold preliminary heats
- 下级subordinate; low ranking; low level; underclass
- 资历qualifications; experience; seniority
- 冲撞to collide; to impinge; jerking motion; to offend; to provoke
- 贬值to become devaluated; to devaluate; to depreciate
- 奠定to establish; to fix; to settle
- 含蓄(of a person or style etc) reserved; restrained; (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning; implicit; veiled (criticism); to contain; to hold
- 挟持to seize
- 稀有rare
- 增值to appreciate (financially); to increase in value; value-added (accountancy)
- 鲁莽hot-headed; impulsive; reckless
- 倚to lean on; to rely upon
- 打喷嚏to sneeze
- 理事member of council; (literary) to take care of matters
- 搁浅to be stranded (of ship); to run aground; fig. to run into difficulties and stop
- 杜绝to put an end to
- 招标to invite bids
- 切记keep in mind
- 停业to cease trading (temporarily or permanently); to close down
- 高龄elderly
- 舒展stretch; relaxed
- 红火prosperous
- 检讨to examine or inspect; self-criticism; review
- 哀求to entreat; to implore; to plead
- 拟定to draw up; to draft; to formulate
- 目瞪口呆dumbstruck (idiom); stupefied; stunned
- 派别group; faction; clique; sect; school
- 翻新Renovation
- 百般All kinds of things
- 才干ability; competence
- 裁缝tailor; dressmaker
- 时事current trends; the present situation; how things are going
- 化肥fertilizer
- 雄厚substantial; ample; abundant; robust
- 回忆录memoir
- 受挫be frustrated
- 贴切close-fitting; closest (translation)
- 饱和saturated; filled to capacity
- 扩建to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)
- 松树pine; pine tree
- 一成不变(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
- 养殖to cultivate; cultivation; to further; to encourage
- 私有private; privately-owned
- 伤残disabled; maimed; crippled; (of objects) damaged
- 牡丹tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
- 诀窍knack; trick; secret; key
- 省略to leave out; an omission
- 庸俗vulgar; tacky; tawdry
- 次序sequence; order
- 靠拢to draw close to
- 绝技consummate skill; supreme feat; tour-de-force; stunt
- 瘸lame
- 背诵to recite; to repeat from memory
- 疏通to unblock; to dredge; to clear the way; to get things flowing; to facilitate; to mediate; to lobby; to explicate (a text)
- 空荡荡empty; deserted
- 愈演愈烈ever more critical; problems get more and more intense
- 周转to rotate; to circulate (cash, stock etc); turnover; circulation; cash flow
- 万无一失surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)
- 对岸On the opposite bank
- 荒凉desolate
- 容颜mien; complexion
- 关税customs duty; tariff
- 锄hoe; to hoe or weed
- 趋于to tend towards
- 一经as soon as; once (an action has been completed)
- 嘈杂noisy; clamorous
- 耕地arable land; to plow land
- 漂泊wander
- 衔接to link up; to connect; to join
- 凭证proof; certificate; receipt; voucher
- 流派school / genre
- 错位to be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced; (medicine) to be in malposition; (fig.) erroneous; eccentric
- 测算to take measurements and calculate
- 四面八方in all directions; all around; far and near
- 续航extend battery life
- 息息相关closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
- 供暖to supply heating (in a building); heating
- 闺女maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter
- 名利fame and profit
- 依附depend on / attach to
- 兜售to hawk; to peddle
- 跳槽to change jobs; job-hopping
- 祖宗ancestor; forebear
- 剔除to reject; to discard; to get rid of
- 队形formation
- 嗅to smell, to sniff
- 疏远become estranged
- 毕生All one's life
- 捕获Capture
- 惨痛bitter; painful; deeply distressed
- 取缔to suppress; to crack down on; to prohibit
- 牢骚discontent; complaint; to complain
- 总而言之in short; in a word; in brief
- 实事求是lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom); fig. to be practical and realistic
- 波澜billows; great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum)
- 夹子clip; clamp; tongs; folder; wallet
- 单方面unilateral
- 顽皮naughty
- 无可奈何have no way out; have no alternative; abbr. to 无奈
- 伺机to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance
- 抡to swing (one's arms, a heavy object); to wave (a sword, one's fists); to fling (money)
- 滔滔不绝unceasing torrent (idiom); talking non-stop; gabbling forty to the dozen
- 夹杂to mix together (disparate substances); to mingle; a mix; to be tangled up with
- 精巧ingenious
- 雪上加霜(idiom) to make matters even worse; to add insult to injury
- 轻型light (machinery, aircraft etc)
- 谜团riddle; enigma; unpredictable situation; elusive matters
- 弊端systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices)
- 出厂to leave the factory (of finished goods)
- 推卸to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck
- 家喻户晓understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name
- 特邀special invitation
- 继而then; afterwards
- 谜底answer to a riddle
- 感慨to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful; deeply moved
- 集市market
- 应邀at sb's invitation; on invitation
- 惊慌失措to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)
- 环比Month-on-month
- 送行to see someone off; to throw someone a send-off party
- 过境to pass through a country's territory; transit
- 冷门a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc); fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition
- 岳母wife's mother, mother-in-law
- 留念to keep as a souvenir; to recall fondly
- 盛夏midsummer
- 萌芽to sprout (lit. or fig.); to bud; to germinate; germ; seed; bud
- 楷模model; example
- 稳妥dependable
- 不慎incautious; inattentive
- 减免to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)
- 转载to forward (a shipment); to reprint sth published elsewhere; Taiwan pr. [zhuǎn zài]
- 就餐to dine
- 印证to confirm; to corroborate; to verify; proof; evidence
- 吸纳to take in; to absorb; to admit; to accept
- 破除to eliminate; to do away with; to get rid of
- 养育raise
- 可想而知it is obvious that...; as one can well imagine...
- 心酸to feel sad
- 折射to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
- 稚嫩immature
- 预兆omen; sign (of sth yet to occur); prior indication; to foreshadow
- 暂且for now; for the time being; temporarily
- 繁衍Reproduction
- 劝告to advise; to urge; to exhort; advice; exhortation
- 愈加increasingly
- 稠thick; dense; crowded; many
- 争辩argue
- 旺季busy season; peak period; see also 季
- 学识knowledge
- 压榨to press; to squeeze; to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing
- 及早at the earliest possible time; as soon as possible
- 领事consul
- 日复一日day after day
- 记忆犹新to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)
- 莲子lotus seed
- 风浪wind and waves; rough waters; (fig.) hardship
- 双边bilateral
- 草丛Grass
- 荤meat; non-vegetarian food
- 考量to consider; to give serious consideration to sth; consideration
- 扫除to sweep; to clean with a brush; to sweep away (often fig.)
- 专柜sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol)
- 猛然suddenly; abruptly
- 略微a little bit; slightly
- 不得而知unknown; unable to find out
- 停放to park (a car etc); to moor (a boat etc); to leave sth (in a place)
- 韵味implicit charm in rhyme or sound; hinted appeal; interest
- 默默无闻obscure and unknown (idiom); an outsider without any reputation; a nobody; an unknown quantity
- 肤浅Superficial
- 隔阂misunderstanding; estrangement; (language etc) barrier
- 柿子persimmon
- 当即at once; on the spot
- 发芽Sprout
- 冰雹hail; hailstone
- 疙瘩swelling or lump on skin; pimple; knot; lump; preoccupation; problem
- 顺路by the way; while out doing sth else; conveniently
- 把柄handle; (fig.) information that can be used against sb
- 久违(haven't done sth) for a long time; a long time since we last met
- 务实pragmatic; dealing with concrete issues
- 情理reason; sense
- 闷热muggy
- 面目全非nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition
- 暗地里secretly; inwardly; on the sly
- 风气general mood; atmosphere; common practice
- 座谈to have an informal discussion
- 何止far more than
- 依托to rely on; to depend on; support
- 境遇circumstance
- 奇观wonder
- 梦寐以求lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom); fig. to deeply long for; to covet
- 荒诞preposterous; beyond belief; incredible; fantastic
- 陡steep; precipitous; abrubtly; suddenly; unexpectedly
- 推算to calculate; to reckon; to extrapolate (in calculation)
- 周折twists and turns; vicissitude; complication; difficulty; effort
- 流域river basin; valley; drainage area
- 启迪to edify; enlightenment
- 猎物prey
- 劳务service (work done for money); services (as in "goods and services")
- 不言而喻it goes without saying; it is self-evident
- 筹办to arrange; to make preparations
- 爱惜to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly
- 僧人monk
- 抱负aspiration; ambition
- 膳食meals; food
- 勇往直前to advance bravely
- 扎根to take root
- 山寨(fig.) knockoff (goods); counterfeit; imitation; fortified hill village; mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits)
- 悬殊widely different; large disparity
- 稀少sparse; rare
- 名贵famous and valuable; rare; precious
- 启蒙to instruct the young; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; primer; enlightened; the Enlightenment; Western learning from the late Qing dynasty
- 耳目一新a pleasant change; a breath of fresh air; refreshing
- 焦躁fretful; impatient
- 枢纽hub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge; pivot; fulcrum
- 针锋相对to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat; measure for measure
- 勘探to explore; to survey; to prospect (for oil etc); prospecting
- 枯竭used up; dried up; exhausted (of resources)
- 生怕to fear; afraid; extremely nervous; for fear that; to avoid; so as not to
- 答辩to reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation
- 使唤to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc); Taiwan pr. [shǐ huàn]
- 流转to be on the move; to roam or wander; to circulate (of goods or capital)
- 有朝一日one day; sometime in the future
- 包庇to shield; to harbor; to cover up
- 粗略rough (not precise or accurate); cursory
- 眼色signal made with one's eyes; meaningful glance
- 公顷hectare
- 弱势vulnerable; weak
- 提心吊胆(saying) to be very scared and on edge
- 垫子cushion; mat; pad
- 插图illustration
- 腼腆shy
- 衍生to give rise to; to derive; derivative; derivation
- 轻蔑scornful; disdainful; contemptuous; disdain; contempt; pejorative
- 情怀feelings; mood
- 谦逊humble; modest; unpretentious; modesty
- 利害pros and cons; advantages and disadvantages; gains and losses
- 倡议to suggest; to initiate; proposal; initiative
- 谋求to seek; to strive for
- 变故an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune
- 凑巧fortuitously; luckily; as chance has it
- 衰落decline
- 免不了unavoidable; can't be avoided
- 街坊neighbor
- 天长地久enduring while the world lasts (idiom); eternal
- 芬芳perfume; fragrant
- 投射to throw (a projectile); to cast (light)
- 存心deliberately
- 熨an iron; to iron
- 诬陷to entrap; to frame; to plant false evidence against sb
- 疗养to recuperate; to convalesce; to get well; to heal; to nurse; convalescence
- 落成to complete a construction project
- 浓郁rich; strong; heavy (fragrance); dense; full-bodied; intense
- 论述treatise; discourse; exposition
- 脱节to come apart
- 不由得can't help; cannot but
- 切磋learn from each other
- 沉淀to settle; to precipitate; sedimentation
- 难处trouble; difficulty; problem
- 荆棘thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth
- 消磨spend
- 爱慕Love
- 蕴藏to hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc)
- 吐槽complain /criticize humorously
- 河畔riverside; river plain
- 日趋(increasing) day by day; (more critical) with every passing day; gradually
- 琐碎trivial
- 破例to make an exception
- 阅历to experience; experience
- 灵巧deft; nimble; ingenious
- 走投无路to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate
- 指教to give advice or comments
- 能人capable person; Homo habilis, extinct species of upright East African hominid
- 淡化to water down; to weaken; to play down; to trivialize; to become dull with time; to desalinate; desalination
- 遮盖to hide; to cover (one's tracks)
- 利索nimble
- 兴高采烈happy and excited (idiom); in high spirits; in great delight
- 残缺badly damaged; shattered
- 有条不紊regular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged
- 兴旺prosperous; thriving; to prosper; to flourish
- 大街小巷great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
- 鲤鱼carp
- 退步to do less well than before; setback; backward step; to make a concession; leeway; room to maneuver; fallback
- 第一手first-hand
- 着落settlement; solution; whereabouts; place to settle; reliable source (of funds etc); (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb
- 岔fork in road; branch in road, river, mountain range etc; bifurcation; to branch off; to turn off; to diverge; to stray (from the path); to change the subject; to interrupt; to stagger (times)
- 赶赴to hurry; to rush
- 乡亲local people; villager; fellow countryman (from the same village); the folks back home
- 出具to issue (document, certificate etc); to provide
- 凶恶fierce; ferocious; fiendish; frightening
- 在所难免to be unavoidable (idiom)
- 根基foundation
- 隐性hidden; crypto-; recessive (gene)
- 繁杂Complicated
- 打磨to polish; to burnish; to shine
- 空难air crash; aviation accident or incident
- 梳子comb
- 俘获to capture (enemy property or personnel); capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus)
- 木匠carpenter
- 邮编postal code; zip code
- 封建feudal; feudalism; system of enfeoffment; feudalistic
- 窘迫embarrassed; hard-pressed; in a predicament; poverty-stricken; very poor
- 通红very red; red through and through; to blush (deep red)
- 常态normal state
- 营利seek profits
- 世故the ways of the world
- 推选to elect; to choose
- 扫兴to spoil things; to dampen spirits; to feel deflated; to be dispirited
- 树干tree trunk
- 深奥profound; abstruse; recondite; profoundly
- 尚且[with negative] not even, let alone
- 出息future prospects; to mature; to grow up; profit
- 逞强to show off; to try to be brave
- 扩充to expand
- 没落to decline; to wane
- 一丝不苟not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules; meticulous; not one hair out of place
- 够呛unbearable; terrible; enough; unlikely
- 扭头to turn one's head; to turn around
- 雄伟grand; imposing; magnificent; majestic
- 崇敬to revere; to venerate; high esteem
- 代言Endorsement
- 沧桑great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes; abbr. of 沧海桑田
- 劝阻to advise against; to dissuade
- 屹立to tower; to stand straight (of person's bearing)
- 注释to annotate; to add a comment; explanatory note; annotation
- 沉稳steady; calm; unflustered
- 惊心动魄(idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking
- 单薄thin; weak; frail; flimsy
- 一味blindly; invariably
- 谷物Grain
- 和气friendly; polite; amiable
- 座右铭motto; maxim
- 插嘴to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation
- 纸币banknote
- 公仆public servant
- 袖手旁观to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
- 力不从心less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish; the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
- 拘束constrained; awkward; ill at ease; uncomfortable; reticent; to restrict; to restrain
- 飙升to rise rapidly; to soar
- 缩影microcosm; miniature version of sth; epitome; (Tw) to microfilm
- 完备complete; faultless; perfect; to leave nothing to be desired
- 矗立stand erect
- 停泊to anchor; anchorage; mooring (of a ship)
- 闲话casual conversation; chat; gossip; to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
- 较劲to compete; to match one's strength with; to set oneself against sb; to make a special effort; more competitive; disobliging
- 公职civil service; public office; government job
- 锦上添花lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom); fig. to give sth additional splendor; to provide the crowning touch; (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off
- 逆行go against one-way traffic
- 自理to take care of oneself; to provide for oneself
- 直观direct observation; directly perceived through the senses; intuitive; audiovisual
- 格格不入(idiom) inharmonious; incompatible
- 打搅to disturb; to trouble; to bother
- 游船pleasure boat; cruise ship
- 照办to do as instructed; to comply with a request; to follow the rules; to play by the book
- 豁出去to throw caution to the wind; to press one's luck; to go for broke
- 效仿see 仿效
- 百分比percentage
- 和平共处peaceful coexistence of nations, societies etc
- 恩人a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else
- 恭敬deferential; respectful
- 海藻seaweed; marine alga; kelp
- 紧缩to tighten; (economics) to reduce; to curtail; to cut back; austerity; tightening; crunch
- 功臣minister who has given outstanding service
- 上火to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
- 起跑线the starting line (of a race); scratch line (in a relay race)
- 水落石出as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); the truth comes to light
- 发源地place of origin; birthplace; source
- 顺理成章logical; only to be expected; rational and clearly structured (of text)
- 继父stepfather
- 宜人pleasant
- 焕发to shine; to glow; to irradiate; to flash
- 刮目相看to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)
- 遭殃to suffer a calamity
- 纵观to survey comprehensively; an overall survey
- 招揽to attract (customers); to drum up (trade)
- 歌谣Ballad
- 助威to cheer for; to encourage; to boost the morale of
- 调剂to adjust; to balance; to make up a medical prescription
- 原装genuine; intact in original packaging (not locally assembled and packaged)
- 开明enlightened; open-minded; enlightenment
- 靶子target
- 气馁to be discouraged
- 零星fragmentary; random; bits and pieces; sporadic
- 奔赴to rush to; to hurry to
- 公示to make known to the public (for information or to seek comments); public notification
- 综艺variety show
- 首付down payment
- 受惊startled
- 来年next year; the coming year
- 孤零零all alone; lone; solitary; isolated and without help
- 探亲to go home to visit one's family
- 比试to have a competition; to measure with one's hand or arm; to make a gesture of measuring
- 大名鼎鼎grand reputation; renowned; famous
- 根治to bring under permanent control; to effect a radical cure
- 就近nearby; in a close neighborhood
- 一事无成to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere
- 翻天覆地sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head
- 逐年year after year; with each passing year; over the years
- 条理arrangement; order; tidiness
- 火候heat control; (fig.) mastery; (fig.) crucial moment
- 波折twists and turns
- 见义勇为to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth; acting heroically in a just cause
- 品行behavior; moral conduct
- 刺眼Dazzling
- 合资joint venture
- 顺应to conform to; in tune with; adapting to; to adjust to; to comply
- 绝迹disappear
- 橱窗Window display
- 紧缺in short supply; scarce
- 挖苦to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks; also pr. [wā ku]
- 怨气grievance; resentment; complaint
- 洋溢brimming with; steeped in
- 立方cube (math.); abbr. for 立方体; abbr. for 米
- 恶作剧Prank
- 坚果nuts
- 难为情embarrassed
- 阁楼Loft
- 泥潭quagmire
- 何苦why bother?; is it worth the trouble?
- 巴不得(coll.) to be eager for; to long for; to look forward to
- 宝库treasure-house; treasury; treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom)
- 忌讳taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from
- 宏观macro-; macroscopic; holistic
- 神态appearance; manner; bearing; deportment; look; expression; mien
- 赏识appreciate
- 省事to simplify matters; to save trouble
- 首创to create; original creation; to be the first to do sth
- 导火索fuse (for explosive)
- 磨合to break in; to wear in
- 交响乐symphony
- 形形色色all kinds of; all sorts of; every (different) kind of
- 投奔to seek shelter; to seek asylum
- 飘扬to wave; to flutter; to fly
- 瓜子melon seed; seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack
- 两翼two wings
- 古籍Ancient books
- 画册picture album
- 调控to regulate; to control
- 指手画脚to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands; to criticize or give orders summarily
- 开发区development zone
- 辞呈(written) resignation
- 泄气to be discouraged; to leak (gas); (of a tire) to be flat; to despair; (disparaging) pathetic; to vent one's anger
- 嘲弄to tease; to poke fun at; to make fun of
- 倾销to dump (goods, products)
- 来龙去脉the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom); (fig.) the whole sequence of events; causes and effects
- 身不由己without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary; not of one's own volition; in spite of oneself
- 不平uneven; injustice; unfairness; wrong; grievance; indignant; dissatisfied
- 纪实record of actual events; documentary (factual rather than fictional)
- 层出不穷more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom)
- 市场经济market economy
- 就座to take a seat
- 激荡agitate
- 守信keep one's word
- 穴位acupuncture point; location of a grave
- 硬朗robust; healthy
- 绕行to take a detour; to bypass; to take a circular (or circuitous) route; to do a circuit; (of a planet) to orbit; (of a sailor) to circumnavigate
- 中叶middle period
- 开场白prologue of play; opening remarks; preamble (of speeches, articles etc)
- 交纳to pay (taxes or dues)
- 对流Convection
- 告状to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc); to bring a lawsuit
- 恒星Star
- 过半over fifty percent; more than half
- 立交桥overpass; flyover
- 百科全书encyclopedia
- 登顶Reach the summit
- 请柬invitation card; written invitation
- 雌性Female
- 吃苦to bear hardships
- 惊天动地world-shaking (idiom)
- 飞碟UFO
- 焕然一新to look completely new (idiom); brand new; changed beyond recognition
- 通车to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc); (of a locality) to have a transportation service; (Tw) to commute
- 珍视to place great importance on; to treasure
- 卸任leave office
- 鲜美delicious; tasty
- 胆小鬼coward
- 起劲energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic
- 症结crux of an issue; main point in an argument; sticking point; deadlock in negotiations; hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)
- 体态posture
- 断断续续intermittent; off and on; discontinuous; stop-go; stammering; disjointed; inarticulate
- 滞后to lag behind
- 仿制to copy; to imitate; to make by imitating a model
- 本分one's duty; (to play) one's part; one's role; (to stay within) one's bounds; dutiful; keeping to one's role
- 积攒accumulate
- 统筹an overall plan; to plan an entire project as a whole
- 文雅elegant; refined
- 曲艺Chinese folk art forms
- 濒危Endangered
- 一干二净thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all; very clean
- 砍伐to hew
- 屋檐eaves
- 笛子bamboo flute
- 年限age limit; fixed number of years
- 送别to farewell
- 华裔ethnic Chinese; non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry
- 趁早as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late
- 劲头enthusiasm; zeal; vigor; strength
- 寒暄to exchange conventional greetings; to exchange pleasantries
- 时隔separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)
- 继母stepmother
- 威望prestige
- 伯父father's elder brother; term of respect for older man
- 抹杀to erase; to cover traces; to obliterate evidence; to expunge; to blot out; to suppress
- 盆地(geography) basin; depression
- 无可厚非see 非
- 基本功basic skills; fundamentals
- 密布cover
- 算盘abacus; plan; scheme
- 适量appropriate amount
- 蹊跷strange
- 刺骨bone-chilling; penetrating (cold); piercing; cutting
- 麻辣hot and numbing
- 叮嘱to warn repeatedly; to urge; to exhort again and again
- 馋gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving
- 再接再厉to continue the struggle (idiom); to persist; unremitting efforts
- 眺望overlook
- 遮挡to shelter; to shelter from
- 枯萎withered; wilted
- 固化solidify
- 刁难to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult; Taiwan pr. [diāo nán]
- 领事馆consulate
- 外籍foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality)
- 航天员astronaut
- 不以为然not to accept as correct (idiom); to object; to disapprove; to take exception to
- 翻番to double; to increase by a certain number of times
- 猖狂savage; furious
- 倔gruff; surly
- 哆嗦to tremble; to shiver; uncontrolled shaking of the body
- 振兴to revitalize; to revive; to invigorate; to re-energize
- 奋勇dauntless; to summon up courage and determination; using extreme force of will
- 壮丽magnificent; majestic; glorious; magnificence
- 沸沸扬扬bubbling and gurgling; hubbubing; abuzz
- 干枯Dry up
- 诉苦to grumble; to complain; grievance
- 土生土长locally born and bred; indigenous; home-grown
- 生疏unfamiliar; strange; out of practice; not accustomed
- 敦促to press; to urge; to hasten
- 迸发to burst forth
- 孝敬to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents
- 突兀abrupt
- 素养(personal) accomplishment; attainment in self-cultivation
- 出任to take up a post; to start in a new job
- 鸟巢bird's nest; nickname for Beijing 2008 Olympic stadium
- 接二连三one after another (idiom); in quick succession
- 独身unmarried; single
- 志向ambition
- 共性overall character
- 工匠Craftsman
- 一概all; without any exceptions; categorically
- 亲和力(personal) warmth; approachability; accessibility; (in a product) user friendliness; (chemistry) affinity
- 供奉to consecrate; to enshrine and worship; an offering (to one's ancestors); a sacrifice (to a god)
- 尾气exhaust; emissions
- 一针见血lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom); fig. to hit the nail on the head
- 状元top scorer in college entrance examination 考; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light; top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 眼 and 花
- 节俭frugal; economical
- 悦耳sweet-sounding; beautiful (of sound)
- 内行expert; adept; experienced; an expert; a professional
- 激化to intensify
- 屡次repeatedly; time and again
- 声势influence; prestige; fame and power; impetus; momentum
- 鲜为人知rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown; secret to all but a few
- 窟窿hole; pocket; cavity; loophole; debt
- 错综复杂tangled and complicated (idiom)
- 魄力courage; daring; boldness; resolution; drive
- 逾期to be overdue; to fail to meet a deadline; to be behind in doing sth
- 溺水drown
- 风貌style; manner; ethos
- 供求supply and demand (economics)
- 年迈old; aged
- 睡袋sleeping bag
- 神气expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious
- 勤快diligent; hardworking
- 淳朴Simple and honest
- 冷气air conditioning (Tw)
- 佳肴fine food; delicacies; delicious food
- 精妙exquisite; fine and delicate (usu. of works of art)
- 生硬stiff; harsh
- 便携式Portable
- 供不应求supply does not meet demand
- 乖巧clever (child); smart; lovable; cute
- 星系galaxy
- 避暑to be away for the summer holidays; to spend a holiday at a summer resort; to prevent sunstroke
- 浩瀚Vast
- 绝缘to have no contact with; to be cut off from; (electricity) to insulate
- 万万absolutely; wholly
- 苗头first signs; development (of a situation)
- 与时俱进to keep up with the times; abreast of modern developments; progressive; timely
- 双赢profitable to both sides; a win-win situation
- 排查investigate
- 私家车private car
- 防汛flood control; anti-flood (precautions)
- 浩劫calamity; catastrophe; apocalypse
- 缤纷vast and various; rich and diverse
- 段落paragraph; (written) passage; phase; time interval
- 压轴serve as the grand finale
- 作息to work and rest
- 喧哗hubbub; clamor; to make a racket
- 热腾腾steaming hot; (fig.) bustling; hectic; (fig.) excited; stirred up; (fig.) created only a short time before; freshly minted; hot off the press; (coll.) also pr. [rè tēng tēng]
- 畅谈to talk freely; to discuss without inhibition
- 富含to contain in great quantities; rich in
- 不了了之to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled; to end up with nothing definite
- 祭奠to offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors); to hold or attend a memorial service
- 整数whole number; integer (math.); round figure
- 传人a disciple; to teach; to impart; descendant
- 赞许to praise; to laud
- 憨厚Honest and simple
- 饶恕to forgive; to pardon; to spare
- 避让Make way
- 蓬勃vigorous; flourishing; full of vitality
- 竣工to complete a project
- 笔墨Brush and ink
- 束手无策lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
- 潜心concentrate on
- 占卜to divine
- 燃放to light; to set off (firecrackers etc)
- 得心应手lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job; entirely in one's element; going smoothly and easily
- 客运passenger transportation; (Tw) intercity bus
- 夜校evening school; night school
- 轮换to rotate; to take turns
- 棱角edge and corner; ridge corner; protrusion; sharpness (of a protrusion); craggy
- 物色look for
- 贮藏to store up; to hoard; deposits
- 切身direct; concerning oneself; personal
- 道别Goodbye
- 变通Flexibility
- 赞不绝口to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven
- 服气to be convinced; to accept
- 俗语common saying; proverb; colloquial speech
- 标榜to flaunt; to advertise; to parade; boost; excessive praise
- 玄机profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles
- 衣裳(coll.) clothes
- 鞭策to spur on; to urge on; to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)
- 境外outside (a country's) borders
- 姑且for the time being; tentatively
- 拜见to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to meet one's senior or superior
- 攻读to major (in a field); to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree
- 归纳to sum up; to summarize; to conclude from facts; induction (method of deduction in logic)
- 不免inevitably
- 显性dominant
- 慈祥kindly; benevolent (often of older person)
- 过硬to have perfect mastery of sth; to be up to the mark
- 怠慢to slight; to neglect
- 荡漾to ripple; to undulate; also written 荡漾
- 形影不离inseparable (as form and shadow)
- 泥泞muddy
- 揣测to guess; to conjecture
- 正月first month of the lunar year
- 把关to guard a pass; to check on sth
- 哺乳breastfeeding; to suckle; to nurse
- 恍然大悟to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light
- 谢绝to refuse politely
- 遇险to get into difficulties; to meet with danger
- 不相上下equally matched; about the same
- 红润ruddy; rosy; florid
- 未知数unknown quantity
- 爆满filled to capacity (of theater, stadium, gymnasium etc)
- 骨气unyielding character; courageous spirit; integrity; moral backbone
- 警犬police dog
- 冒昧bold; presumptuous; to take the liberty of
- 庙会temple fair
- 狭义narrow sense
- 枣(bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)
- 退让to back down; to concede; to move aside; to get out of the way
- 伯伯father's elder brother; uncle
- 正能量positive energy; positivity
- 辽阔vast; extensive
- 兴盛prosperous
- 酿造to brew; to make (wine, vinegar, soybean paste etc) by fermentation
- 翻来覆去to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again
- 口头禅pet phrase
- 操劳to work hard; to look after
- 礁石reef
- 筹措to raise (money)
- 不像话unreasonable; shocking; outrageous
- 徒劳be in vain
- 兼任to hold several jobs at once; concurrent post; working part-time
- 差额balance (financial); discrepancy (in a sum or quota); difference
- 要强eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded
- 食宿board and lodging; room and board
- 逊色inferior (often in the combination 毫无逊色, not in the least inferior)
- 蔚蓝azure
- 敌视to view as enemy; hostile; to stand against; antagonism; malevolence
- 出丑to make a fool of sb or oneself; to make sb lose face; to be humiliated; shameful; scandalous
- 野餐picnic; to have a picnic
- 着力to put effort into sth; to try really hard
- 笨重heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy
- 间歇intermittent
- 起哄to heckle; rowdy jeering; to create a disturbance
- 纲领program (i.e. plan of action); guiding principle
- 归根到底after all; in the final analysis; ultimately
- 耗时time-consuming; to take a period of (x amount of time)
- 打赌Bet
- 空想daydream; fantasy; to fantasize
- 崎岖rough
- 立功to render meritorious service (one the three imperishables 朽); to make worthy contributions; to distinguish oneself
- 乐此不疲(idiom) to enjoy sth and never tire of it
- 珍稀rare; precious and uncommon
- 眼红to covet; envious; jealous; green with envy; infuriated; furious
- 下调to adjust downwards; to lower (prices, wages etc)
- 富足rich; plentiful
- 特例special case; isolated example
- 共同体community
- 热泪盈眶eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom); extremely moved
- 挎to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)
- 半途而废to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
- 讲理Be reasonable
- 熏陶to influence; to nurture; influence; training; to seep in
- 后顾之忧fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worries about the future consequences; often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"
- 埋没to bury; to engulf; to overlook; to stifle; to neglect; to fall into oblivion
- 无不none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception
- 拄to lean on; to prop on
- 外贸foreign trade
- 根深蒂固deep-rooted (problem etc)
- 卸载uninstall
- 循序渐进in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally
- 草药herb
- 刹那an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye
- 公费at public expense
- 造价construction cost
- 分寸propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms
- 忠贞loyal and dependable
- 污蔑to slander; to smear; to tarnish
- 谜语riddle; conundrum
- 噩耗Bad news
- 怂恿encourage /egg on
- 苦笑to force a smile; a bitter laugh
- 休眠to be dormant (biology); inactive (volcano); to hibernate (computing)
- 照例as a rule; as usual; usually
- 心安理得to have a clear conscience; to have no qualms about sth
- 船舶shipping; boats
- 衰弱weak; feeble
- 磨炼temper
- 不翼而飞to disappear without trace; to vanish all of a sudden; to spread fast; to spread like wildfire
- 免职to relieve sb of his post; to sack; to demote; dismissal; sacking
- 无微不至in every possible way (idiom); meticulous
- 吹捧to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation
- 篇幅length (of a piece of writing); space occupied on a printed page
- 牵头to take the lead; to coordinate (a combined operation); to lead (an animal by the head); to mediate; a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)
- 表率example; model
- 徐徐slowly; gently
- 情商emotional intelligence
- 搜救search and rescue
- 风景线Scenic line
- 一晃(of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash
- 污秽nasty; sordid; filthy
- 没辙at one's wit's end; unable to find a way out
- 秀丽pretty; beautiful
- 司空见惯a common occurrence (idiom)
- 耐用durable
- 内向reserved (personality); introverted; (economics etc) domestic-oriented
- 水土natural environment
- 纵然even if; even though
- 喜怒哀乐four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 欢喜, anger 愤怒, sorrow 哀 and joy 快乐
- 并行to proceed in parallel; side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc)
- 骏马fine horse; steed
- 兴隆prosperous; thriving; flourishing
- 查获to track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc)
- 鉴赏to appreciate (as a connoisseur)
- 挂钩to link; to hook together; to couple; (fig.) (preceded by 与 + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc); to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc); to tie (remuneration to performance etc); hook (on which to hang sth); latch hook; coupling; (Tw) to collude (with {entity})
- 灼热burning hot; scorching
- 壮烈brave; heroic
- 微观micro-; subatomic
- 过意不去to feel very apologetic
- 缆车cable car
- 嫁妆dowry
- 倾家荡产to lose a family fortune (idiom)
- 不亦乐乎lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully
- 挨家挨户to go from house to house
- 佳节festive day; holiday
- 伤脑筋to be a real headache; to find sth a real headache; to beat one's brains
- 无精打采dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out
- 瓜分to partition; to divide up
- 文人scholar; literati
- 冗长long and tedious; verbose (of writing); redundant; superfluous; supernumerary
- 红薯sweet potato
- 边远far from the center; remote; outlying
- 寓言fable
- 椭圆oval; ellipse; elliptic
- 爱不释手(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible
- 误区mistaken ideas; misconceptions; the error of one's ways
- 源远流长(idiom) of long standing; with a long history; stretching back to ancient times
- 气魄spirit; boldness; positive outlook; imposing attitude
- 底子base; foundation; bottom
- 摇摇欲坠tottering; on the verge of collapse
- 艳丽gorgeous; garish and beautiful
- 辛酸bitter; pungent (taste); fig. sad; miserable
- 海运shipping by sea
- 一声不吭to not say a word
- 封顶to put a roof (on a building); to cap the roof (finishing a building project); to top off; fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc); fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates); to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
- 长足remarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
- 斟酌to consider; to deliberate; to fill up a cup to the brim
- 功底training in the basic skills; knowledge of the fundamentals
- 盛产to produce in abundance; to be rich in
- 退却to retreat; to shrink back
- 藐视look down on
- 引人入胜to enchant; fascinating
- 凸显clear and obvious; to present clearly; to give prominence to; to magnify
- 急功近利seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
- 商贩trader; peddler
- 以身作则to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
- 赤道equator (of the earth or a celestial body); celestial equator
- 连贯connect
- 丘陵hills
- 地势terrain; topography relief
- 要领main aspects; essentials; gist
- 附和to agree; to go along with; to echo (what sb says)
- 历代successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties
- 失态lose one's composure
- 外币foreign currency
- 发扬光大to develop and promote; to carry forward; to bring to great height of development
- 天敌natural enemy
- 失传(of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct
- 订立to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc); to set up (a rule etc)
- 味精monosodium glutamate (MSG)
- 亏本to make a loss
- 两口子husband and wife
- 竹竿bamboo; bamboo pole
- 纬度latitude
- 胸有成竹(idiom) to have a well thought out plan in mind
- 铺路to pave (with paving stones); to lay a road; (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth); to give a present to sb to ensure success
- 胜出to win (in an election, contest etc); to come out on top; victory; success
- 疏导to dredge; to open up a path for; to remove obstructions; to clear the way; to enlighten; persuasion
- 收复to recover (lost territory etc); to recapture
- 下半场second half
- 伯母wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
- 串门to call on sb; to drop in; to visit sb's home
- 触觉sense of touch; tactile sensation
- 伸缩to lengthen and shorten; flexible; adjustable; retractable; extensible; telescoping (collapsible)
- 山川mountains and rivers; landscape
- 长征expedition; long journey
- 养生to maintain good health; to raise a child or animal; curing (of concrete etc)
- 诉诸resort to
- 侧重to place particular emphasis on
- 挑拨to incite disharmony; to instigate
- 拙劣clumsy; botched
- 产值value of output; output value
- 深化to deepen; to intensify
- 赡养to support; to provide support for; to maintain
- 深入人心to enter deeply into people's hearts; to have a real impact on the people (idiom)
- 触目惊心shocking; horrible to see; a ghastly sight; lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom)
- 孪生(adj.) twin
- 异想天开to imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy
- 晃荡to rock; to sway; to shake
- 巴结to fawn on; to curry favor with; to make up to
- 竖立erect
- 与日俱增to increase steadily; to grow with each passing day
- 韧性toughness
- 教条doctrine; dogma; creed; dogmatic
- 支流tributary (river)
- 哭笑不得lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing; between laughter and tears
- 心病secret worry; anxiety; sore point; mental disorder; heart disease (medicine)
- 操练drill; practice
- 心慌to be flustered; (dialect) irregular heart-beat
- 兢兢业业(idiom) conscientious; assiduous
- 波涛great waves; billows
- 殷勤politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive
- 毅然firmly; resolutely; without hesitation
- 争先恐后striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another
- 赫然with astonishment; with a shock; awe-inspiringly; impressively; furiously (angry)
- 威慑to cower by military force; deterrence
- 雷同mirroring others; identical
- 失礼be impolite
- 正气healthy atmosphere; moral spirit; unyielding integrity; probity; (TCM) vital energy (resistance to diseases)
- 盛情great kindness; magnificent hospitality
- 中庸golden mean (Confucianism); (literary) (of person) mediocre; ordinary
- 阎王(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell; (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person
- 小康moderately affluent; well-off; a period of peace and prosperity
- 叫板to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge
- 异口同声different mouths, same voice; to speak in unison (idiom)
- 成才to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect
- 不厌其烦not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom); to take great pains; to be very patient
- 揣摩to analyze; to try to figure out; to try to fathom
- 乐谱a musical score; sheet music
- 袖珍pocket-sized; pocket (book etc)
- 俯视overlook
- 剪彩to cut the ribbon (at a launching or opening ceremony)
- 五花八门myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of
- 火辣辣painful heat; scorching; hot; rude and forthright; provocative; sexy
- 取经to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures; to learn by studying another's experience
- 口吃to stammer; to stutter; Taiwan pr. [kǒu jí]
- 目不转睛unable to take one's eyes off (idiom); to gaze steadily; to stare
- 受益匪浅to benefit (from)
- 连绵continuous; unbroken; uninterrupted; extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc)
- 暴利sudden huge profits
- 原汁原味original; authentic
- 乳制品dairy products
- 苦心painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains
- 一揽子all-inclusive; undiscriminating
- 卫视satellite TV (abbr. for 卫星电视)
- 浮躁fickle and impatient; restless; giddy; scatterbrained
- 精疲力竭spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent; drained; washed out
- 上半场first half
- 咧嘴to grin
- 软实力soft power (in international relations)
- 廉洁incorruptible; unbribable; honest
- 柳树willow
- 欢声笑语cheers and laughter
- 分外exceptionally; not one's responsibility or job
- 边疆border area; borderland; frontier; frontier region
- 酷似to strikingly resemble
- 陡峭precipitous
- 质朴simple; plain; unadorned; unaffected; unsophisticated; rustic; earthy
- 亏待to treat sb unfairly
- 酒楼restaurant
- 辩证to investigate; dialectical
- 推敲to think over
- 驮to carry on one's back
- 广义broad sense; general sense
- 隐情sth one wishes to keep secret; ulterior motive; a subject best avoided
- 易拉罐pull-top can; easy-open can (with ring-pull)
- 接班to take over (from those working the previous shift); to take over (in a leadership role etc); to succeed sb
- 淡季off season; slow business season; see also 季
- 浓重dense; thick; strong; rich (colors); heavy (aroma); deep (friendship); profound (effect)
- 德才兼备(idiom) possessing both integrity and talent
- 日新月异daily renewal, monthly change (idiom); every day sees new developments; rapid progress
- 推辞to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)
- 志气ambition; resolve; drive; backbone; spirit
- 提纲outline; synopsis; notes
- 生命线lifeline
- 夜以继日night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
- 郊游to go for an outing; to go on an excursion
- 反差contrast; discrepancy
- 茂盛lush
- 励志to pursue a goal with determination; inspirational; motivational
- 骇人听闻shocking; horrifying; atrocious; terrible
- 晶莹sparkling and translucent
- 追悼to mourn; to pay last respects
- 呼应to conform (with); to echo; to correlate well; (linguistics) agreement
- 两手one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise
- 出土unearthed; to dig up; to appear in an excavation; to come up out of the ground
- 不服not to accept sth; to remain unconvinced by; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to want to have sth overruled or changed; not to give in to
- 足不出户(idiom) to not leave one's home; to stay indoors
- 自相矛盾to contradict oneself; self-contradictory; inconsistent
- 自满complacent; self-satisfied
- 罢免to remove sb from their post; to dismiss
- 对症下药lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it; to take appropriate steps
- 斑马线Zebra crossing
- 圣贤a sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler; Buddhist lama; wine
- 脊梁backbone; spine; Taiwan pr. [jǐ liang]
- 求学to seek knowledge; to study; to attend college
- 两栖amphibious; dual-talented; able to work in two different lines
- 帘子curtain
- 衰减to weaken; to attenuate
- 宽厚tolerant; generous; magnanimous; thick and broad (build); thick and deep (voice)
- 祖传passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation
- 拍板clapper-board; auctioneer's hammer; to beat time with clappers
- 古今中外at all times and in all places (idiom)
- 计策stratagem
- 挺拔tall and straight
- 牧民herdsman
- 接轨to integrate into sth; to connect; to dock; to be in step with; to bring into line with; to align; railtrack connection
- 贫乏lacking; deficient; limited; meager; impoverished; impoverishment; lack; deficiency
- 出访to go and visit in an official capacity or for investigation
- 蚊帐mosquito net
- 温度计thermometer; thermograph
- 作客to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn
- 耍赖to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb; to act as if sth never happened
- 持之以恒to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
- 家境family financial situation; family circumstances
- 慌忙in a great rush; in a flurry
- 彬彬有礼refined and courteous; urbane
- 药材medicinal ingredient
- 拉动to pull; (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity); to motivate (people to do sth)
- 秀美elegant; graceful
- 利弊advantages and disadvantages
- 唾弃spurn
- 树荫shade of a tree; Taiwan pr. [shù yìn]
- 恼羞成怒to fly into a rage out of humiliation; to be ashamed into anger (idiom)
- 喜出望外to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom); overjoyed at the turn of events
- 股民stock investor; share trader
- 笼统general; broad; sweeping; lacking in detail; vague
- 吃喝玩乐to eat, drink and be merry (idiom); to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
- 比比皆是can be found everywhere
- 光缆optical cable
- 落差drop in elevation; (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc); disparity
- 建树contribution; to make a contribution; to establish; to found
- 刻不容缓to brook no delay; to demand immediate action
- 解约terminate a contract
- 斧子axe; hatchet
- 急迫urgent; pressing; imperative
- 长期以来for a long time
- 海量huge volume
- 聘任to appoint (to a position); appointed
- 扫墓to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
- 容光焕发face glowing (idiom); looking radiant; all smiles
- 预售to sell in advance
- 弄虚作假to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
- 改版to revise the current edition; revised edition
- 物美价廉good quality and cheap; a bargain
- 减负Reduce the burden
- 筛查screen
- 藤蔓vine
- 喜糖sweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding)
- 下坠(of objects) to fall; to drop; to droop; (medicine) to experience tenesmus
- 自费at one's own expense; self-funded
- 探求to seek; to pursue; to investigate
- 侍候to serve; to wait upon
- 累赘burdensome; burden
- 得不偿失the gains do not make up for the losses (idiom)
- 年画New Year (Spring Festival) picture
- 贯通to link up; to thread together
- 翠绿greenish-blue; emerald green
- 试行to try out; to test
- 优胜劣汰survival of the fittest (idiom)
- 审定to examine sth and make a decision; to screen; to evaluate; to approve
- 重合to match up; to coincide
- 耐人寻味thought-provoking; worth thinking over; to provide food for thought
- 天经地义a matter of course; fig. right and proper; right and unalterable; lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom)
- 茂密dense (of plant growth); lush
- 皆大欢喜As You Like It, comedy by Shakespeare
- 艰险difficult and dangerous; hardships and perils
- 久仰honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you at last.
- 卧铺a bed (on a train); a couchette
- 侃侃而谈to speak frankly with assurance
- 恰如其分(idiom) appropriate; apt; just right
- 顺延postpone /extend
- 请帖invitation card; written invitation
- 寥寥无几just a very few (idiom); tiny number; not many at all; You count them on your fingers.
- 诡计Trick
- 体魄physique
- 博学Erudite
- 受宠若惊overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)
- 夸耀to brag about; to flaunt
- 拜会(often used in the context of diplomacy) to meet with; to pay a visit to; to call on
- 水汽water vapor
- 一举两得one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
- 温习to review (a lesson etc)
- 伸张to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue); to promote
- 埋头苦干to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work; to make an all-out effort; up to the neck in work
- 老字号shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
- 须知key information; instructions; it must be borne in mind
- 熙熙攘攘bustling with activity (idiom)
- 顾名思义as the name implies
- 香油sesame oil; perfumed oil
- 僵化to become rigid
- 体裁form of writing
- 平价reasonably priced; inexpensive; to keep prices down; (currency exchange) parity
- 滑梯(children's) sliding board; a slide
- 簇拥to crowd around; to escort
- 网点(commerce) sales outlet; branch; service center; (computing) node in a network; (illustration) screentone; halftone dot
- 搀to take by the arm and assist; to mix; to blend; to dilute; to adulterate
- 欢聚to get together socially; to celebrate; party; celebration
- 晚霞sunset glow
- 概况general situation; summary
- 青铜器bronze ware
- 耳熟能详what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)
- 起程to set out; to leave
- 讥笑to sneer
- 绊to trip, to stumble, to hinder
- 清脆sharp and clear; crisp; melodious; ringing; tinkling; silvery (of sound); fragile; frail; also written 轻脆
- 瞻仰to revere; to admire
- 耸立to stand tall; to tower aloft
- 掉队to fall behind; to drop out
- 商贾merchant
- 恩情kindness; favor; affection; grace
- 大同小异virtually the same; differing only on small points
- 磋商to consult; to discuss seriously; to negotiate; to confer; negotiations; consultations
- 折合to convert into; to amount to; to be equivalent to
- 奸诈treachery; devious; a rogue
- 高见Insight
- 开垦to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow
- 一应俱全with everything needed available
- 豁opening; crack; slit; stake all; sacrifice
- 忽冷忽热now hot, now cold; (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate
- 贪吃greedy / gluttonous
- 防疫to prevent epidemics
- 冰天雪地a world of ice and snow
- 素不相识to be total strangers (idiom)
- 重中之重of the utmost importance; of highest priority
- 谋害to conspire to murder; to plot against sb's life
- 面面俱到(idiom) take care of everything; handle everything
- 括号parentheses; brackets
- 精打细算meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom)
- 一筹莫展to be unable to find a solution; to be at wits' end
- 潜移默化imperceptible influence; to influence secretly
- 后备箱trunk; boot (of a car)
- 富强rich and powerful
- 目中无人to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters; condescending; to go about with one's nose in the air
- 历届all previous (meetings, sessions etc)
- 痴心infatuation
- 竞相competitive; eagerly; to vie
- 无所作为attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive; feckless
- 纲要outline; essential points
- 豪迈bold; open-minded; heroic
- 成群结队making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom); in large numbers; as a large crowd
- 争光to win an honor; to strive to win a prize
- 旭日the rising sun
- 外向extroverted (personality); (economics etc) export-oriented
- 呜咽to sob; to whimper
- 回落to fall back; to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)
- 此起彼伏to rise and fall in succession; no sooner one subsides, the next arises; repeating continuously; occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc); up here, down there (idiom)
- 莅临arrive
- 宽泛wide-ranging
- 汪洋vast body of water
- 灵机一动a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration; to be struck by a brainwave
- 聚精会神to concentrate one's attention (idiom)
- 划时代epoch-marking
- 驰名famous
- 因人而异varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual
- 旷课to play truant; to cut classes
- 亭子pavilion
- 义工volunteer worker; volunteer work
- 周岁full year of age
- 得益Benefit
- 难能可贵rare and precious; valuable; remarkable
- 不约而同to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation
- 数一数二(idiom) reckoned to be best or second best; one of the very best; (idiom) to list one by one
- 古朴simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
- 亡羊补牢lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly; better late than never; to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
- 哺育to feed; (fig.) to nurture; to foster
- 按说in the ordinary course of events; ordinarily; normally
- 欣欣向荣(idiom) flourishing; thriving
- 心急如焚to burn with impatience; torn with anxiety
- 官吏bureaucrat; official
- 冰山一角tip of the iceberg
- 次品substandard products; defective; seconds
- 备课(of a teacher) to prepare lessons
- 守株待兔lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom); to wait idly for opportunities; to trust to chance rather than show initiative
- 磁铁Magnet
- 飘浮float
- 落户to settle; to set up home
- 怜惜to take pity on; to feel tenderness toward
- 师长military division level commander; teacher
- 出神spellbound; entranced; lost in thought
- 惨白deathly pale
- 碧绿dark green
- 不辞而别to leave without saying good-bye
- 骤然suddenly; abruptly
- 哗然in uproar; commotion; causing a storm of protest; tumultuous
- 器重to regard sth as valuable; to think highly of (a younger person, a subordinate etc)
- 忙乱rushed and muddled
- 当机立断to make prompt decisions (idiom)
- 美中不足everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
- 褒贬Praise or criticism
- 简练concise
- 不假思索(idiom) to act without taking time to think; to react instantly; to fire from the hip
- 豁达open-minded; optimistic; sanguine; generous; magnanimous
- 四通八达roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
- 见外to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest
- 烦闷moody; gloomy
- 借条receipt for a loan; IOU
- 前无古人(idiom) unprecedented; unheard of
- 难得一见rarely seen
- 朝夕相处to spend all one's time together (idiom)
- 诞辰birthday
- 碍事to be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter
- 绊脚石Stumbling block
- 混浊turbid; muddy; dirty
- 僻静lonely; secluded
- 纵深depth (from front to rear); depth (into a territory); span (of time); (fig.) depth (of deployment, progress, development etc)
- 烘焙Baking
- 炊烟smoke from kitchen chimneys
- 萌发to sprout; to shoot; to bud
- 堤坝dam; dike
- 风和日丽moderate wind, beautiful sun (idiom); fine sunny weather, esp. in springtime
- 连年successive years; over many years
- 集思广益collecting opinions is of wide benefit (idiom); to pool wisdom for mutual benefit; to profit from widespread suggestions
- 大有可为with great prospects for the future (idiom); well worth doing
- 解渴quench thirst
- 底蕴inside information; concrete details
- 增收to increase revenue; to increase income by (x amount); to levy (a surcharge, tax increase etc); (of a school) to have an increased student intake
- 畜牧to raise animals
- 依依不舍reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave
- 可乘之机an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit
- 一鼓作气in a spurt of energy
- 东张西望to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around
- 络绎不绝(idiom) continuously; in an endless stream
- 物流distribution (business); logistics
- 凋谢Wither
- 挂失to report the loss of something
- 硕果major achievement; great work; triumphant success
- 零碎fragmented; odds and ends
- 秧歌Yangge, a popular rural folk dance
- 畏缩to flinch; to cower; to quail; to recoil
- 多心oversensitive; suspicious
- 杂乱无章disordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic
- 愁眉苦脸to look anxious (idiom); to look miserable
- 粗心大意negligent; careless; inadvertent
- 争分夺秒lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count
- 垂头丧气hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen
- 弊病drawback; disadvantage; malady; evil; malpractice
- 杀毒to disinfect; (computing) to destroy a computer virus
- 追尾to tailgate; to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating
- 不敢当lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me
- 浅显simple
- 任重道远a heavy load and a long road; fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
- 东道主host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
- 农历the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar
- 珍重precious; extremely valuable; (honorific) Please take good care of yourself!
- 夸夸其谈to talk big; to sound off; bombastic; grandiloquent
- 花蕾bud
- 举世瞩目to receive worldwide attention
- 弘扬to enhance; to promote; to enrich
- 走漏to leak (information, secrets etc); to smuggle and evade tax; to suffer shrinkage (partial loss of goods due to theft etc)
- 化险为夷to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
- 联欢to have a get-together; celebration; party
- 俊俏attractive and intelligent; charming; elegant
- 走过场to go through the motions
- 成心intentional; deliberate; on purpose
- 扣人心弦to excite; to thrill; exciting; thrilling; cliff-hanging
- 光明磊落open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
- 千钧一发a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom); imminent peril; a matter of life or death
- 酌情to use discretion; to take circumstances into account; to make allowances pertinent to a situation
- 发源Origin
- 千变万化countless changes; constant permutation
- 朝气蓬勃full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous; energetic; a bright spark
- 斩钉截铁fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical; lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)
- 搞鬼to make mischief; to play tricks
- 瑰宝gem; (fig.) rare and valuable item; treasure
- 立方米cubic meter (unit of volume)
- 说不上to be unable to say or tell; to not be worth mentioning
- 天伦之乐family love and joy; domestic bliss
- 一技之长proficiency in a particular field (idiom); skill in a specialized area (idiom)
- 欠条IOU; certificate of indebtedness
- 年轮annual ring
- 见闻what one has seen and heard; knowledge; one's experience
- 同舟共济cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests; obliged to collaborate towards common goals
- 自强不息to strive unremittingly; self-improvement
- 堆砌lit. to pile up (bricks); to pack; fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases); ornate rhetoric
- 序言preface; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude
- 旗袍Chinese-style dress; cheongsam
- 汗马功劳war exploits; (fig.) heroic contribution
- 说情to intercede; to plead for sb else
- 见多识广experienced and knowledgeable (idiom)
- 精益求精to perfect sth that is already outstanding (idiom); constantly improving
- 风雨无阻regardless of weather conditions; rain, hail or shine
- 耻笑to sneer at sb; to ridicule
- 跑龙套to play a small role
- 从容不迫calm; unruffled
- 稠密dense
- 家世family background
- 洪亮loud and clear; resonant
- 凤毛麟角lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between
- 峰回路转(of a mountain road) twisting and turning; the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom); fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly; things have taken a new turn
- 嬉笑to be laughing and playing; to giggle
- 鹤立鸡群a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common; manifestly superior
- 风沙sand blown by wind; sandstorm
- 按理Logically speaking
- 大大咧咧carefree; offhand; casual
- 涉猎dabble in
- 标点punctuation; a punctuation mark; to punctuate
- 晕头转向confused and disoriented
- 喜洋洋radiant with joy
- 假使if; in case; suppose; given ...
- 阴历lunar calendar
- 学子(literary) student; scholar
- 籍贯one's native place; place of ancestry; registered birthplace
- 工整fine work; carefully and neatly done
- 荷花lotus
- 提速to increase the specified cruising speed; to pick up speed; to speed up
- 变幻莫测to change unpredictably; unpredictable; erratic; treacherous
- 求医to seek medical treatment; to see a doctor
- 理直气壮in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side; to have the courage of one's convictions; just and forceful
- 称心如意satisfactory; gratifying; (idiom) after one's own heart; everything one could wish
- 沿线along the line (e.g. railway); the region near the line
- 勉励to encourage
- 树梢the tip of a tree; treetop
- 嘱托entrust / urge
- 矿藏mineral resources
- 千姿百态(idiom) to come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of forms
- 露营camp
- 旋涡whirlpool; eddy; vortex; spiral
- 如痴如醉(idiom) enthralled; mesmerized; enraptured
- 断章取义(idiom) to quote out of context
- 漠然indifferent; apathetic; cold
- 一言一行every word and action (idiom)
- 沉甸甸heavy
- 半边天half the sky; women of the new society; womenfolk
- 足智多谋resourceful; full of stratagems
- 似是而非apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
- 人次person-times; visits; classifier for number of people participating
- 改邪归正to mend one's ways (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
- 劳驾excuse me
- 救死扶伤to help the dying and heal the injured
- 敬而远之to show respect from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
- 掏腰包to dip into one's pocket; to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill
- 求同存异(idiom) to put aside differences and work together; to seek common ground and cooperate
- 柏树cypress tree; Taiwan pr. [bó shù]
- 打盹儿to doze off
- 贺电congratulatory telegram
- 娇气delicate; squeamish; finicky
- 农民工migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
- 锦旗silk banner (as an award or gift)
- 多边multilateral
- 锲而不舍to persevere; to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth; unflagging efforts
- 祖籍ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration)
- 吞吞吐吐hesitant; speaking haltingly
- 浮力buoyancy
- 能耗energy consumption
- 犯愁to worry; to be anxious
- 脉络overall context; (fig.) fabric (i.e. underlying structure, as in "social fabric"); arteries and veins; network of blood vessels; vascular system (of a plant or animal)
- 津津有味with keen interest (idiom); with great pleasure; with gusto; eagerly
- 泼冷水to pour cold water on; (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm
- 定心丸tranquilizer; sth that sets one's mind at ease
- 沏to steep (tea)
- 运筹帷幄lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom); fig. planning strategies
- 烘托background (of a painting); backdrop; a foil (to set off something to advantage); to offset (something to advantage)
- 不亚于no less than; not inferior to
- 取决depend on
- 山岭mountain ridge
- 举棋不定to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver; to shilly-shally
- 勤俭hardworking and frugal
- 踊跃eager; enthusiastically; to leap; to jump
- 强占to occupy by force
- 醇厚mellow and rich; simple and kind
- 丰硕plentiful; substantial; rich (in resources etc)
- 观感one's impressions; observations
- 无边无际(idiom) boundless; limitless
- 掌舵steer; helm
- 改日another day; some other day
- 错别字incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
- 风土人情local conditions and customs (idiom)
- 昌盛prosperous
- 临街facing the street
- 办学to run a school
- 相辅相成to complement one another (idiom)
- 繁体字traditional Chinese character
- 勤工俭学to work part time while studying; work-study program
- 头头是道clear and logical
- 外资foreign investment
- 秉持Uphold
- 打岔interruption; to interrupt (esp. talk); to change the subject
- 居安思危to think of danger in times of safety; to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
- 知足常乐satisfied with what one has (idiom)
- 狼吞虎咽to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
- 国徽national emblem; national coat of arms
- 纸上谈兵lit. military tactics on paper (idiom); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing; cf Zhao Kuo 赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 长平之战 in 260 BC
- 夺魁to seize; to win
- 宜居livable
- 慰劳to show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc); to comfort
- 五湖四海all parts of the country
- 半信半疑half doubting; dubious; skeptical
- 工科engineering as an academic subject
- 弱项weakness
- 俯首to bend one's head
- 剧变drastically change
- 兆头omen; portent; sign
- 讹诈to extort under false pretenses; to blackmail; to bluff; to defraud
- 阳历solar calendar
- 水涨船高the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend; to develop according to the situation
- 得天独厚blessed by heaven (idiom); enjoying exceptional advantages; favored by nature
- 递增to increase by degrees; in increasing order; incremental; progressive
- 秉承to take orders; to receive commands; to carry on (a tradition)
- 华侨overseas Chinese; (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality
- 顾全大局to take the big picture into consideration (idiom); to work for the benefits of all
- 开天辟地to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盘古 creation myth
- 糟粕dregs
- 远近闻名to be known far and wide; to be well-known
- 过奖to overpraise; to flatter
- 属相Chinese zodiac sign
- 钻空子to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)
- 恋恋不舍reluctant to part
- 七嘴八舌lively discussion with everybody talking at once
- 巢穴nests
- 众志成城unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
- 会意to comprehend without being told explicitly; to cotton on; combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters); Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements; also known as joint ideogram or associative compound; knowing (smile, glance etc)
- 急于求成anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success; impatient for result; impetuous
- 博大精深wide-ranging and profound; broad and deep
- 阅览read
- 积淀deposits accumulated over long periods; fig. valuable experience, accumulated wisdom
- 捕食Predation
- 喜酒wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast
- 交头接耳to whisper to one another's ear
- 阔绰ostentatious; extravagant; liberal with money
- 仙鹤red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis)
- 有声有色having sound and color (idiom); vivid; dazzling
- 左顾右盼glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
- 活期(banking) current (account); checking (account); demand (deposit etc)
- 经度longitude
- 面红耳赤flushed with anger (or excitement)
- 废寝忘食to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work
- 蛀牙cavity
- 引荐recommend
- 戈壁Gobi (desert)
- 茁壮vigorous
- 捉迷藏to play hide-and-seek
- 喜闻乐见to love to hear and see (idiom); well received; to one's liking
- 禾苗seedling (of rice or other grain)
- 川流不息the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
- 絮叨long-winded; garrulous; to talk endlessly without getting to the point
- 好胜Competitive
- 杨树poplar tree; various trees of genus Populus
- 对弈to play go, chess etc
- 鸦雀无声absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard; absolute silence; lit. crow and peacock make no sound
- 千军万马magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; all the King's horses and all the King's men
- 哄堂大笑the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
- 纪要minutes; written summary of a meeting
- 客流passenger flow; customer flow
- 盛气凌人overbearing; arrogant bully
- 心灵手巧capable; clever; dexterous
- 马后炮lit. firing after the horse; fig. belated action; giving advice in hindsight
- 奚落ridicule
- 孤陋寡闻ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded
- 急中生智quick witted in an emergency; able to react resourcefully
- 赐教(honorific) to impart one's wisdom; to enlighten
- 接济to give material assistance to
- 汉服Han-style clothing
- 师资qualified teacher
- 眉开眼笑brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy; all smiles
- 小菜一碟a small appetizer; a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
- 不肖unworthy
- 前赴后继to advance dauntlessly in wave upon wave (idiom)
- 包罗万象all-embracing; all-inclusive
- 无价之宝(idiom) priceless treasure
- 岂有此理how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd
- 画龙点睛fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the crucial point that brings the subject to life; a few words to clinch the point; to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom)
- 正版genuine; legal; see also 盗版
- 精练(textiles) to scour; to degum (silk)
- 栋梁ridgepole; ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility; mainstay (of organization); pillar (of state)
- 攻关to storm a strategic pass; fig. to tackle a key problem
- 走弯路to take an indirect route; to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method
- 见仁见智opinions differ (idiom)
- 各抒己见everyone gives their own view
- 发愣to stare blankly; to be in a daze
- 国学Chinese national culture; studies of ancient Chinese civilization; the Imperial College (history)
- 画蛇添足lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; to overdo it
- 酣睡to sleep soundly; to fall into a deep sleep
- 风吹雨打lit. windswept and battered by rain; to undergo hardship (idiom)
- 对联rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway
- 泰斗(abbr. for 斗) distinguished figure; doyen; revered authority
- 暴风骤雨violent wind and rainstorm; hurricane; tempest
- 瑞雪timely snow
- 一概而论to lump different matters together (idiom)
- 大雁wild goose
- 经贸trade
- 潦草(of handwriting) scrawly; illegible; slipshod; careless; slovenly
- 颠倒黑白lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately; to misrepresent the facts; to invert right and wrong
- 大公无私selfless; impartial
- 网民web user; netizen
- 思前想后to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future; to ponder over reasons and connection
- 娇惯to pamper; to coddle; to spoil
- 萍水相逢strangers coming together by chance (idiom)
- 干戈weapons of war; arms
- 见利忘义(idiom) to abandon moral principles in the pursuit of profit
- 南辕北辙to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
- 扑面而来lit. sth hits one in the face; directly in one's face; sth assaults the senses; blatant (advertising); eye-catching; (a smell) assaults the nostrils
- 引经据典lit. to quote the classics; to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
- 武侠martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre); knight-errant
- 抚恤(of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb who has died or suffered serious injury
- 愚公移山the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way
- 通顺smooth; clear and coherent
- 礼尚往来lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom); fig. to return politeness for politeness
- 桂花osmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragrans
- 恳切earnest; sincere
- 成家立业to get married and start a career (idiom); to settle down; to establish oneself
- 便饭an ordinary meal; simple home cooking
- 忌妒envy
- 风餐露宿lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom); fig. to rough it
- 怡然自得happy and content (idiom)
- 锡纸tin foil
- 胖乎乎chubby
- 院士scholar; academician; fellow (of an academy)
- 苦尽甘来bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning
- 绘声绘色vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life; lively and realistic
- 三番五次over and over again (idiom)
- 忌口abstain from certain food (as when ill); avoid certain foods; be on a diet
- 温带temperate zone
- 举一反三to raise one and infer three; to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
- 损人利己harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others
- 琴棋书画(idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person
- 掩耳盗铃lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell; to deceive oneself; to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
- 涝flooded
- 卤味food prepared by stewing in soy sauce and spices
- 约定俗成established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement; customary convention
- 耿直honest; frank; candid
- 顺差(trade or budget) surplus
- 东奔西走to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about; to hopscotch; also 东跑西颠
- 美滋滋very happy; elated
- 怠工to slacken off in one's work; to go slow (as a form of strike)
- 单边unilateral
- 没准儿not sure; maybe
- 抑扬顿挫see 顿挫抑扬
- 心眼儿one's thoughts; mind; intention; willingness to accept new ideas; baseless suspicions
- 此致(used at the end of a letter to introduce a polite salutation)
- 划不来Not worth it
- 有的放矢lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom); fig. to have a clear objective
- 概论outline; introduction; survey; general discussion
- 偏旁radical
- 经久不息prolonged (applause, cheering etc)
- 丢三落四forgetful; empty-headed
- 部首Radical
- 沾光to bask in the light; fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth; reflected glory
- 简体字simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁体字
- 腊月twelfth lunar month
- 朱红vermilion
- 悲欢离合joys and sorrows; partings and reunions; the vicissitudes of life
- 节气solar term
- 朝三暮四lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon; indecisive; to blow hot and cold
- 内需domestic demand
- 敦厚genuine; honest and sincere
- 时好时坏sometimes good, sometimes bad
- 老伴儿(coll.) (of an old couple) husband or wife
- 栽赃frame
- 井底之蛙lit. a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom); fig. a person of limited outlook and experience
- 红扑扑red; rosy; flushed
- 迭起continuously arising; to arise repeatedly
- 槐树locust tree (Sophora japonica)
- 贺信congratulatory letter or message
- 冰棍儿ice lolly; popsicle
- 节衣缩食to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
- 张灯结彩to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
- 对牛弹琴lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom); fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience; to cast pearls before swine; caviar to the general; to preach to deaf ears; to talk over sb's head
- 陶冶lit. to fire pots and smelt metal; fig. to educate
- 碰钉子to meet with a rebuff
- 打下手to act in a supporting role; fig. to play second fiddle
- 别具匠心to show ingenuity; (of a design) clever; brilliantly conceived
- 暖烘烘nice and warm; cozy; heartwarming
- 深情厚谊deep friendship
- 绕远儿to go the long way round; to take a circuitous route; (of a route) circuitous
- 酣畅unrestrained; cheerful lack of inhibition, esp. for drinking or sleeping; to drink with abandon
- 划得来It's worth it.
- 一毛不拔stingy (idiom)
- 纳闷儿puzzled; bewildered
- 势不可当impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force
- 两下子a few tricks of the trade
- 不耻下问not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates
- 出口成章(idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent; articulate
- 寒带frigid zone
- 飞禽走兽birds and animals; the beasts of the field and the birds of the air
- 饱经沧桑having lived through many changes
- 个头儿size; height; stature
- 水滴石穿dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success; You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.; Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
- 长效to be effective over an extended period
- 揠苗助长see 拔苗助长
- 刻舟求剑lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
- 鹏程万里the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom); one's future prospects are brilliant
- 廉正upright and honest; integrity
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