Lesson 3: 沉重的北京户口

106 words

WordPinyinDefinition
上当shàng dàngtaken in (by sb's deceit)
上访shàng fǎngto seek an audience with higher-ups (esp. government officials) to petition for sth
不计其数bù jì qí shùlit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
二元èr yuánduality
代价dài jiàprice
任重道远rèn zhòng dào yuǎna heavy load and a long road
企及qǐ jíto hope to reach
估算gū suànassessment
保障bǎo zhàngto ensure
优势yōu shìsuperiority
充实chōng shírich
冒风险mào fēng xiǎnto take risks
出入chū rùto go out and come in
分配fēn pèito distribute
初衷chū zhōngoriginal intention or aspiration
前提qián típremise
前景qián jǐngforeground
划分huà fēnto divide up
北漂Běi piāo
取舍qǔ shěto choose
取消qǔ xiāoto cancel
吃亏chī kuīto suffer losses
命运mìng yùnfate
唯一wéi yīonly
单纯dān chúnsimple
坚冰jiān bīngice
坚决jiān juéfirm
gòuenough (sufficient)
够得着gòu de zháoto reach
奔波bēn bōto rush about
实习shí xíto practice
干活gàn huóto work
废除fèi chúto abolish
待遇dài yùtreatment
后悔hòu huǐto regret
微不足道wēi bù zú dàonegligible
心力交瘁xīn lì jiāo cuìto be both mentally and physically exhausted (idiom)
心酸xīn suānto feel sad
户籍hù jícensus register
shànfan
扎根zhā gēnto take root
zhéto break
折腾zhē tengto toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)
捆绑kǔn bǎngto bind
推出tuī chūto push out
收益shōu yìearnings
望而却步wàng ér què bùto shrink back
期待qī dàito look forward to
格外gé wàiespecially
权衡quán héngto consider
归属guī shǔto belong to
残酷cán kùcruel
毁约huǐ yuēto break a promise
比登天还难bǐ dēng tiān hái nánlit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom)
氛围fēn wéiambience
沉重chén zhòngheavy
海归hǎi guīsb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟[hai3 gui1])
涉及shè jíto involve
chōng(used in place names)
淘金táo jīnto pan for gold
添乱tiān luàn(coll.) to cause trouble for sb
渺茫miǎo mánguncertain
漂泊piāo bóto drift (in the tide)
漫长màn chángvery long
无言以对wú yán yǐ duìto be left speechless
发帖fā tiěto post (an item on a forum)
石沉大海shí chén dà hǎilit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom)
破冰pò bīngto break the ice
稳妥wěn tuǒdependable
答复dá fùto answer
丝毫sī háothe slightest amount or degree
缩影suō yǐngminiature version of sth
翅膀chì bǎngwing
考核kǎo héto examine
艰辛jiān xīnhardships
艰难jiān nándifficult
to leave out
融入róng rùto blend into
装修zhuāng xiūto decorate
注销zhù xiāoto cancel
诱人yòu rénattractive
跳槽tiào cáoto change jobs
踏实tā shifirmly-based
追寻zhuī xúnto pursue
违约wéi yuēto break a promise
违约金wéi yuē jīnpenalty (fee)
逊色xùn sèinferior (often in the combination 毫無遜色|毫无逊色, not in the least inferior)
迁徙qiān xǐto migrate
重中之重zhòng zhōng zhī zhòngof the utmost importance
开门红kāi mén hónga good beginning
Guānsurname Guan
阻挡zǔ dǎngto stop
阻碍zǔ àito obstruct
预期yù qīto expect
领取lǐng qǔto receive
风险fēng xiǎnrisk
飞翔fēi xiángto circle in the air
体会tǐ huìto know from experience
高昂gāo ángto hold (one's head) high
在所不惜zài suǒ bù xīdetermined to do something, regardless of the price for achieving the goal
事业单位shì yè dān wèipublic institution
老大难lǎo dà nànlong-standing problem
骑驴找马qí lǘ zháo mǎidiom. sit on a donkey and look for a horse
免谈miǎn tánno deal
深有shēn yǒudeep
过了这村没那店guò le zhè cūn méi nà diànthere is no such shop after this village