Vocabulary June 2023
June 5
不够
_____ |
bu4gou4 | adjective not enough; insufficient; inadequate |
粗 | cu1 | adjective 1 coarse; crude; rough (opp. 细) 2 gruff; husky 3 careless; negligent 4 rude; unrefined; vulgar 5 wide (in diameter); thick (opp. 细) adverb roughly; slightly |
似的 | shi4de5 | auxiliary [after a noun, pronoun, or verb to indicate similarity] |
福利 | fu2li4 | noun material benefit; well-being; welfare verb literary better one’s living conditions |
员工 | yuan2gong1 | noun staff; personnel |
宿舍 | su4she4 | noun hostel; living quarters; dormitory |
不满意 | bu4man3yi4 | dissatisfied |
那倒是 | na4dao4shi5 | Oh that’s true! (interjection of sudden realization) |
方便 | fang1bian4 | verb 1 make things onvenient for sb. 2 euphemistic have money to spare or lend 3 euphemistic go to the lavatory noun convenience; favour |
付出 | fu4chu1 | verb pay; expend |
得到 | de2//dao4 | verb get; obtain; gain; receive |
推 | tui1 | verb 1 push; shove 2 turn a mill or grindstone; grind 3 cut; pare 4 push forward; promote; advance 5 infer; deduce 6 push away; shirk; shift 7 put off; postpone 8 elect; choose 9 hold in esteem; praise highly |
实在 | shi2zai4 | adjective true; real; honest; dependable adverb 1 indeed; really; honestly 2 in fact; as a matter of fact |
负担不起 | fu4dan1bu5qi3 | 1 cannot afford 2 cannot bear the burden |
这种 | zhe4zhong3 | 1 this 2 this kind of 3 this sort of 4 this type of |
住所 | zhu4suo3 | noun dwelling place; residence; domicile |
不如 | bu4ru2 | verb 1 not equal to; not as good as; inferior to 2 it would be better to adverb 1 classical how about 2 literary wouldn’t it be better |
直接 | zhi2jie1 | adjective direct; immediate (opp. 间接) |
欠条 | qian4tiao2 | noun a bill signed in acknowledgement of debt; IOU |
欠 | qian4 | verb 1 yawn 2 raise slightly (a part of the body) verb 1 owe; be behind with 2 be not enough; lack; be insufficient 3 dialect be fidgety and bungling |
连本带利 | lian2ben3-dai4li4 | idiom both principal and interest; profit as well as capital |
抱歉 | bao4qian4 | adjective sorry; apologetic; regretful |
无奈 | wu2nai4 | verb cannot help but; have no alternative; have no choice conjunction literary but; however |
之下 | zhi1xia4 | 1 under 2 beneath 3 less than |
下策 | xia4ce4 | noun bad plan; bad idea; unwise decision; worst thing to do; stupid move (opp. 上策) |
脚踏实地 | jiao3ta4-shi2di4 | idiom have one’s feet planted on solid ground—earnest and down-to-earth |
吃苦耐劳 | chi1ku3-nai4lao2 | idiom bear hardships and stand hard work; work hard and endure hardships |
精神 | jing1shen5 | noun vigour; vitality; drive adjective lively; spirited; vigorous; smart |
记得 | ji4//de5 | verb remember; recall; keep in memory |
考察 | kao3cha2 | verb 1 inspect; make an on-the-spot investigation; investigate 2 observe and study |
演技 | yan3ji4 | noun acting; stage performance |
盘 | pan2 | noun 1 archaic washbasin 2 shallow flat receptacle, as a tray, plate, dish, etc. 3 dialect face; appearance 4 market quotation; current price verb 1 coil (up); wind; twist 2 build (by laying bricks, stones, etc.) 3 check; examine; interrogate 4 transfer the ownership of; make over to sb. else 5 carry; transport measure word 1 [for dishes, millstones, etc.] 2 sports game; set |
狗粮 | gou3liang2 | 1 dog food 2 (Internet slang) public display of affection |
满满当当 | man3man3-dang1dang1 | adjective full to the brim; packed |
在意 | zai4//yi4 | verb [usu. in the negative] take notice of; care about; mind; take to heart |
注意 | zhu4//yi4 | verb pay attention to; take note (or notice) of |
笑容 | xiao4rong2 | noun smiling expression; smile (opp. 愁容) |
小猪 | xiao3zhu1 | piggy; piglet; shoat |
肥 | fei2 | adjective 1 fat (opp. 瘦) 2 fertile; rich 3 loose-fitting; loose; large (opp. 瘦) 4 profitable; lucrative; yielding good profits verb 1 fertilize 2 become rich by illegal means or income noun fertilizer; manure |
高冷 | gao1leng3 | 1 reserved 2 aloof 3 (geography) (of a location) elevated and cold |
透露 | tou4lu4 | verb divulge; leak; disclose; reveal |
笑意 | xiao4yi4 | smiling expression |
行动 | xing2dong4 | noun action; operation verb 1 move (or get) about 2 act; take action |
加码 | jia1//ma3 | verb 1 raise the price of commodities; overcharge 2 raise the stakes in gambling 3 raise the quota |
效果 | xiao4guo3 | noun 1 effect; result 2 theater sound and lighting effects |
察言观色 | cha2yan2-guan1se4 | idiom carefully weigh a person’s words and closely watch his expression; watch a person’s every mood |
图谋不轨 | tu2mou2-bu4gui3 | idiom plot sth. unlawful; engage in conspiratorial activities |
资本家 | zi1ben3jia1 | capitalist |
丑恶 | chou3e4 | adjective ugly; repulsive; hideous |
嘴脸 | zui3lian3 | noun pejorative face; features; countenance |
立马 | li4ma3 | verb literary pull up a horse adverb dialect immediately; at once; right away |
挂不住 | gua4bu5zhu4 | verb dialect lose control of one’s feelings (from embarrassment); lose one’s temper |
呗 | bei5 | auxiliary 1 [indicating that sth. is obvious] 2 [expressing resignation] |
替 | ti4 | verb take the place of; replace; substitute for; stand-in for preposition for verb literary decline |
相机 | xiang4ji1 | colloquial noun camera verb watch for an opportunity |
镜头 | jing4tou2 | noun 1 camera lens 2 shot; scene |
数不清 | shu3bu5qing1 | verb be countless; be innumerable |
瓶 | ping2 | noun bottle; vase; jar; flask measure word quantity contained in a bottle, vase, jar or flask |
罐 | guan4 | noun 1 jar; pot; tin 2 mining coal tub measure word jar; pot; tin |
尽管 | jin3guan3 | adverb 1 feel free to; not hesitate to 2 dialect always; all the time conjunction though; even though; in spite of; despite |
千万 | qian1wan4 | number ten million; millions upon millions adverb be sure to; must |
别客气 | bie2ke4qi5 | 1 don’t mention it 2 no formalities, please |
电灯泡 | dian4deng1pao4 | noun 1 electric (light) bulb 2 figurative common name for unwanted third party on a date; third wheel |
亮 | liang4 | verb 1 shine; light; brighten 2 make one’s voice loud and clear 3 show; reveal noun light adjective 1 bright; light 2 loud and clear 3 enlightened; open and clear |
七夕 | qi1xi1 | noun folk tradition seventh evening of the seventh month (when the Herd-boy and the Weaving-girl are supposed to meet) |
点赞 | dian3zan4 | to like (an online post on Weibo, Facebook etc) |
风景 | feng1jing3 | noun scenery; landscape |
星空 | xing1kong1 | noun starry sky; star-studded sky; starlit sky |
June 4
抄送
___ |
chao1song4 | verb make a copy for; send a duplicate to |
总裁 | zong3cai2 | noun 1 director-general (of a political party); president (of a company); governor (of a bank) 2 archaic (in the Qing Dynasty) head examiner; editor-in-chief of the imperial press |
办公室 | ban4gong1shi4 | noun 1 office 2 administrative department of a unit |
拐 | guai3 | verb 1 turn 2 limp; lame noun 1 dialect corner; turning 2 spoken form for the numeral 七; seven noun crutch verb 1 swindle; make off with 2 abduct; kidnap |
一遍 | yi1bian4 | 1 one time (all the way through) 2 once through |
眼熟 | yan3shu2 | adjective look familiar (opp. 眼生) |
驱力 | qu1li4 | 1 (psychological) driving force 2 drive |
皮肤白 | pi2fu1 bai2 | have a fair complexion |
衬 | chen4 | verb 1 line; place sth. underneath 2 provide a background for; set off; serve as a foil to noun lining; liner |
出门 | chu1//men2 | verb 1 go out 2 leave home; go on a journey 3 dialect (of a woman) get married; marry |
右转 | you4zhuan3 | verb turn right |
宾 | bin1 | noun guest (opp. 主) |
化妆 | hua4//zhuang1 | verb 1 (of actors) make up 2 put on make-up; make up |
卫生间 | wei4sheng1jian1 | toilet (room) |
热身运动 | re4shen1 yun4dong4 | warm-up excercise |
交代 | jiao1dai4 | verb 1 hand over; turn over; transfer 2 explain; make clear; brief; tell 3 account for; justify oneself 4 confess; make a clean breast of sth. |
清楚 | qing1chu5 | verb be clear about; understand adjective clear; distinct |
换 | huan4 | verb 1 exchange; barter; trade 2 change 3 exchange; convert 4 colloquial transplant (an organ) 5 colloquial transfuse (blood) |
正形 | zheng4xing2 | noun colloquial good manners; proper behaviour |
姑娘 | gu1niang5 | noun 1 girl 2 colloquial daughter 3 dated prostitute |
合影 | he2ying3 | noun group photo (or picture) verb (-//-) take a group photo (or picture) |
加钱 | jia1qian2 | to pay extra; to pay more |
店 | dian4 | noun 1 shop; store 2 inn |
活动 | huo2dong5 | noun 1 activity; manoeuvre 2 psychology behaviour verb 1 act; move about; exercise 2 be shaky; unsteady 3 use personal influence or irregular means adjective movable; mobile; flexible |
一套 | yi1tao4 | 1 suit 2 a set 3 a collection 4 of the same kind 5 the same old stuff 6 set pattern of behavior |
全家福 | quan2jia1fu2 | noun 1 photograph of the whole family 2 hotchpotch (as a dish) |
双人 | shuang1ren2 | adjective double-manned |
照 | zhao4 | noun 1 photograph; picture 2 license; permit verb 1 shine; illuminate; light up 2 reflect; mirror 3 take a picture (or photograph); photograph; film; shoot 4 take care of; look after 5 notify 6 contrast 7 understand preposition 1 in the direction of; towards 2 according to; in accordance with |
组 | zu3 | noun 1 group 2 series; suite; cycle verb organize; form measure word set; series; battery |
划算 | hua2suan4 | verb calculate; figure; plan adjective be to one’s profit; pay |
以为 | yi3wei2 | verb think; believe; consider [usually erroneously] |
亲密 | qin1mi4 | adjective close; intimate |
姿势 | zi1shi4 | noun posture; gesture |
摆 | bai3 | verb 1 put; place; arrange 2 lay bare; state clearly 3 put on; assume 4 sway; wave 5 dialect talk; say noun physics pendulum noun lower hem of a gown, jacket, shirt, etc. noun bai (Buddhist service or mass gathering to celebrate a festival etc. in China’s Dai areas) |
摄影师 | she4ying3shi1 | photographer; cinematographer; cameraman |
阵势 | zhen4shi4 | noun 1 battle array (or formation); disposition of combat forces 2 situation; condition; circumstances |
呦 | you1 | interjection [expressing surprise] |
腰 | yao1 | noun 1 waist; small of the back 2 waist (of a garment) 3 pocket 4 middle 5 waist-like topography that is narrow in the middle |
救生圈 | jiu4sheng1quan1 | life buoy |
June 3
轮椅 ___ |
lun2yi3 | noun wheelchair |
轮 | lun2 | noun 1 wheel 2 sth. resembling a wheel; disc; ring 3 steamboat; steamer verb take turns measure word 1 [for the sun, the moon, etc.] 2 round 3 [a circle of 12 years] |
起来 | //qi5//lai5 | verb 1 upwards; up 2 start to; become 3 [indicating completeness or effectiveness] 4 when one comes to 5 [forming a verbal topic] |
得心应手 | de2xin1-ying4shou3 | idiom 1 with facility; with high proficiency 2 serviceable; handy |
友情 | you3qing2 | noun friendly sentiments; friendship |
要是 | yao4shi5 | conjunction colloquial if; suppose; in case |
仙女 | xian1nü3 | noun female celestial; fairy maiden; nymph |
好办 | hao3ban4 | adjective easy to handle |
解释 | jie3shi4 | verb explain; expound; interpret |
撤 | che4 | verb 1 remove; take away 2 dismiss 3 withdraw; evacuate |
摆 | bai3 | verb 1 put; place; arrange 2 lay bare; state clearly 3 put on; assume 4 sway; wave 5 dialect talk; say noun physics pendulum noun lower hem of a gown, jacket, shirt, etc. noun bai (Buddhist service or mass gathering to celebrate a festival etc. in China’s Dai areas) |
紧张 | jin3zhang1 | adjective 1 nervous; keyed up 2 tense; intense; strained 3 in short supply; tight |
完了 | wan2le5 | 1 to be finished 2 to be done for 3 ruined 4 gone to the dogs 5 oh no |
剥 | bao1 | verb shell; peel; skin |
荔枝 | li4zhi1 | noun botany litchi; lychee |
方法 | fang1fa3 | noun method; way; means |
中间 | zhong1jian1 | noun 1 among; between 2 centre; middle 3 on the way; in the course |
条 | tiao2 | noun 1 twig 2 long narrow piece; strip; slip 3 brief informal note 4 item; article 5 order measure word 1 [for long, or narrow, or thin objects] 2 [for certain nouns] |
缝 | feng4 | noun 1 seam 2 crack; crevice; fissure |
子房 | zi3fang2 | noun botany ovary |
心皮 | xin1pi2 | noun botany carpel |
缝合线 | feng2he2xian4 | noun 1 suture |
崇拜 | chong2bai4 | verb worship; adore |
看点 | kan4dian3 | noun highlight; sth. worth seeing; sth. attractive |
日志 | ri4zhi4 | noun daily record; journal |
播放 | bo1fang4 | verb 1 transmit by radio; go on the air 2 broadcast (a TV programme, etc.); show; screen |
难道 | nan2dao4 | adverb [giving force to a rhetorical question] |
咔嚓 | ka1cha1 | onomatopoeia crack or snapping sound |
邮件 | you2jian4 | noun postal matter; post; mail |
收到 | shou1//dao4 | verb receive; get; achieve; obtain |
June 2
代言人 | dai4yan2ren2 | spokesperson; mouthpiece; endorser |
转正 | zhuan3//zheng4 | verb 1 (of a probationary member of the Communist Party of China) become a full member after completion of the probationary period 2 (of a temporary worker) become a regular worker |
领先 | ling3//xian1 | verb be in the lead; lead |
仔细 | zi3xi4 | adjective 1 careful; attentive 2 be careful; look out 3 dialect frugal; economical |
挤对 | ji3dui5 | verb dialect 1 force into submission 2 push aside (or out); squeeze (or elbow) out 3 make fun of; poke fun at |
请教 | qing3jiao4 | verb ask for advice; consult |
肉麻 | rou4ma2 | adjective nauseating; sickening; disgusting |
不入虎穴,焉得虎子 | bu4 ru4 hu3xue2, yan1 de2 hu3zi3 | idiom you cannot catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger’s lair—nothing venture, nothing gain (or have) |
到了 | dao4liao3 | 1 at last 2 finally 3 in the end |
课题 | ke4ti2 | noun 1 question for study or discussion; project 2 problem; task |
攻坚战 | gong1jian1zhan4 | storming of heavily fortified positions |
张嘴 | zhang1//zui3 | verb 1 open one’s mouth (to say sth.) 2 ask for a loan or a favour |
一块 | yi1kuai4 | 1 one block 2 one piece 3 one (unit of money) 4 together 5 in the same place 6 in company |
镇 | zhen4 | noun 1 garrison post 2 town 3 fairly large trading centre verb 1 press down; keep down; ease 2 calm; tranquil; at ease 3 guard; garrison 4 cool with cold water or ice dated adverb often; frequently adjective all day long; the whole time |
照相馆 | zhao4xiang4guan3 | photo studio |
何必 | he2bi4 | adverb no need to; why |
老远 | lao3yuan3 | far away |
运送 | yun4song4 | verb transport; ship; convey |
保证 | bao3zheng4 | verb pledge; guarantee; assure; ensure noun pledge; assurance |
祝 | zhu4 | verb express good wishes; wish noun (Zhù) a surname verb literary cut |
生意兴隆 | sheng1yi4xing1long2 | thriving and prosperous business or trade |
方便 | fang1bian4 | verb 1 make things convenient for sb. 2 euphemistic have money to spare or lend 3 euphemistic go to the lavatory noun convenience; favour |
日后 | ri4hou4 | noun in the future; in the days to come |
合作 | he2zuo4 | verb 1 cooperate; collaborate; work together 2 co-author; compose jointly |
产量 | chan3liang4 | noun output; yield |
骤 | zhou4 | verb (of a horse) trot adjective sudden; abrupt adverb suddenly; abruptly |
减 | jian3 | verb 1 mathematics subtract 2 reduce; decrease; cut |
受害人 | shou4hai4ren2 | victim; sufferer |
曾经 | ceng2jing1 | adverb [indicating that an action once happened or a state once existed] |
有必要 | you3 bi4yao4 | oblige; be necessary |
搞 | gao3 | verb usually colloquial 1 do; carry out; be engaged in 2 make; produce; work out 3 set up; start; organize 4 get; get hold of; secure 5 (followed by a complement) produce a certain effect or result; cause to become 6 make sb. suffer; fix sb. |
煽情 | shan1//qing2 | verb often pejorative 1 rouse emotion, sentiment, fervor 2 flirt; moving; touching |
臭 | chou4 | adjective 1 smelly; foul; stinking 2 disgusting; disgraceful 3 colloquial poor; bad; lousy verb dialect fail to detonate adverb severely |
丫头 | ya1tou5 | noun 1 dialect girl 2 slave girl; maid |
这几天 | zhe4ji3tian1 | the past few days |
唠叨 | lao2dao5 | verb be garrulous; chatter |
瞎说 | xia1shuo1 | verb blather; blab; talk irresponsibly |
民宿 | min2su4 | 1 (Tw) guesthouse 2 bed-and-breakfast 3 homestay 4 pension (boarding house) |
大厅 | da4ting1 | noun hall |
举一反三 | ju3yi1-fan3san1 | idiom draw inference about other cases from one instance; learn by analogy |
表现 | biao3xian4 | noun 1 expression; manifestation; display 2 behaviour; performance verb 1 show; display; manifest 2 show off 3 describe; express |
情侣 | qing2lü3 | noun sweethearts; lovers |
指日可待 | zhi3ri4-ke3dai4 | idiom can be expected soon; just round the corner |
乱 | luan4 | noun 1 upheaval; riot; unrest; turmoil 2 disorder; disturbance; trouble 3 archaic literature last paragraph of a musical composition or genre of classical Chinese poetry verb throw into disorder; confuse; mix up adjective 1 in disorder; in a mess; in confusion 2 in a confused state of mind 3 (of a society) turbulent; riotous 4 (of sexual relationships) improper; promiscuous adverb indiscriminately; at random; arbitrarily |
凑合 | cou4he5 | verb 1 gather together; collect; assemble 2 improvise 3 make do adjective passable; not too bad |
还行 | hai2 xing2 | adjective not bad; passable |
想象 | xiang3xiang4 | noun imagination verb imagine; fancy; visualize |
干净 | gan1jing4 | adjective (-//-) clean; neat and tidy (opp. 肮脏) adverb completely; entirely; totally |
总 | zong3 | verb assemble; put together; sum up adjective 1 general; overall; total 2 chief; head; general adverb 1 always; invariably 2 anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later 3 surely; certainly; probably noun courteous [short for 总编, 总裁, 总工程师, 总经理, etc. following a surname] editor-in-chief; president; chief engineer; director-general |
正好 | zheng4hao3 | adjective just in time; just right; just enough adverb happen to; chance to; as it happens |
招 | zhao1 | verb 1 beckon 2 recruit; enlist; enrol 3 attract; incur; court 4 provoke; tease 5 dialect infect; contagious verb confess; own up |
助理 | zhu4li3 | noun assistant; aide adjective assistant; deputy |
霸总 | ba4zong3 | handsome high-powered businessman |
套路 | tao4lu4 | noun 1 sequence of moves in wushu; routine 2 colloquial systematic ways of doing things; routine |
该 | gai1 | verb 1 ought to be; should be 2 be sb.’s turn (or duty) to do sth.; fall to sb. 3 deserve; merit; serve sb. right 4 must; should; ought to 5 [no negative form; not to be used alone in answering a question] will probably; most likely; can be reasonably or naturally expected to; ought to; should 6 [in exclamatory sentences for emphasis] verb owe (money or debt) pronoun literary this; that; the said; the above-mentioned VARIANT OF 21347328赅gai1赅 adjective literary complete; full; comprehensive; all-inclusive |
图谋不轨 | tu2mou2-bu4gui3 | idiom plot sth. unlawful; engage in conspiratorial activities |
开窍 | kai1//qiao4 | verb 1 have one’s ideas straightened out; enlightened 2 (of a child) begin to know things 3 dialect open one’s eyes; widen one’s view (or horizons); broaden one’s mind |
终于 | zhong1yu2 | adverb at (long) last; in the end; finally |
摸 | mo1 | verb 1 feel; stroke; touch 2 feel for; grope for; fumble 3 find out; feel out; sound out 4 pilfer; steal; filch 5 grope in the dark; feel one’s way |
边 | bian1 | noun 1 side (of a geometrical figure) 2 side; margin; edge; brim; rim 3 border; frontier; boundary 4 limit; bound 5 place next to; by the side of 6 part; side 7 [after numerals or words indicating time] close to; near 8 (Biān) a surname adverb [used with two verbs to indicate the simultaneous progression or development of two actions] |
就算 | jiu4suan4 | conjunction colloquial even if; granted that |
自己 | zi4ji3 | pronoun 1 referring to the person mentioned earlier in the sentence 2 oneself 3 closely related; own |
赶 | gan3 | verb 1 catch up with; overtake 2 try to catch; make a dash for; rush for; run after; chase 3 hurry; rush through 4 drive 5 drive away; expel; drive out 6 encounter; come across; run into; happen to; find oneself in (a situation); avail oneself of (an opportunity) adverb swiftly; quickly preposition by; until |
铁 | tie3 | noun 1 chemistry iron (Fe) 2 arms; weapon 3 (Tiě) a surname adjective 1 hard or strong as iron 2 resolved; determined 3 indisputable; unalterable 4 cruel; merciless; ruthless |
随时 | sui2shi2 | adverb 1 at any time; at all times 2 whenever necessary; as the occasion demands |
帮忙 | bang1//mang2 | verb help; give (or lend) a hand; do a favour; do a good turn |
嘞 | lei5 | auxiliary colloquial [used in the same way as 喽 lou, but with a little more jolly effect] |
June 1
搭车 | da1//che1 | verb 1 go by bus, car, etc.; give sb. a lift; get a lift; hitchhike 2 figurative do sth. along with sth. else; take the opportunity |
老实 | lao3shi5 | adjective 1 honest; frank colloquial 2 well-behaved; good 3 euphemistic simple-minded; naive; easily taken in |
记仇 | ji4//chou2 | verb bear grudges; harbour bitter resentment |
硬 | ying4 | adjective 1 hard; stiff; tough (opp. 软) 2 strong; firm; tough; obstinate 3 good (quality); able (person) adverb manage to do sth. with difficulty |
趁 | chen4 | preposition take advantage of (time, opportunity, etc.); avail oneself of verb dialect be possessed of; be rich in |
叫早 | jiao4zao3 | to give sb a wake-up call (at a hotel) |
服务 | fu2wu4 | verb give service to; be in the service of; serve |
山洞 | shan1dong4 | noun cave; cavern |
待会儿 | dai1hui5r5 | adverb colloquial in a moment |
茅房 | mao2fang2 | noun colloquial latrine; outhouse |
狂 | kuang2 | adjective 1 mad; crazy; insane; frenetic; wanton; furious; unrestrained 2 violent; wild; fierce 3 arrogant; overbearing; conceited; haughty; presumptuous adverb 1 wild; without being restrained 2 extremely; to the utmost |
魔 | mo2 | noun 1 evil spirit; demon; devil; monster 2 magic; mystic |
伤势 | shang1shi4 | noun condition of an injury (or wound) |
导致 | dao3zhi4 | verb lead to; result in; cause |
恐 | kong3 | verb 1 fear; dread; be afraid of 2 terrify; intimidate adverb perhaps; probably; maybe |
凶多吉少 | xiong1duo1-ji2shao3 | idiom bode ill rather than well; be fraught with grim possibilities |
剑麻 | jian4ma2 | noun botany sisal hemp |
划伤 | hua2shang1 | 1 to damage by scratching 2 to gash 3 to lacerate |
回头见 | hui2tou2jian4 | noun colloquial see you later (or again); cheerio |
发炎 | fa1//yan2 | verb medicine inflame |
而已 | er2yi3 | auxiliary that is all; nothing more |
野外 | ye3wai4 | noun open country; field |
考察 | kao3cha2 | verb 1 inspect; make an on-the-spot investigation; investigate 2 observe and study |
处理 | chu3li3 | verb 1 handle; deal with; dispose of 2 treat sth. by a special process; process 3 sell at reduced prices; sell off |
毒 | du2 | noun 1 poison; toxin 2 narcotics; (narcotic) drugs 3 virus; computer virus 4 poisonous influence verb 1 kill with poison; poison 2 poison (sb.’s mind) adjective 1 poisonous; noxious; poisoned 2 malicious; cruel; fierce |
毒草 | du2cao3 | noun 1 poisonous weeds 2 figurative harmful or perverse speech, writing, etc. |
醋酸 | cu4suan1 | noun chemistry acetic acid (CH3COOH) |
氯 | lü4 | noun chemistry chlorine (Cl) |
精神 | jing1shen5 | noun vigour; vitality; drive adjective lively; spirited; vigorous; smart |
正好 | zheng4hao3 | adjective just in time; just right; just enough adverb happen to; chance to; as it happens |
趟 | tang4 | measure word 1 [for a round trip] 2 [for a single train trip] 3 dialect [for a street, or things arranged in a row] noun sth. that is going on |
医务 | yi1wu4 | noun medical matters |
煮 | zhu3 | verb boil; cook |
蛋黄 | dan4huang2 | noun yolk |
碎 | sui4 | verb break to pieces; smash adjective 1 broken; fragmentary 2 garrulous; gabby |
喂 | wei4 | interjection hello; hey verb 1 feed (animals); raise 2 feed (people); put food into someone’s mouth 3 pass the ball to sb. |
空调 | kong1tiao2 | noun abbreviation 1 air conditioning |
遥控器 | yao2kong4qi4 | remote controller |
忽冷忽热 | hu1leng3hu1re4 | 1 now hot, now cold 2 (of one’s mood, affection etc) to alternate |
闹矛盾 | nao4 mao2dun4 | disagree; quarrel |
与其 | yu3qi2 | conjunction [correlatively with 不如 or 毋宁] rather than; better than |
立刻 | li4ke4 | adverb immediately; at once; right away; in the turn of a hand |
恢复 | hui1fu4 | verb 1 resume; renew 2 recover; regain 3 restore; reinstate; rehabilitate |
冰块 | bing1kuai4 | 1 ice cube 2 ice chunk |
妆 | zhuang1 | noun 1 woman’s adornments 2 trousseau; dowry verb apply makeup; make up |
不声不响 | bu4sheng1-bu4xiang3 | idiom quiet; silent |
挚友 | zhi4you3 | noun literary intimate (or bosom) friend |
口红 | kou3hong2 | noun lipstick |
成分 | cheng2fen5 | noun 1 composition; component part; ingredient; element 2 one’s class status; one’s profession or economic status |
蜡 | la4 | noun 1 wax 2 candle |
软化剂 | ruan3hua4ji4 | softener; tenderizer; plastifier |
好评 | hao3ping2 | noun favourable comment; high opinion |
实打实 | shi2da3shi2 | adjective colloquial real; true; honest; genuine |
资源 | zi1yuan2 | noun natural resources; resources |
人脉 | ren2mai4 | noun social relationship; connections |
串 | chuan4 | verb 1 string together 2 conspire; gang up 3 get things mixed up 4 go from place to place; run about; rove 5 play a part (in a play); act measure word [for a string of things] string; bunch; cluster |
野生 | ye3sheng1 | adjective wild; und |
May 31
备用#bèiyòng: reserve; keep for future use
凡事#fánshì: everything
暴雨#bàoyǔ: torrential rain
婶#shěn: wife of father’s younger brother
毫升#háoshēng: millilitre
降雨#jiàngyǔ: fall of rain; rainfall
葡萄#pútáo: grape
点评#diǎnpíng: comment; make comments
款#kuǎn: sincere
狼狗#lánggǒu: wolfhound
蚊#wén: mosquito
驱#qū: drive (horse, car)
装蒜#zhuāngsuàn: pretend not to know
起到#qǐ dào: have an effect; play a role
羡慕#xiànmù: admire, envy
博客#bókè: vlog
挨打#āidǎ: take a beating
活泼#huópō: lively; vivacious, vivid
女婿#nǚxù: son-in-law
为啥#wèi shà: why
May 30
建筑 jiànzhú: architecture; building
手册 shǒucè: manual; handbook
文字 wénzì: script; writing
叫做 jiàozuò: (be) called
链接 liànjiē: Link
艺术 yìshù: art
慢跑 mànpǎo: joggen
一直 yīzhí: die ganze Zeit; immer schon, bisher
从未 cóng wèi: never
行动 xíngdòng: move about
惊 jīng: startle; erschrecken
搭乘 dāchéng: fahren
治 zhì: cure; control; exterminate; punish
刚好 gānghǎo: luckily; just right
顺风 shùnfēng: travel downwind
晴天 qíngtiān: sunny day
高速 gāosù: rapid
冒 mào: give off; von sich geben
赶紧 gǎnjǐn: quickly
错觉 cuòjué: illusion
尾气 wěiqì: exhaust
散 sàn: zerstreuen; loose
启动 qǐdòng: start
停靠 tíngkào: stop at
引擎 yǐnqíng: engine
盖 gài: cover
散热 sànrè: Wärmeabgabe
双闪 shuāng shǎn: double flash
慢悠悠 mànyōuyōu: slowly; leisurely
提速 tísù: speed up
维持 wéichí: maintain
迈 mài: mile
回头 huítóu: turn around; return
警车 jǐngchē: Polizeiwagen
护送 hùsòng: escort
而是 érshì: instead
出生 chūshēng: be born
出版 chūbǎn: publish
广告 guǎnggào: advertising
大使馆 dàshǐguǎn: embassy
正式 zhèngshì: official
浪费 làngfèi: waste
任务 rènwù: task
退出 tuìchū: sich ausklinken
放纵 fàngzòng: indulge; undisciplined
回归 huíguī: return
正常 zhèngcháng: normal
吸引 xīyǐn: attract
上瘾 shàngyǐn: be addicted to
听见 tīngjiàn: hear; vernehmen
训练 xùnliàn: train
May 29
真正 | zhen1zheng4 | adjective genuine; true; real adverb really; indeed |
离职 | li2zhi2 | verb resign; hand in one’s resignation |
关注 | guan1zhu4 | verb follow with interest; pay close attention to; show solicitude for |
纸质 | zhi3zhi4 | 1 paper 2 hard copy 3 printed (as opposed to electronically displayed) |
领取 | ling3qu3 | verb receive; draw; get |
前往 | qian2wang3 | verb usually literary go to; leave for; proceed to |
交通 | jiao1tong1 | noun 1 traffic; communications 2 liaison; liaison man verb literary 1 be connected; be linked 2 associate with; collude with |
神仙 | shen2xian5 | noun 1 supernatural being; celestial being; immortal 2 person who has the power of clairvoyance or who is free from worldly cares |
疟疾 | nüe4ji5 | noun malaria; ague |
青蒿素 | qing1hao1su4 | 1 Arteannuin (anti-malaria chemical) 2 Artemisinin 3 Qinghaosu |
供应 | gong1ying4 | verb supply |
圆柏 | yuan2bai3 | noun botany Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis) |
举 | ju3 | verb 1 lift; raise; hold up 2 start 3 elect; choose 4 cite; enumerate 5 literary give birth to (a child) noun 1 act; deed; move 2 abbreviation |
牙齿 | ya2chi3 | noun tooth |
自由 | zi4you2 | noun 1 freedom; liberty 2 philosophy freedom adjective free; unrestrained |
以前 | yi3qian2 | noun (of time) before; formerly; previously |
惊喜 | jing1xi3 | verb pleasantly surprised |
不凑巧 | bu4cou4qiao3 | unluckily |
爬山虎 | pa2shan1hu3 | noun 1 botany Boston ivy; Japanese ivy 2 dialect sedan chair or litter to carry a person up a mountain |
蚊虫 | wen2chong2 | noun mosquito |
本尊 | ben3zun1 | 1 (Buddhism) yidam (one’s chosen meditational deity) 2 the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar 3 (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself |
其 | qi2 | literary pronoun 1 his (her, its, their) 2 he (she, it, they) 3 that; such 4 [referring to no definite person or thing] it noun (Qí) a surname auxiliary classical 1 [making a guess or a retort] 2 [giving an order] affix [after an adverb] |
友善 | you3shan4 | adjective literary friendly; amicable |
假扮 | jia3ban4 | verb disguise oneself as; dress up as |
提议 | ti2yi4 | verb propose; suggest; move noun proposal; motion |
唐 | tang2 | adjective literary 1 exaggerative; boastful 2 for nothing; in vain noun 1 dynasty established by Emperor Yao (尧) in the legendary period in Chinese history 2 Tang Dynasty (618-907) 3 abbreviation Later Tang Dynasty(923-936), one of the Five Dynasties 4 a surname |
长老 | zhang3lao3 | noun 1 literary elder 2 [respectful term of address for an old monk] elder 3 religion local religious leaders; elder |
高冷 | gao1leng3 | 1 reserved 2 aloof 3 (geography) (of a location) elevated and cold |
旁 | pang2 | noun 1 side 2 lateral radical of a Chinese character pronoun 1 other; else 2 literary comprehensive; copious |
跟 | gen1 | noun heel verb 1 follow 2 (of a woman) marry sb. preposition 1 [indicating accompaniment, relationship, involvement, etc.] with 2 [introducing the recipient of an action] 3 [expressing comparison] as; from conjunction and; with |
你走你的阳关道,我过我的独木桥 | ni3 zou3 ni3de5 yang2guan1dao4, wo3 guo4 wo3de5 du2mu4qiao2 | well-known phrase You take the open road, and I’ll cross the log bridge.—You go your way, and I’ll go mine. |