Vocabulary: 俄罗斯套娃
- elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy
- 你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])你 nǐ: 你 ni3: you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame
- to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking
- to embrace; to hug
- now; this moment
- bill
- right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5]
- to sign (one's name); signature
- lobby
- chair; CL:把[ba3],張|张[zhang1]
- to like; to be fond of
- only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext
- 好 hǎo: 好 hao3: good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello好 hào: 好 hao4: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- 能 Néng: 能 Neng2: surname Neng能 néng: 能 neng2: can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- great wide world; marvelously diverse world; (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4])
- to wander; to roam about; to loaf about; to be idle
- to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone)
- to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- society
- emergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods
- (coll.) old fellow; old codger
- 混 hún: 混 hun2: Taiwan pr. [hun4]混 hùn: 混 hun4: to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless
- (in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
- really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- bored; fed up with sth; sick of sth
- 当年 dàng nián: 当年 dang4 nian2: that very same year当年 dāng nián: 当年 dang1 nian2: in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life
- circumstances; situation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (idiom) exactly alike; identical; also pr. [yi1mo2-yi1yang4]
- 当时 dàng shí: 当时 dang4 shi2: immediately; right then当时 dāng shí: 当时 dang1 shi2: then; at that time
- 琢磨 zúo mo: 琢磨 zuo2 mo5: to ponder; to mull over; to think through; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2]琢磨 zhúo mó: 琢磨 zhuo2 mo2: to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work
- now; at present; (anatomy) subocular
- day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
- thriving; well-off; substantial
- family property
- white man or woman; Caucasian
- amazing; terrific; extraordinary
- to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on
- time; length of time; moment; period
- to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
- (fig.) to dream of; dream