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- 苯 苯 [ben3] /benzene; benzol (chemistry)/

- 障眼 障眼 [zhang4 yan3] /lit. a blindfold; fig. to make one blind to sth/

- 老婆孩子熱炕頭 老婆孩子热炕头 [lao3 po2 hai2 zi5 re4 kang4 tou5] /wife kids and a warm bed (俗话 common saying); the simple and good life/longa est vita si plena est/la dolce vita/

- 麻利 麻利 [ma2 li5] /swift; agile; efficient; quick-witted (colloquial)/

- 津梁 津梁 [jin1 liang2] /lit. ferry bridge; fig. interim measure over some difficulty/a guide/

- 姑母 姑母 [gu1 mu3] /father's sister; paternal aunt/

- 阿鄉 阿乡 [a1 xiang1] /country folk; rustic (colloquial)/see also 鄉下人|乡下人[xiang1 xia4 ren2]/

- 雞巴 鸡巴 [ji1 ba5] /cock; penis (vulgar)/

- 爛醉 烂醉 [lan4 zui4] /dead drunk; completely drunk/

- 回復 回复 [hui2 fu4] /to reply/to recover/to return (to a previous condition)/"Re:"; in reply to (email)/

- 本報記者 本报记者 [ben3 bao4 ji4 zhe3] /the reporter working specially for our newspaper; our own reporter (claimed by the paper authority)/

- 畓 畓 [xx5] /phonetic dap or dābo; rice paddy (Korean gugja)/

- 偷雞不著蝕把米 偷鸡不着蚀把米 [tou1 ji1 bu4 zhao2 shi2 ba3 mi3] /trying to steal a chicken, but only lost a handful of rice (俗语 common expression); having high aims, but a total failure/

- 恁 恁 [nin2] /you (2nd person polite; lit.)/

- 川流不息 川流不息 [chuan1 liu2 bu4 xi1] /(saying) the stream flows without stopping; the flow of an endless stream/

- 颯颯 飒飒 [sa4 sa4] /soughing; whistling or rushing sound (of the wind in trees, the sea etc)/

- 火線 火线 [huo3 xian4] /firing line (battle); live electrical wire/

- 芷 芷 [zhi3] /angelica (type of iris; plant root used for medicine)/

- 取締 取缔 [qu3 di4] /to ban; to prohibit (publications, customs etc)/to outlaw; to suppress (violators)/

- 倒糞 倒粪 [dao4 fen4] /to turn over manure; fig. to offend others by endlessly repeating unpleasant remarks/

- 芡 芡 [qian4] /Gorgon plant/fox nut/Gorgon euryale; Euryale ferox (botany)/makhana (Hindi)/

- 鹽酸鹽 盐酸盐 [yan2 suan1 yan2] /chloride; hydrochloride (chemistry)/

- 緊 紧 [jin3] /tight/strict/close at hand; near/urgent; tense/hard up; short of money/to tighten/

- 漫天 漫天 [man4 tian1] /lit. to fill the whole sky; everywhere/as far as the eye can see/

- 丁韙良 丁韪良 [Ding1 Wei3 liang2] /William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges; the first president of Beijing university/

- 操蛋 操蛋 [cao4 dan4] /damn it!; fuck! (vulgar)/devil/satan (loanword)/

- 合吃族 合吃族 [he2 chi1 zu2] /lit. "joint eaters"; a restaurant social gathering, esp. organized online among strangers/

- 刀子嘴巴豆腐心 刀子嘴巴豆腐心 [dao1 zi5 zui3 ba5 dou4 fu5 xin1] /harshly spoken; gentle hearted/sharp words with a soft heart/lit. "knife mouth; tofu heart"/

- 過氧 过氧 [guo4 yang3] /peroxy-; peroxide (chemistry)/

- 姪女婿 侄女婿 [zhi2 nu:3 xu5] /brother's daughter's husband; niece's husband/

- 瞧不起 瞧不起 [qiao2 bu4 qi3] /to look down upon; to hold in contempt/

- 姨父 姨父 [yi2 fu5] /mother's sister's husband; husband of mother's sister/

- 鬩 阋 [xi4] /to argue; to quarrel/

- 連理 连理 [lian2 li3] /two trees that grow together as one; fig. conjugal union/

- 兩清 两清 [liang3 qing1] /loan settled (business term); business complete to the satisfaction of both parties/

- 稀鬆 稀松 [xi1 song1] /poor; sloppy/unconcerned; heedless; lax/unimportant; trivial/loose; porous/

- 賤民 贱民 [jian4 min2] /social stratum which is below the level of ordinary people/untouchable; dalit (caste in India)/

- 嶙峋 嶙峋 [lin2 xun2] /bony (of people)/craggy; rugged (of terrain)/upright (of people)/

- 烯烴 烯烃 [xi1 ting1] /olefine; alkene (chemistry)/

- 姨姥姥 姨姥姥 [yi2 lao3 lao5] /mother's mother's sister; great-aunt/

- 貞節 贞节 [zhen1 jie2] /chastity; virginity (of women)/moral integrity (of men)/loyalty/constancy/

- 桁楊 桁杨 [hang2 yang2] /lit. stocks and knives; fig. any punishment equipment/torture instrument/

- 五帝 五帝 [wu3 di4] /Five Emperors from legendary times; possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them/usually taken to be Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝 and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧, Yu Shun 虞舜/

- 並蒂蓮 并蒂莲 [bing4 di4 lian2] /lit. twin lotus flowers on one stalk; fig. a devoted married couple/

- 硝基苯 硝基苯 [xiao1 ji1 ben3] /nitrobenzene; benzoil nitrate (chemistry)/

- 姑爺 姑爷 [gu1 ye2] /father's father's sister's husband; paternal grandaunt's husband/

- 一手交錢，一手交貨 一手交钱，一手交货 [yi1 shou3 jiao1 qian2 , yi1 shou3 jiao1 huo4] /lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (俗语 common saying); to pay for what you want in cash/fig. simple and direct transaction/

- 不經一事 不经一事 [bu4 jing1 yi1 shi4] /You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (俗语 common saying); wisdom only comes with experience/

- 偷雞不成蝕把米 偷鸡不成蚀把米 [tou1 ji1 bu4 cheng2 shi2 ba3 mi3] /trying to steal a chicken, but only lost a handful of rice (俗语 common expression); having high aims, but a total failure/

- 鬫 鬫 [kan4] /variant of 闞|阚, glance, peep; roar, growl/

- 孽子 孽子 [nie4 zi3] /unfilial son; unworthy son/illegitimate son; concubine's son/

- 肏蛋 肏蛋 [cao4 dan4] /damn it!; fuck! (vulgar)/devil/satan (loanword)/also written 操蛋|操蛋[cao4 dan4]/

- 咖啡機 咖啡机 [ka1 fei1 ji1] /coffee machine; coffee maker/

- 一杯羹 一杯羹 [yi1 bei1 geng1] /lit. a cup of soup; fig. to get part of the profits/one's share of the action/

- 噏 噏 [xi1] /to gossip; to babble (Cantonese)/

- 高清電視 高清电视 [gao1 qing1 dian4 shi4] /HDTV; high definition TV/

- 齉 齉 [nang4] /stoppage of the nose/to speak with a nasal twang/snuffling; snuffle (as in nose with a cold)/

- 蘭譜 兰谱 [lan2 pu3] /lit. directory of orchids; fig. genealogical record (esp. exchanged between sworn brothers)/

- 吸附性 吸附性 [xi1 fu4 xing4] /absorption; absorbability (chemistry)/

- 鎹 鎹 [rong2] /cramp; cramp; tie (Japanese kokuji)/

- 馬後炮 马后炮 [ma3 hou4 pao4] /lit. firing after the horse; fig. belated action/giving advice in hindsight/

- 安人 安人 [an1 ren2] /to pacify the people/landlady (wife of a 員外|员外[yuan2 wai4]; old usage)/

- 鼎足 鼎足 [ding3 zu2] /lit. the three legs of a tripod; fig. three competing rivals/

- 鬼扯腿 鬼扯腿 [gui3 che3 tui3] /lit. ghost pulls your leg; involuntary tug of muscles/fig. very unlucky/fig. argumentative/fig. can't help doing it/

- 姨夫 姨夫 [yi2 fu5] /mother's sister's husband; husband of mother's sister/

- 外國電影 外国电影 [wai4 guo2 dian4 ying3] /foreign film; foreign movie/

- 新穎 新颖 [xin1 ying3] /lit. new bud; fig. new and original/

- 咬人狗兒不露齒 咬人狗儿不露齿 [yao3 ren2 gou3 r5 bu4 lu4 chi3] /the dog that bites does not show its fangs (俗语 saying); fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance./

- 稀有氣體 稀有气体 [xi1 you3 qi4 ti3] /rare gas; noble gas (chemistry)/

- 鎖掉 锁掉 [suo3 diao4] /lock up; lock out; lock/

- 麿 麿 [mo3] /I; you; affectionate suffix for names (Japanese kokuji)/

- 羅 罗 [luo2] /gauze/to collect; to gather/to catch/to sift; to sieve/surname Luo/

- 姨姐 姨姐 [yi2 jie3] /wife's elder sister; sister-in-law/

- 陶冶 陶冶 [tao2 ye3] /lit. to fire pots and smelt metal; fig. to educate/

- 國際米蘭隊 国际米兰队 [Guo2 ji4 Mi3 lan2 Dui4] /FC Internazionale Milano (professional football club)/abbreviation for 國際米蘭足球俱樂部|国际米兰足球俱乐部[Guo2 ji4 Mi3 lan2 Zu2 qiu2 Ju4 le4 bu4]/

- 國際米蘭 国际米兰 [Guo2 ji4 Mi3 lan2] /FC Internazionale Milano; Internazionale; Inter (professional football club)/abbreviation for 國際米蘭足球俱樂部|国际米兰足球俱乐部[Guo2 ji4 Mi3 lan2 Zu2 qiu2 Ju4 le4 bu4]/

- 國際米蘭足球俱樂部 国际米兰足球俱乐部 [Guo2 ji4 Mi3 lan2 Zu2 qiu2 Ju4 le4 bu4] /FC Internazionale Milano; Internazionale; Inter (professional football club)/

- 老爺爺 老爷爷 [lao3 ye2 ye5] /(informal) father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather/

- 四大石窟 四大石窟 [si4 da4 shi2 ku1] /Four great caves, namely: Longmen grottoes 龍門石窟|龙门石窟[Long2 men2 shi2 ku1] at Luoyang, Henan; Yungang caves 雲岡石窟|云冈石窟[Yun2 gang1 shi2 ku1] at Datong, Shānxī; Mogao caves 莫高窟[Mo4 gao1 ku1] at Dunhuang, Gansu; and Mt Maiji caves 麥積山石窟|麦积山石窟[Mai4 ji1 shan1 shi2 ku1] at Tianshui, Gansu/

- 慣 惯 [guan4] /accustomed to/used to/indulge; spoil (someone, usually a child)/

- 重陽節 重阳节 [Chong2 yang2 jie2] /Yang Festival, 9th day of 9th month/yang from the yingyang sign, which looks like a 9/

- 九九重陽 九九重阳 [jiu3 jiu3 chong2 yang2] /Double Ninth Festival/the 9th day of the 9th lunar month/

- 重陽 重阳 [chong2 yang2] /Double Ninth or Yang Festival/9th day of 9th lunar month/