Sept 25, 2021

23 words

WordPinyinDefinition
上有政策,下有对策shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cèThe higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
下海xià hǎito go out to sea
个体户gè tǐ hùself-employed
大惊小怪dà jīng xiǎo guàito make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
山寨shān zhàifortified hill village
没日没夜méi rì méi yèday and night
狗屁gǒu pìbullshit
百思不得其解bǎi sī bù dé qí jiěsee 百思不解[bai3 si1 bu4 jie3]
百折不挠bǎi zhé bù náoto keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom)
众包zhòng bāocrowdsourcing
身先士卒shēn xiān shì zúto fight at the head of one's troops
重头戏zhòng tóu xìopera rich in singing and dancing
骄奢淫逸jiāo shē yín yìextravagant and dissipated
开药方kāi yào fāngto write a presciption
滑天下之大稽huá tiān xià zhī dà jīabsolutely ridiculous
狐狸尾巴藏不住hú lí wěi bā cáng bù zhùa fox cannot hide its tail
打卡地dǎ kǎ diselfie spot
坐不住zuò bù zhùcan’t sit still
佛媛fó yuánbuddhist beauty
排长龙pái cháng lóngjoin a very long queue
九二派jiǔ èr pài1992 group’
大意失荆州dà yì shī jīng zhōusuffer a major set back due to carelessness
揭不开锅jiē bu kāi guōcan’t afford to put food on the table