outstanding individual; person of great ability
to go for a walk around; (fig.) to speak in a roundabout way
the road twists here and there; to make a detour; to take a long way around
(lit.) to go on a long detour; (fig.) to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point; to beat about the bush
son; child; youngster (especially a young man); meaning component (persons); youth; male; suffix; radical (Kang Xi 10)
thing (just like 事, with a little Northern "r" rolled in); business; matter (that needs to be settled); affair
newborn baby; (fig.) brand-new object
degree; extent; allotted share
very; much (Beijing dialect)
top athlete; heroic warrior
nonsyllabic final r 儿 added to a word in spoken Chinese; also called retroflex final or r-ization
children; sons and daughters
child's play; trifling matter
a thorn; (fig.) to ridicule sb; (fig.) sth wrong
before; day before yesterday
a person after one's heart (charming person); capable person
where; wherever; anywhere
critical juncture; key moment
classifier (for lumps of soft things (colloquial)); measure word
leader; chief; boss; head; at first; top; end; beginning; side; aspect
(coll.) loop of rope; noose; scheme; ploy; condom
child; kid; son; daughter
(old) child, particularly referring to the son who resembles his father
young child; (humble) my son
(coll.) early childhood; baby boy
young child; infant; preschooler
rickshaw seat (Beijing dialect); patron (of teahouse, cinema); passenger (in taxi, rickshaw etc)
the very moment; just then; during (that brief interval)
child victim of disaster or disease; afflicted child
mistress; secret lover; extra-marital lover
shill; tout; phony customer who pretends to buys things so as to lure real customers
(coll.) tomorrow; one of these days; some day
haughty manner; proud bearing
edge (used directly after a noun, e.g. roadside 馬路沿兒|马路沿儿)
way; method; means; Taiwan pr. [fa1 r5]
work; (lots of) things to do
(variant of 點|点 [diǎn]) a little bit; a little; a bit; dot; drop; speck; point
paws (of small animal); same as 爪子; legs of furniture or apparatus; stupid person
to play; to have fun; to hang out
picture; drawing; painting
unborn child; fetus; embryo
style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia
side; edge; margin; border; boundary; proximity; thread
(of ideas, plots etc); see also
邊
newly hatched bird; (fig.) inexperienced person; (fig.) chick (slighting term for young woman); bimbo
eye; a hole in an implement or utensil for insertion
a while (variant of 一会, especially used in Northern China); a moment; in a moment; now... now...
(coll.) of the same type; identical
a bit; a little bit; a little (variant of 一点 mainly used in the North of China)
not bad; pretty good; pretty close
the same old trick; illegal device
fork (of a tree, road, argument etc); bifurcation; fork junction
the month childbirth is due
teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers
email
(loanword); see
電子郵件
retarded child; moron; idiot
(dialect) awesome; excellent
the north-facing room opposite the master's in a siheyuan
四合院
the wrong way round (back to front, inside out etc)
receipt for a loan; written confirmation of a debt; IOU
retroflex final; nonsyllabic final r 儿 added to a word in spoken Chinese
to overstep the norm; to go out of bounds
an awkward person; a difficult person to deal with
biting words; stinging words
to push into a line out of turn; to cut in line; to queue-jump
to buy the whole lot; to take everything remaining
(lit.) a weight off one's shoulders; (fig.) to resign a post; to lay down a burden; to be relieved of a job
(dialect) match (for lighting fire)
to try by all available methods
(dialect) to die; to give up the ghost
(adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just ...ing (and nothing else)
karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)
rascal; rogue; little devil (term of endearment)
foundation layer; underlay; (fig.) to lay foundations; to snack
band used by Manchu women to gather up the hair
to cut into a line; queue-jumping
in good condition; perfectly good; carefully; well; thoroughly
interesting; fun; delightful; amusing
baby carriage; pram; stroller
wife; young married woman
granddaughter (son's daughter)
to agree with; of the same opinion; to coincide
pediatrics; pediatric (department); sth of little importance; trifle; a child's play; (slang) childish; petty; stingy
(dialect) a fall on the buttocks
almost; nearly; erhua variant of 差点 (mainly used in Northern China)
(nominally) adopted son; godson
(nominally) adopted daughter; goddaughter
(colloquial) to work (on a job); to be employed; (colloquial) manual labor
winner; lucky guy; person who always gets good breaks
kindergarten; nursery school
according with the times; seasonal
shortly; to wait a minute; in a moment; in a little while; later; a bit later; wait a moment; Taiwan pr. [dai1 hui3 r5]
(Taiwan usage) child in need of help (orphaned, abandoned, abused etc)
one's thoughts; mind; intention; willingness to accept new ideas; baseless suspicions
one's breast; the pit of one's stomach
clapper talk; patter song (in opera) with clapperboard accompaniment
lost in thought; in a daze
to stare blankly; to be in a daze
one who knows his business; professional; expert; au fait
set prescription (i.e. medicine specifically prescribed for a definite condition)
handhold (to pull oneself up)
to arch one's body and fling one's head back
casual labor; to work for a bit
to recoup losses (in gambling)
to pick a quarrel; to find fault; nitpicking
kids' game involving throwing and grabbing
a clasp knife; a folding knife
to cross little fingers (between children) as a promise
to suffer a rebuke; criticized
in rapid succession (of children, close in age); shoulder-to-shoulder
to move (house); to move elsewhere
to change places; to swap places
a popper; a snap fastener
decorative items; ornaments
(coll.) to get into trouble
cooked black soybean as animal fodder
as soon as possible; as early as one can
(of food) to have the right taste; (of people) to feel at ease
to feel giddy on heights; vertigo
veiled design incised in porcelain or woven in fabric
start of the month (colloquial)
a little; a little bit; a bit; slightly; rather; somewhat
to be likely or possible; to begin to take shape; to be likely to succeed
fruit ingredients (for cakes and desserts)
(fashion) model (loanword)
a child with a birth defect; a deformed child
it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; no problem; it's not important; it's nothing (it's ok); to be all right (out of danger or trouble); to have nothing to do; to be free; to have spare time; free from work; unemployed; to have no responsibility
tape seam (in dressmaking); tape trim
to trim (border with braid, tape etc)
children's game played with illustrated cards; pogs; menko (Japan)
person of mixed blood; half-breed; mulatto
to keep to the edge (of path, river etc); (fig.) to keep out of trouble; to avoid getting involved
police station (Beijing slang)
(dialect) to be out of luck
familiar road; well-trodden path
(coll.) the reward of one's efforts; the light at the end of the tunnel
local or neighborhood policeman
to dash; to put on a spurt; to redouble efforts
to gamble with life; to take reckless risks
to play tricks on somebody
finished; to be done with sth
seniority in the family; pecking order
deformed child; child with birth defect
a person who is always falling ill; chronic invalid
alcoholic spirit; strong white rice wine
(dialect) excellent; fantastic
eyeball; (fig.) the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
to put effort into sth; to try really hard
a person of short stature; a short person
cobble; (colloquial) pebble
shredder; grater (kitchen implement for grating vegetables)
an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera)
a trick; an ingenious method; know-how; the knack (of doing sth)
to suffer a snub; to meet with a rebuff
short length; small section or portion
(northern dialects) red armband
(to feel) puzzled; (to be) bewildered; (to be) perpexpled; to wonder
paper taper used to light cigarette etc
extinct profession; lost trade; unique skill; astonishing; fantastic
to turn a page; (fig.) to turn over a new leaf
(dialect) country bumpkin; a hick
cheek; face (often of child)
(dialect) oneself; by oneself
dead bullet (one that does not fire); a bad move (in a game of chess)
appearing genuine, but actually nasty or devious; see also
蔫土匪
(dialect) cricket (insect)
(coll.) to break loose; to shake off responsibility
out of shape; to lose shape; to deform
absent-minded; one's mind is wandering
(coll.) some day; one of these days
absent-minded; one's mind is wandering
(coll.) now; this moment; also pr. [zhe4 hui3 r5]
now; at present; at this juncture
to amuse; to make sb laugh; to tease
genitalia; doohickey; thingumbob
to play knucklebones (dialect)
a hotel; a restaurant; a wine shop
to apply all one's strength in a burst of effort
thing; (you) useless thing
to push with the forehead; to lock horns; to be at loggerheads
to read smoothly (of text); to blurt out (without thinking); to suit one's taste (of food)
handy; convenient and easy to use; smoothly
to belch (on a full stomach)
hardened mucus in nostrils
(coll.) bastard; son of a bitch
very brief period of time
ten thousand or almost ten thousand
not proper; not fit for the occasion
not the right flavor; not quite right; a bit off; fishy; queer; amiss; feel bad; be upset
up to the eyeballs; full to overflowing; jampacked
stupid great hulk of a man
pampered son of a wealthy family
(of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age
to make a bad move (in a game of chess)
family heirloom; most precious family possession; person's secrets; one's best performance
(coll.) one thousand or almost one thousand
(coll.) not at all (humble expression denying compliment); don't mention it
to hem and haw (loanword)
one yuan or less; around 80 cents or one dollar
granddaughter (one's daughter's daughter)
leading figure; bigwig; lion; nabob; pooh-bah
small-minded; petty; narrow-minded
small mug (baby language)
not suitable for children
(dialect) a fall on the buttocks; pratfall
to find an excuse; to look for a pretext
supporting a wife and children; dragged down by having a family to feed
to rescue a child; Save the Children, a British charity
on the table; (fig.) everything open and above board
firmness of determination
serious; earnest; real; true
stubborn; obstinate; having a one-track mind
child with special needs; gifted child
can't handle it; can't find any way (of doing sth); not up to the task
can handle it; up to the task
to bear and raise children
"left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them
to be on the alert; to keep one's eyes open
about a hundred; a hundred or so
water container for an ink slab
to bow around with hands joined (to people on all sides)
motor tricycle (onom. bang-bang car)
now; at this time; this late
conjoined twins; Siamese twins
double eyelid; epicanthal fold of upper eyelid (characteristic of Asian people)
needlework; working for a living as a needleworker
to exert all one's strength
to play games; to joke around; to play a joke on sb
roadside; edge of the road
see 黃花閨女|黄花闺女[huang2 hua1 gui1 nu:3]
a short time; a little while
(Beijing dialect) intact; in one piece
what's that have to do with it?; what's the connection?
poliomyelitis; infantile paralysis
(dialect) alert; attentive; observant
in unison and with one voice (dialect)
(lit.) there is not even the first stroke of the character 八; things have not even begun to take shape; no sign of success yet
sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); crib death
fish and chips (traditional English food)
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