Vocabulary: 历史的尘埃

• bào fā hùbao4 fa1 hu4暴发户x4 | Book Rank #11276newly rich; parvenu; upstart
• xiāng ba lǎoxiang1 ba5 lao3乡巴佬x4 | Book Rank #11277(derog.) country bumpkin; hick
• méi jīng dǎ cǎimei2 jing1 da3 cai3没精打采x1 | Book Rank #21022listless; dispirited; washed out; also written 沒精打彩|没精打彩[mei2 jing1 da3 cai3]
• shū yuǎnshu1 yuan3疏远x1 | Book Rank #21023to drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate; estrangement
• chéng jiàncheng2 jian4成见x2 | Book Rank #16031preconceived idea; bias; prejudice
• zǒu tóu wú lùzou3 tou2 wu2 lu4走投无路x3 | Book Rank #13131to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate
• xīn hūi yì lǎnxin1 hui1 yi4 lan3心灰意懒x2 | Book Rank #16032discouraged; downhearted
• āi guòai1 guo4挨过x1 | Book Rank #21024
• jiān kǔjian1 ku3艰苦x7 | Book Rank #8107difficult; hard; arduous
• qián zàiqian2 zai4潜在x3 | Book Rank #13132hidden; potential; latent
• cāo bàncao1 ban4操办x3 | Book Rank #13133to arrange matters
• kào nǐ lekao4 ni3 le5靠你了x2 | Book Rank #16033
• bài jiā zǐbai4 jia1 zi3败家子x11 | Book Rank #6045spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal
• chuán gěichuan2 gei3传给x3 | Book Rank #13134to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; (in football etc) to pass to
• fáng, Fángfang2, Fang2房x1 | Book Rank #21025房 fáng: 房 fang2: house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines)房 Fáng: 房 Fang2: surname Fang
• shòu jìnshou4 jin4受尽x2 | Book Rank #16034to suffer enough from; to suffer all kinds of; to have one's fill of
• lěng yǎnleng3 yan3冷眼x7 | Book Rank #8108cool eye; fig. detached; (treating) with indifference
• fù shǔfu4 shu3附属x2 | Book Rank #16035subsidiary; auxiliary; attached; affiliated; subordinate; subordinating
• ōu dǎou1 da3殴打x2 | Book Rank #16036to beat up; to come to blows; battery (law)
• chū shìchu1 shi4出世x3 | Book Rank #13135to be born; to come into being; to withdraw from worldly affairs
• wò yǒuwo4 you3握有x1 | Book Rank #21026to have; to hold (usu. sth abstract: power, distribution rights, a bargaining chip etc)
• yòng yúyong4 yu2用于x3 | Book Rank #13136to use in; to use on; to use for
• sī dòusi1 dou4私斗x1 | Book Rank #21027
• kuáng wàngkuang2 wang4狂妄x2 | Book Rank #16037egotistical; arrogant; brassy
• shuǎ pí qìshua3 pi2 qi4耍脾气x1 | Book Rank #21028to go into a huff
• dōng shān zài qǐdong1 shan1 zai4 qi3东山再起x1 | Book Rank #21029lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback
• dāng jiā dedang1 jia1 de5当家的x1 | Book Rank #21030
• yóu shǒu hào xiányou2 shou3 hao4 xian2游手好闲x1 | Book Rank #21031to idle about
• bù wù zhèng yèbu4 wu4 zheng4 ye4不务正业x1 | Book Rank #21032not to engage in honest work; to ignore one's proper occupation; not to attend to one's proper duties
• jiā yèjia1 ye4家业x1 | Book Rank #21033family property
• lǎo pólao3 po2老婆x7 | Book Rank #8109(coll.) wife
• jìu qíngjiu4 qing2旧情x1 | Book Rank #21034old affection
• nùo fūnuo4 fu1懦夫x3 | Book Rank #13137coward
• bēi hēi gūobei1 hei1 guo1背黑锅x2 | Book Rank #16038to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed
• dà bùda4 bu4大步x21 | Book Rank #3808large strides
• guāng jiǎoguang1 jiao3光脚x1 | Book Rank #21035bare feet
• shí xiàngshi2 xiang4识相x3 | Book Rank #13138sensitive; tactful
• lí qùli2 qu4离去x11 | Book Rank #6046to leave; to exit
• dì sì shí liù zhāngdi4 si4 shi2 liu4 zhang1第四十六章x2 | Book Rank #16039
• chà nàcha4 na4刹那x2 | Book Rank #16040an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye
• fāng huáfang1 hua2芳华x2 | Book Rank #16041young years; youth
• rì jiànri4 jian4日渐x3 | Book Rank #13139to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day; more (or better etc) with each passing day
• chāng juéchang1 jue2猖獗x3 | Book Rank #13140to be rampant; to run wild
• qí qí guài guàiqi2 qi2 guai4 guai4奇奇怪怪x1 | Book Rank #21036
• pū tiān gài dìpu1 tian1 gai4 di4铺天盖地x39 | Book Rank #2384lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom); fig. arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive
• yì dòngyi4 dong4异动x12 | Book Rank #5690to shift; to alter; unusual change; abnormal move
• qūqu1祛x1 | Book Rank #21037sacrifice to drive away calamity; to dispel; to drive away; to remove
• áo chū láiao2 chu1 lai2熬出来x1 | Book Rank #21038
• zài yě bù néngzai4 ye3 bu4 neng2再也不能x3 | Book Rank #13141
• chī bu xiāochi1 bu5 xiao1吃不消x6 | Book Rank #8901to be unable to tolerate or endure; to find sth difficult to manage