June 3, 2023

19 words

WordPinyinDefinition
不耐烦bù nài fánimpatience
冰冻三尺,非一日之寒bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hánthree feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom)
劣迹斑斑liè jì bān bānnotorious for one's misdeeds
啼笑皆非tí xiào jiē fēilit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
崇洋媚外chóng yáng mèi wàito revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
敷衍fū yǎnto elaborate (on a theme)
歧视qí shìto discriminate against
无端wú duānfor no reason at all
玻璃心bō li xīn(slang) overly sensitive
翻白眼fān bái yǎnto roll one's eyes
讥讽jī fěngto satirize
变本加厉biàn běn jiā lìlit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)
豪门háo ménrich and powerful (families)
赤裸裸chì luǒ luǒbare
阴阳怪气yīn yáng guài qìeccentric
高人一等gāo rén yī děnga cut above others
不作不死bù zuò bù sǐserves you right for doing something so stupid
跪舔guì tiǎn’kneeling and licking’
深入骨髓shēn rù gǔ suǐdeep into the bone marrow