Vocabulary: 都市异闻录

• zhù dìngzhu4 ding4注定x7 | Book Rank #5151to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably
• dà bàn tiānda4 ban4 tian1大半天x1 | Book Rank #13918
• biàn liǎnbian4 lian3变脸x1 | Book Rank #13919to turn hostile suddenly; face changing, a device of Sichuan Opera, a dramatic change of attitude expressing fright, anger etc
• dēng shídeng1 shi2登时x1 | Book Rank #13920immediately; at once
• yì wùyi4 wu4义务x1 | Book Rank #13921duty; obligation (CL:項|项[xiang4]); volunteer (work etc)
• xíng jìnxing2 jin4行进x11 | Book Rank #3901to advance; forward motion
• tùotuo4唾x1 | Book Rank #13922saliva; to spit
• húo gāihuo2 gai1活该x2 | Book Rank #10190(coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should
• shūo dào dǐshuo1 dao4 di3说到底x16 | Book Rank #3060in the final analysis; in the end
• wéi guānwei2 guan1围观x4 | Book Rank #7127to stand in a circle and watch
• wú tiáo jiànwu2 tiao2 jian4无条件x2 | Book Rank #10191unconditional
• zòng ránzong4 ran2纵然x1 | Book Rank #13923even if; even though
• dǔdu3赌x16 | Book Rank #3061to bet; to gamble
• zhēng qǔzheng1 qu3争取x9 | Book Rank #4409to fight for; to strive for; to win over
• jiān zhàjian1 zha4奸诈x1 | Book Rank #13924treachery; devious; a rogue
• yóu shùiyou2 shui4游说x1 | Book Rank #13925to lobby; to campaign; to promote (an idea, a product); (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period)
• màn yōu yōuman4 you1 you1慢悠悠x1 | Book Rank #13926unhurried
• rùo yǒu rùo wúruo4 you3 ruo4 wu2若有若无x1 | Book Rank #13927indistinct; faintly discernible
• zhēng dòuzheng1 dou4争斗x12 | Book Rank #3697to struggle; to fight; struggle
• jué bù bǐjue2 bu4 bi3绝不比x1 | Book Rank #13928
• gū fùgu1 fu4辜负x1 | Book Rank #13929to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint
• gǔ chūigu3 chui1鼓吹x1 | Book Rank #13930to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote
• qiāo dǎqiao1 da3敲打x8 | Book Rank #4748to beat sb; to beat (a drum)
• dā qiāngda1 qiang1搭腔x1 | Book Rank #13931to answer; to respond; to converse
• wú qùwu2 qu4无趣x3 | Book Rank #8268dull; vapid; colorless
• jī ángji1 ang2激昂x1 | Book Rank #13932impassioned; worked up
• dùn cùodun4 cuo4顿挫x1 | Book Rank #13933a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes; a cadence; punctuated by a transition; with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)
• yǎn jiǎngyan3 jiang3演讲x5 | Book Rank #6279to give a lecture; to make a speech
• kǎ zhùka3 zhu4卡住x8 | Book Rank #4749to jam; to choke; to clutch; also pr. [qia3 zhu4]
• fān shǒufan1 shou3翻手x1 | Book Rank #13934
• xiǎo qiǎoxiao3 qiao3小巧x1 | Book Rank #13935small and exquisite; delicate; fine (features); compact; nifty
• shì pǐnshi4 pin3饰品x3 | Book Rank #8269ornament; item of jewelry; accessory
• rě yǎnre3 yan3惹眼x1 | Book Rank #13936eye-catching; conspicuous
• sàn fà chūsan4 fa4 chu1散发出x12 | Book Rank #3698
• bái wùbai2 wu4白雾x2 | Book Rank #10192
• xiè qìxie4 qi4泄气x1 | Book Rank #13937to leak (gas); to be discouraged; to despair; (disparaging) pathetic; to vent one's anger; (of a tire) to be flat
• fēn fāfen1 fa1分发x1 | Book Rank #13938to distribute; distribution; to assign (sb) to a job
• lüè gùolu:e4 guo4略过x1 | Book Rank #13939to pass over; to skip
• tián bǎotian2 bao3填饱x3 | Book Rank #8270to feed to the full; to cram
• gǒng shǒu ràng réngong3 shou3 rang4 ren2拱手让人x1 | Book Rank #13940(idiom) to surrender sth without resistance
• tǐ lì bù zhīti3 li4 bu4 zhi1体力不支x2 | Book Rank #10193
• gōng wén bāogong1 wen2 bao1公文包x5 | Book Rank #6280briefcase; attaché case
• bù biànbu4 bian4不变x2 | Book Rank #10194constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant
• shì qìshi4 qi4士气x2 | Book Rank #10195morale
• guǎi jiǎoguai3 jiao3拐角x2 | Book Rank #10196to turn a corner; corner
• dāo, Dāodao1, Dao1刀x38 | Book Rank #1752刀 dāo: 刀 dao1: knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)刀 Dāo: 刀 Dao1: surname Dao
• qiè kāiqie4 kai1切开x1 | Book Rank #13941
• tāo kōngtao1 kong1掏空x13 | Book Rank #3504to hollow out; to empty out; to use up; (finance) tunneling
• zhǐ jiazhi3 jia5指甲x19 | Book Rank #2702fingernail
• zhǎng xīnzhang3 xin1掌心x5 | Book Rank #6281hollow of the palm