June 10, 2023

18 words

WordPinyinDefinition
人为刀俎,我为鱼肉rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròulit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
公信力gōng xìn lìcredibility
心知肚明xīn zhī dù míngto be well aware
扎眼zhā yǎngarish
改口gǎi kǒuto change one's tune
李代桃僵lǐ dài táo jiānglit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree
欲盖弥彰yù gài mí zhāngtrying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom)
异物yì wùrarity
眼睁睁yǎn zhēng zhēngto stare blankly
眼见为实yǎn jiàn wéi shíseeing is believing
睁眼说瞎话zhēng yǎn shuō xiā huàto lie through one's teeth (idiom)
罪魁祸首zuì kuí huò shǒucriminal ringleader
罗生门Luó shēng ména deepening plot where each character has their own version of the truth
耦合ǒu hécoupling (physics)
软肋ruǎn lèirib cartilage
风马牛不相及fēng mǎ niú bù xiāng jíto be completely unrelated to one another (idiom)
死鸭子嘴硬sǐ yā zi zuǐ yìnga dead duck still has a hard beak, stubborn and arrogant
败下阵来bài xià zhèn láibe defeated