Feb 20, 2021

34 words

WordPinyinDefinition
一夜爆红yī yè bào hóngto become popular overnight
吐槽tù cáo(slang) to roast
影迷yǐng mífilm enthusiast
掏腰包tāo yāo bāoto dip into one's pocket
救命稻草jiù mìng dào cǎo(one's) last straw to clutch at
散户sǎn hùindividual (shareholder)
昙花tán huāDutchman's Pipe (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
昙花一现tán huā yī xiànlit. the night blooming cactus shows once
杀鸡取卵shā jī qǔ luǎnlit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom)
水涨船高shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāothe tide rises, the boat floats (idiom)
翻倍fān bèito double
翻墙fān qiánglit. to climb over the wall
聊斋志异Liáo zhāi Zhì yì
闲聊xián liáoto chat
颗粒无收kē lì wú shōunot a single grain was reaped (as in a bad harvest year)
风口fēng kǒuair vent
zhāito fast or abstain from meat, wine etc
白瞎bái xiāa waste
下沉市场xià chén shì chǎnglower tier markets
疯长fēng zhǎngincreasing crazily
给…再添一把火gěi … zài tiān yī bǎ huǒadding fire to the flames
一票难求yī piào nán qiútickets are very hard to get hold of
割韭菜gē jiǔ càiscamming the people
票补piào bǔticket subsidies
连续五天单日票房lián xù wǔ tiān dān rì piào fángfirst five days of the holiday daily box office sales
春节档电影票房chūn jié dàng diàn yǐng piào fángChinese CNY box office
听后即焚tīng hòu jí fénto burn after listening
邀请制yāo qǐng zhìinvitation only
扼杀住è shā zhùto strangle
墙了qiáng leto be walled out
上头了shàng tou legone in the head
火了huǒ leto be on fire
茶棚chá péngtea house
聊斋liáo zhāitalking house