March 6, 2021

31 words

WordPinyinDefinition
一心一意yī xīn yī yìconcentrating one's thoughts and efforts
不屈不挠bù qū bù náounyielding
傻子shǎ ziidiot
加餐jiā cānto have an extra meal
君子之交淡如水jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐa gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
奋斗fèn dòuto strive
to provoke
换汤不换药huàn tāng bù huàn yàodifferent broth but the same old medicine (idiom)
抢跑qiǎng pǎoto jump the gun
站台zhàn táiplatform (at a railway station)
肢体zhī tǐlimb
huògoods
附和fù hèto agree
斗争dòu zhēnga struggle
肢体语言zhī tǐ yǔ yánbody language
一以贯之yī yǐ guàn zhīa single principal running through everything, of policies
奋勇争先fèn yǒng zhēng xiānstrive for first place
永不懈怠yǒng bù xiè dàinever slacken effort
万恶淫为首wàn è yín wéi shǒutemptation of the flesh is the worst of all evils
开黄腔kāi huáng qiāngopen - yellow - mouth
碍于面子ài yú miàn zibe afraid of hurting somebody’s feelings
太封建了tài fēng jiàn letoo feudal
尽量避免肢体接触jǐn liàng bì miǎn zhī tǐ jiē chùdo your best to avoid bodily contact
沟通控制相处时间gōu tōng kòng zhì xiāng chǔ shí jiāncontrol the length of time you talk [to someone]
无死角wú sǐ jiǎono dead angle
人上人rén shàng rénpeople on people
一肚子坏水yī dù zi huài shuǐa belly full of bad water
校内减负校外补xiào nèi jiǎn fù xiào wài bǔreducing pressures at school but increasing out-of-school classes
唯分数、唯升学wéi fēn shù , wéi shēng xuéonly high grades can get you into good schools
一方水土难养一方人yī fāng shuǐ tǔ nán yǎng yī fāng rénit’s hard for the people of one place to survive on the earth and water of that place alone
有则改之、无则加勉yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎn“correct mistakes if you make them; guard against making them if you have not”