June 15, 2025

23 words

WordPinyinDefinition
付出fù chūto pay
何不食肉糜hé bù shí ròu mílit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝[Jin4 Hui4 di]
作秀zuò xiùto show off (loanword, from English "show")
假大空jiǎ dà kōngempty words
假惺惺jiǎ xīng xīnghypocritical
典礼diǎn lǐcelebration
冷嘲热讽lěng cháo rè fěngfrigid irony and scorching satire (idiom)
培养péi yǎngto cultivate
家境jiā jìngfamily financial situation
感人gǎn réntouching
拼爹pīn diē(slang) to rely on one's father's wealth or prestige to get ahead
深度shēn dùdepth
矛盾máo dùncontradiction
自豪zì háoproud (of one's achievements etc)
苦难kǔ nànsuffering
装饰zhuāng shìto decorate
言论yán lùnexpression of opinion
贵族guì zúlord
镀金dù jīnto gold-plate
离谱lí pǔexcessive
顶级dǐng jítop-notch
高谈阔论gāo tán kuò lùnto harangue
共情gòng qíngempathy