22 words
| Word | Pinyin | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 中毒 | zhòng dú | to be poisoned |
| 乱象 | luàn xiàng | chaos |
| 了然于胸 | liǎo rán yú xiōng | to be well aware of sth |
| 地沟油 | dì gōu yóu | cooking oil that has been used and discarded (and, in China, sometimes illegally recovered from gutters and sewers, reprocessed and sold back to restaurants) |
| 大材小用 | dà cái xiǎo yòng | using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom) |
| 掩耳盗铃 | yǎn ěr dào líng | lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell |
| 残留 | cán liú | to remain |
| 潜规则 | qián guī zé | unwritten rules |
| 百感交集 | bǎi gǎn jiāo jí | all sorts of feelings well up in one's heart |
| 触目惊心 | chù mù jīng xīn | lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom) |
| 走过场 | zǒu guò chǎng | to go through the motions |
| 铤而走险 | tǐng ér zǒu xiǎn | to take a risk out of desperation (idiom) |
| 钻空子 | zuān kòng zi | lit. to drill a hole |
| 引以为戒 | yǐn yǐ wéi jiè | to take something as a warning (idiom) |
| 草台班子 | cǎo tái bān zi | small unprofessional team |
| 心存芥蒂 | xīn cún jiè dì | nurse a grievance |
| 脱管 | tuō guǎn | operate without oversight |
| 混用 | hùn yòng | mixed usage |
| 公开的秘密 | gōng kāi de mì mì | open secret |
| 卧底暗访 | wò dǐ àn fǎng | undercover investigation |
| 能省则省 | néng shěng zé shěng | to save wherever possible |
| 扒粪者 | bā fèn zhě | muckraker |