Jan 7, 2023

23 words

WordPinyinDefinition
交恶jiāo èto become enemies
冰释前嫌bīng shì qián xiánto forget previous differences
取关qǔ guānto unfollow (on microblog etc)
名不见经传míng bù jiàn jīng zhuàn(lit.) name not encountered in the classics
kēnghole
对簿公堂duì bù gōng tángpublic courtroom accusation (idiom)
复出fù chūto come back out of retirement
拉扯lā cheto drag
拉锯战lā jù zhànto-and-fro tussle
撕破脸sī pò liǎnto have an acrimonious falling-out
昔日xī rìformerly
桥段qiáo duànscene (in a movie etc)
物是人非wù shì rén fēithings have remained the same, but people have changed
独树一帜dú shù yī zhìlit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom)
花无百日红huā wú bǎi rì hóngNo flower can bloom for a hundred days.
慧眼识珠huì yǎn shì zhūwisdom eyes pearls (idiom)
为他人做嫁衣wèi tā rén zuò jià yīwork hard but unwittingly for someone else’s benefit
杀回来shā huí láimake a big return
双开花shuāng kāi huāsuccessful on both fronts
超头chāo tóutop influencers
元气大伤yuán qì dà shāngbadly hurt
伤敌一千,自损八百shāng dí yì qiān , zì sǔn bā bǎia war of attrition
可见一二kě jiàn yī èrsee the whole from a small part