May 31, 2025

24 words

WordPinyinDefinition
一席之地yī xí zhī dì(acknowledged) place
一视同仁yī shì tóng rénto treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
代工dài gōngsubcontract work
大刀阔斧dà dāo kuò fǔbold and decisive
家喻户晓jiā yù hù xiǎounderstood by everyone (idiom)
拖油瓶tuō yóu píng(derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage
浮出水面fú chū shuǐ miànto float up (idiom); to become evident
混淆hùn xiáoto obscure
滴水不漏dī shuǐ bù lòulit. not one drop of water can leak out
众矢之的zhòng shǐ zhī dìlit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom)
站稳脚跟zhàn wěn jiǎo gēnto stand firmly
赫然hè ránwith astonishment
错综复杂cuò zōng fù zátangled and complicated (idiom)
雨后春笋yǔ hòu chūn sǔnlit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom)
竞品jìng pǐncompetitor product
破防pò fángbreak the defenses
割韭菜gē jiǔ càiscamming the people
贴牌tiē páiwhite labelling
爱惜羽毛ài xī yǔ máofiguratively: to care about one's reputation as a bird cares about its plumage
变味biàn wèirevert
拉踩lā cǎiput someone or something down
弊大于利bì dà yú lìidiom. the disadvantage outweighs the advantage
摊上事tān shàng shìget into a mess
水逆期shuǐ nì qīa streak of bad luck