April 6, 2024

23 words

WordPinyinDefinition
九牛一毛jiǔ niú yī máolit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
土生土长tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎnglocally born and bred
撞脸zhuàng liǎn(coll.) to look alike
比肩bǐ jiānto be shoulder to shoulder
泥潭ní tánquagmire
清汤寡水qīng tāng guǎ shuǐmeager fare
碾压niǎn yāto crush or compact by means of a roller
米粉mǐ fěnrice flour
置之死地而后生zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēngplace sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger
轻车熟路qīng chē shú lùlit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom)
遥遥领先yáo yáo lǐng xiāna long way in front
马拉松mǎ lā sōngmarathon (loanword)
实打实shí dǎ shíreal deal
掀桌子xiān zhuō zilift the table
卷王juǎn wángthe winners of involution
跨界kuà jiètransboundary
砸钱zá qiánto spend big (on something)
必胜bì shèngassured success
上了一课shàng le yī kèto teach someone a lesson
三年磨一剑sān nián mó yī jiàntaking a long time to prepare something
难上青天nán shàng qīng tiānextremely difficult to achieve
一波又一波yī bō yòu yī bōwave after wave
强者愈强,弱者愈弱qiáng zhě yù qiáng , ruò zhě yù ruòthe strong get stronger, the weak get weaker