Sept 16, 2023

19 words

WordPinyinDefinition
一视同仁yī shì tóng rénto treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
冤假错案yuān jiǎ cuò ànunjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)
各抒己见gè shū jǐ jiàneveryone gives their own view
含糊hán huambiguous
压制yā zhìto suppress
奇装异服qí zhuāng yì fúbizarre dress
模棱两可mó léng liǎng kěequivocal
欲加之罪,何患无辞yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cíIf you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传)
流氓罪liú máng zuìthe crime of hooliganism
消弭xiāo mǐ(literary) to eliminate
溢出yì chūto overflow
滋生zī shēngto breed
汉奸Hàn jiāntraitor (to China)
无边wú biānwithout boundary
kuāngbasket
万马齐喑wàn mǎ qí yīnthousands of horses, all mute (idiom); no-one dares to speak out
鸡毛蒜皮jī máo suàn píchicken feather, garlic skin (idiom)
震耳欲聋zhèn ěr yù lóngear-splitting (idiom); deafening
众口难调zhòng kǒu nán tiáoit's difficult to please everyone (idiom)