March 25, 2023

24 words

WordPinyinDefinition
出柜chū guìto come out of the closet
叵测pǒ cèunfathomable
niángmother
孤立无援gū lì wú yuánisolated and without help
学费xué fèituition fee
打水漂dǎ shuǐ piāoto skip stones (on water)
扭转niǔ zhuǎnto reverse
支离破碎zhī lí pò suìscattered and smashed (idiom)
无济于事wú jì yú shìto no avail
瞥见piē jiànto glimpse
声泪俱下shēng lèi jù xiàto shed tears while recounting sth
蛊惑gǔ huòto poison
走着瞧zǒu zhe qiáowait and see (who is right)
避风港bì fēng gǎnghaven
酸楚suān chǔdisconsolate
霸凌bà língbullying (loanword)
左右为难zuǒ yòu wéi nánin a dilemma
可怖kě bùhorrible
不男不女bù nán bù nǚneither male nor female
失声痛哭shī shēng tòng kūcrying loudly
药娘yào niángsomeone who takes hormones to change their gender
先天与后天xiān tiān yǔ hòu tiānnature or nurture
国外势力guó wài shì lìexternal foreign forces
天将降大任于斯人也tiān jiāng jiàng dà rèn yú sī rén yěthe heavens test those who have greatness in front of them