Vocabulary: 繁花

• zhāo bù bǎo xīzhao1 bu4 bao3 xi1朝不保夕x1 | Book Rank #16781at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state; imminent crisis; living from hand to mouth
• bìbi4箅x3 | Book Rank #6369(bound form) bamboo grid for steaming food
• guāngguang1咣x1 | Book Rank #16782(onom.) bang; door banging shut
• jǐ bèiji3 bei4几辈x1 | Book Rank #16783
• liǎng sān dàiliang3 san1 dai4两三代x1 | Book Rank #16784
• kōng dàng dàngkong1 dang4 dang4空荡荡x1 | Book Rank #16785empty; deserted
• bà zhànba4 zhan4霸占x1 | Book Rank #16786to occupy by force; to seize; to dominate
• yóu dēngyou2 deng1油灯x2 | Book Rank #9140oil lamp
• cài dāocai4 dao1菜刀x1 | Book Rank #16787vegetable knife; kitchen knife; cleaver; CL:把[ba3]
• dào tùidao4 tui4倒退x1 | Book Rank #16788to fall back; to go in reverse
• yī gāngyi1 gang1一缸x1 | Book Rank #16789
• yín dìngyin2 ding4银锭x1 | Book Rank #16790silver ingot
• wàn fēnwan4 fen1万分x1 | Book Rank #16791very much; extremely; one ten thousandth part
• huáng qīn gúo qīhuang2 qin1 guo2 qi1皇亲国戚x1 | Book Rank #16792the emperor relatives (idiom); person with powerful connections
• huáng huòhuang2 huo4黄货x1 | Book Rank #16793
• hún fēi pò sànhun2 fei1 po4 san4魂飞魄散x1 | Book Rank #16794lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom); fig. to be frightened stiff; spooked out of one's mind; terror-stricken
• shàng bèishang4 bei4上辈x1 | Book Rank #16795ancestors; one's elders
• fēng wōfeng1 wo1蜂窝x1 | Book Rank #16796honeycomb; beehive
• bái huā huābai2 hua1 hua1白花花x1 | Book Rank #16797shining white
• tù xiětu4 xie3吐血x1 | Book Rank #16798to cough up blood; (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc)
• chì liàn shéchi4 lian4 she2赤练蛇x3 | Book Rank #6370
• tǔ dì, tǔ ditu3 di4, tu3 di5土地x1 | Book Rank #16799土地 tǔ dì: 土地 tu3 di4: land; soil; territory; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]土地 tǔ di: 土地 tu3 di5: local god; genius loci
• méi yùnmei2 yun4霉运x1 | Book Rank #16800ill luck; misfortune
• fān lái fù qùfan1 lai2 fu4 qu4翻来覆去x1 | Book Rank #16801to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again
• tiān yī liàngtian1 yi1 liang4天一亮x1 | Book Rank #16802
• cái bǎocai2 bao3财宝x1 | Book Rank #16803money and valuables
• dòu zhēngdou4 zheng1斗争x1 | Book Rank #16804a struggle; fight; battle
• jǐ shí tiáoji3 shi2 tiao2几十条x1 | Book Rank #16805
• tiě dātie3 da1铁搭x1 | Book Rank #16806
• bēnben1锛x1 | Book Rank #16807adz; adze
• qīng jiā dàng chǎnqing1 jia1 dang4 chan3倾家荡产x1 | Book Rank #16808to lose a family fortune (idiom)
• táo jìntao2 jin4逃进x1 | Book Rank #16809
• shēn jiǎoshen1 jiao3伸脚x1 | Book Rank #16810
• gūi xīgui1 xi1归西x1 | Book Rank #16811to die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise)
• Sūn, sūnSun1, sun1孙x1 | Book Rank #16812孙 Sūn: 孙 Sun1: surname Sun孙 sūn: 孙 sun1: grandson; descendant
• kàn yàngkan4 yang4看样x2 | Book Rank #9141
• xué yàngxue2 yang4学样x2 | Book Rank #9142to follow suit; to imitate sb's example
• xiàn shì bàoxian4 shi4 bao4现世报x1 | Book Rank #16813karmic retribution within one's lifetime
• lián huánlian2 huan2连环x1 | Book Rank #16814chain
• qì mènqi4 men4气闷x1 | Book Rank #16815
• niàn niánnian4 nian2廿年x1 | Book Rank #16816
• yì jiùyi4 jiu4忆旧x1 | Book Rank #16817
• jìn chǎngjin4 chang3进厂x1 | Book Rank #16818to go work in a factory
• sān xiǎngsan1 xiang3三响x2 | Book Rank #9143
• xìn jiàoxin4 jiao4信教x1 | Book Rank #16819religious belief; to practice a faith; to be religious
• sàng ǒusang4 ou3丧偶x1 | Book Rank #16820(literary) to be bereaved of one's spouse
• gùo dùguo4 du4过渡x1 | Book Rank #16821to cross over (by ferry); transition; interim; caretaker (administration)
• lǎo gū niánglao3 gu1 niang2老姑娘x4 | Book Rank #4930
• tuán zhī bùtuan2 zhi1 bu4团支部x1 | Book Rank #16822
• shū jishu1 ji5书记x2 | Book Rank #9144secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk; scribe