Dec 31, 2022

22 words

WordPinyinDefinition
事与愿违shì yǔ yuàn wéithings turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
juǎnto roll up
喝西北风hē xī běi fēnglit. drink the northwest wind (idiom)
寒气hán qìcold air
惨不忍睹cǎn bù rěn dǔspectacle too horrible to endure (idiom)
折腾zhē tengto toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)
拿着鸡毛当令箭ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiànto wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom)
星星之火,可以燎原xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuána single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom)
rùnto moisten
莫须有mò xū yǒugroundless
躺枪tǎng qiāng(Internet slang) to get unjustly ridiculed, attacked, implicated in sth etc while just being present
摆烂bǎi làngo to shit
为众人抱薪者,不可冻毙于风雪wèi zhòng rén bào xīn zhě , bù kě dòng bì yú fēng xuěwe must not let those who blaze a trail for the rest of us
堵得慌dǔ de huāngfeel uncomfortable
人心惶惶rén xīn huáng huánganxious
大白dà báicovid support worker
破伞pò sǎnremove people in the system that protect criminals
寻衅滋事xún xìn zī shìpick fights and cause trouble
精神内耗jīng shén nèi hàoanxious state of mind
用脚投票yòng jiǎo tóu piàovote with your feet
阳了yáng letested positive for COVID
松弛感sōng chí gǎnrelaxed feeling