好气 好氣 hǎo qì (coll.) good mood (usu. used in the negative) / angry (usu. used in combination with 好笑[hao3xiao4]) 为人 為人 wéi rén to conduct oneself / behavior / conduct / personal character syn 行为准则 行為準則 xíng wéi zhǔn zé code of conduct / standard of conduct 行 xíng to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense syn 防止弹道导弹扩散国际行为守则 防止彈道導彈擴散國際行為守則 International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation / The Hague Code of Conduct 海牙行为守则 海牙行為守則 International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation / The Hague Code of Conduct 吉布提行为守则 吉布提行為守則 Djibouti Code of Conduct concerning the Repression of Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in the Western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden / Djibouti Code of Conduct 轻蔑 輕蔑 qīng miè scornful / disdainful / contemptuous / pejorative / disdain / contempt syn 亲信 親信 qīn xìn (often pejorative) trusted aide / confidant / to put one's trust in (sb) syn 各别 各別 gè bié distinct / different / separately / individually / unusual / novel / (pejorative) eccentric / bizarre syn 妇人之仁 婦人之仁 fù rén zhī rén excessive tendency to clemency (idiom) / soft-hearted (pejorative) 矮黑人 ǎi hēi rén black dwarf (pejorative term for non-Han people) 香蕉人 xiāng jiāo rén banana person (yellow outside, white inside) / mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans / Westernized person of Asian appearance 裙带亲 裙帶親 qún dài qīn relatives of the wife (slightly pejorative) 一路货色 一路貨色 yī lù huò sè (pejorative) as detestable as each other / birds of a feather / cut from the same cloth 一路货色 一路貨色 yī lù - huò sè (idiom) (pejorative) as detestable as each other / birds of a feather / cut from the same cloth 如丧考妣 如喪考妣 rú sàng kǎo bǐ lit. as if in mourning for one's parents (idiom) / fig. (often pejorative) inconsolable / distraught syn 意识 意識 yì shí consciousness / awareness / (usu. followed by 到[dao4]) to be aware of / to realize syn 运作 運作 yùn zuò to operate / operations / workings / activities (usu. of an organization) / thread (computing) syn 对付 對付 duì fu to handle / to deal with / to tackle / to get by with / to make do / (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) syn 笔者 筆者 bǐ zhě the author / the writer (usu. refers to oneself) syn 地步 dì bù stage / degree (to which a situation has evolved) / a (usu. bad) situation / leeway syn 人影 rén yǐng the shadow of a human figure / a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb) syn 高低 gāo dī height / level / (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety / discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4zhi1 gao1di1]) / no matter what / just / simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last syn 大不了 dà bù liǎo at worst / if worst comes to worst / (usu. in the negative) serious / alarming syn 不约而同 不約而同 bù yuē ér tóng (idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation / (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently / as if by prior agreement syn 其二 qí èr secondly / the other (usu. of two) / the second syn 试想 試想 shì xiǎng to consider (a cogent point) (usu. used as an imperative – "Think about it: ...") syn 茶楼 茶樓 chá lóu teahouse (usu. of two stories) syn 窃取 竊取 qiè qǔ to steal (usu. private information, intellectual property etc) 质押 質押 zhì yā to pledge (sth, usu. moveables, as security for a loan) syn 他 tā (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he / him / his / (bound form) other / another / some other (as in 他日[ta1ri4] and 他人[ta1ren2]) syn 难为 難為 nán wei to bother / to press sb, usu. to do sth / it's a tough job / sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) syn 偏激 piān jī extreme (usu. of thoughts, speech, circumstances) syn 精妙 jīng miào exquisite / fine and delicate (usu. of works of art) syn 时隔 時隔 shí gé separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time) 难缠 難纏 nán chán (usu. of people) difficult / demanding / troublesome / unreasonable / hard to deal with 流沙 liú shā quicksand / (patisserie) (usu. attributive) semi-liquid filling (typically custard) / lava 卖命 賣命 mài mìng to work tirelessly / to give one's all / to slave away / to throw away one's life / to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause) syn 重地 zhòng dì location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public) / sensitive area syn 碍事 礙事 ài shì to be in the way / to be a hindrance / (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence / to matter syn 握有 wò yǒu to have / to hold (usu. sth abstract: power, distribution rights, a bargaining chip etc) syn 避讳 避諱 bì huì to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders) syn 承重 chéng zhòng (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc) 用 yòng to use / to make use of / to employ / (coverb) with / using / to need / to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) / usefulness / utility / (bound form) expense / outlay / (courteous) to eat / to drink / (literary) hence / therefore syn 习气 習氣 xí qì custom / practice (usu. a regrettable one) syn 先头 先頭 xiān tóu (usu. of troops) in advance / in the vanguard / previously / in front / placed ahead of others syn 偏食 piān shí partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy) / having likes and dislikes / partial eclipse syn 糅合 róu hé mix together / put together (usu. things that do not blend well together) syn 薄命 bó mìng to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) / to be born unlucky syn 感染率 gǎn rǎn lǜ rate of infection (usu. of a disease) 答理 dā li (usu. used in the negative) to acknowledge (sb's greeting etc) / to respond / to answer syn 天府之国 天府之國 tiān fǔ zhī guó land of plenty (usu. used in reference to Sichuan) syn 探监 探監 tàn jiān to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend) 断 斷 duàn to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly syn 滑竿 huá gān a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles 墙 牆 qiáng wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]) / (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bei4 qiang2]) syn 阁 閣 gé pavilion (usu. two-storied) / cabinet (politics) / boudoir / woman's chamber / rack / shelf syn 呵 hē (bound form) to scold / to expel breath / (onom.) laughter (usu. reduplicated) / interjection of surprise syn 屁 pì fart / flatulence / nonsense / (usu. in the negative) what / (not) a damn thing 枢 樞 shū (bound form) hinge / pivot (usu. fig.) 辙 轍 zhé rut / track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way / idea syn 曦 xī (literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning) syn 肷 qiǎn (usu. of an animal) the part of the side of the body between the ribs and the hipbone 纤度 纖度 xiān dù fiber fineness (usu. measured in terms of linear mass density) 全跏坐 quán jiā zuò crossed leg posture (usu. of Buddha) 冶容 yě róng to mold (into seductive shape) / to dress up (usu. derogatory) / to sex up syn 半跏坐 bàn jiā zuò sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva) 坎坷多舛 kǎn kě duō chuǎn full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life) 多舛 duō chuǎn full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to sb's life) 天禄 天祿 tiān lù auspicious sculpted animal, usu. a unicorn or deer with a long tail / possession of the empire 惯养 慣養 guàn yǎng to spoil / to indulge sb (usu. a child) 毒化 dú huà to poison (usu. figuratively) / to debase / to pervert / to harm syn 甚巨 shèn jù (usu. of an adverse effect) immense / considerable / substantial 置买 置買 zhì mǎi to purchase / to buy (usu. real estate) 脉案 脈案 mài àn (TCM) diagnosis, usu. written on the prescription / medical record 二婚 èr hūn (coll.) (usu. of women in former times) to marry for a second time / second marriage / person who remarries 捞油水 撈油水 lāo yóu shuǐ (coll.) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means) 背影杀手 背影殺手 bèi yǐng shā shǒu (slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind / sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face / abbr. to 背殺|背杀[bei4 sha1] 背杀 背殺 bèi shā (slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind / sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face / abbr. for 背影殺手|背影杀手[bei4 ying3 sha1 shou3] 武统 武統 wǔ tǒng to unify by using military force (usu. in relation to Taiwan) 耐操 nài cāo (Tw) (of a person) to have stamina / (of a product) durable / (mainland China) (vulgar) (usu. of a woman) alternative form of 耐肏 (enthusiastic as a sexual partner) 𩠌 餸 sòng dish of food, usu. to be eaten with rice (Cantonese) 野炊 yě chuī to cook a meal over a campfire (usu. for a group of people on an outing) / cookout 好料 hǎo liào sth of good quality / good person (usu. in the negative) / (Tw) delicious food 抬秤 tái chèng large steelyard usu. operated by three people – two to lift it using a pole, and one to adjust the counterweight 姨母笑 yí mǔ xiào (neologism c. 2017) (slang) kindly, indulgent smile (usu. on the face of a woman) 扒拉 pá la (coll.) to push food from one's bowl into one's mouth with chopsticks (usu. hurriedly) syn 腰杆 腰桿 yāo gǎn (a person's) back (usu. as sth one keeps straight) / (fig.) backing / support syn 起眼 qǐ yǎn to catch one's eye (usu. used in the negative) 瓦蓝 瓦藍 wǎ lán (usu. of the sky) azure / bright blue syn 二致 èr zhì difference (usu. follows 無|无[wu2] as in 毫無二致|毫无二致[hao2wu2-er4zhi4] or 別無二致|别无二致[bie2wu2-er4zhi4]) 哀毁骨立 哀毀骨立 āi huǐ gǔ lì (idiom) (literary) to become emaciated due to grief (usu. due to the death of a parent) 善罢甘休 善罷甘休 shàn bà - gān xiū (idiom) to let the matter rest / to just let it go / to take it lying down (usu. used in the negative) syn 喔 wō (onom.) cry of a rooster (usu. reduplicated) / Taiwan pr. [wo4] syn 完事大吉 wán shì - dà jí (idiom) (usu. after 就[jiu4]) (having done such-and-such) everything is now fine / that's the end of the matter / (one is) all set 很是 hěn shì (formal) very / quite / deeply (usu. followed by a two-syllable adjective or verb) 御姐 yù jiě (ACG) mature, assertive, and usu. sexy woman 滑跪 huá guì (of a soccer player) to knee slide after scoring a goal / (slang) to drop to one's knees in contrition or surrender (usu. figurative) 