August 23, 2025

24 words

WordPinyinDefinition
一席之地yī xí zhī dì(acknowledged) place
一较高下yī jiào gāo xiàto compete against
参差不齐cēn cī bù qíunevenly matched (idiom); scraggly
对阵duì zhènpoised for battle
感召力gǎn zhào lìappeal
接地气jiē dì qìin touch with the common people
摸着石头过河mō zhe shí tou guò héto wade the river by groping for stones (idiom)
文化wén huàculture
绞尽脑汁jiǎo jìn nǎo zhīto rack one's brains
耕耘gēng yúnplowing and weeding
草根cǎo gēngrassroots
豁出去huō chu quto throw caution to the wind
釜底抽薪fǔ dǐ chōu xīnto take drastic measures to deal with a situation
青出于蓝而胜于蓝qīng chū yú lán ér shèng yú lánlit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom)
驰骋chí chěngto gallop
垫底diàn dǐbottom
一票难求yī piào nán qiútickets are very hard to get hold of
撬动qiào dòngpry (away)
声名鹊起shēng míng què qǐrise to fame
破圈pò quāngoing mainstream
节节败退jié jié bài tuìretreat in defeat again and again
乘东风chéng dōng fēngride the momentum
地域之争dì yù zhī zhēngregional or local rivalry
消费闭环xiāo fèi bì huánclosed cycle of spending