Sept 10, 2022

24 words

WordPinyinDefinition
不对劲bù duì jìnnot in good condition
事不关己shì bù guān jǐa matter of no concern to oneself (idiom)
失而复得shī ér fù déto lose sth and then regain it (idiom)
奸贼jiān zéia traitor
往死里wǎng sǐ lǐ(coll.) (to beat etc) to death
斗胆dǒu dǎn(courteous) to be so bold as to
沉淀chén diànto settle
秋后算账qiū hòu suàn zhànglit. to settle accounts after autumn
血性xuè xìngbrave
视若无睹shì ruò wú dǔto turn a blind eye to
黑心hēi xīnruthless and lacking in conscience
趋利避害qū lì bì hàidraw on the advantages and avoid disadvantages
拎得清,知好歹līn de qīng , zhī hǎo dǎiknow the right thing to do
众生皆苦zhòng shēng jiē kǔeveryone has their own pain
捡了芝麻,丢了西瓜jiǎn le zhī ma , diū le xī guato focus on the unimportant and miss out on what is important
不亏bù kuīnot bad
咽不下这口气yàn bù xià zhè kǒu qìunable to stomach an insult
哄抬物价hōng tái wù jiàprice gouging
发国难财fā guó nàn cáimake money while the country is suffering
卑鄙无耻bēi bǐ wú chǐhaving no sense of shame
坐地起价zuò dì qǐ jiàname an unreasonably high price (negative)
存在感cún zài gǎnshowing off
怪可爱guài kě àientertaining
为众人抱薪者,不可使其冻毙于风雪wèi zhòng rén bào xīn zhě , bù kě shǐ qí dòng bì yú fēng xuěwe must not let those who blaze a trail for the rest of us, freeze to death on the road