Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- sum
- ignorant; ignorance
- 识 zhì: 识 zhi4: to record; to write a footnote识 shí: 识 shi2: to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]
- foresight; discernment; vision
- system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- merit; benefit; strong point; advantage; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]
- in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto
- workplace overseer; foreman
- cashier; to receive and hand over payment; to lend and borrow books
- accountant; accountancy; accounting
- office worker; staff member; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- order; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc)
- to misunderstand; misunderstanding
- to get out of a predicament; to stick out; to take the initiative; remaining odd fraction after a division; a little more than
- to show one's face; to make one's good name; to become successful and well known; to shine
- to imply; to suggest; to connote; implicit
- straightforward
- clumsy; botched
- equivocal; ambiguous
- duty; obligation (CL:項|项[xiang4]); volunteer (work etc)
- to distinguish (between different things); to make distinctions clear
- to go out and come in; entrance and exit; expenditure and income; discrepancy; inconsistent
- sufficient to...; so much so that; so that
- intention; purpose
- direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt; straightforward
- method; way; technique; procedure
- to disregard; to leave aside
- baseless (lie); without foundation
- plaintive; mournful; miserable
- inside; within
- adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors
- 便宜 biàn yí: 便宜 bian4 yi2: convenient便宜 pián yi: 便宜 pian2 yi5: cheap; inexpensive; a petty advantage; to let sb off lightly
- 爿 qiáng: 爿 qiang2: "piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[pian4]爿 pán: 爿 pan2: classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc; slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect)
- (loanword) shilling
- to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth
- 三 Sān: 三 San1: surname San三 sān: 三 san1: three; 3
- 个头 ge tóu: 个头 ge5 tou2: (coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in 專家個頭|专家个头[zhuan1 jia1 ge5 tou2] "expert", my ass!)个头 gè tóu: 个头 ge4 tou2: size; height
- to control; to restrict; to moderate; to temper; moderation; sobriety; to administer
- luck (good or bad)
- capable
- to earn (income); to make (money)
- to indulge; to pamper; to connive at; permissive; indulgent; self-indulgent; unrestrained; undisciplined; uncultured; boorish