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zaphekiah
Posted on: Picking Up Girls（下）
June 7, 2017 at 2:28 PM坦诚 tǎn chéng = candid; frank; plain dealing
胆量 dǎn liàng = courage; boldness; guts
服侍 fú shi = to attend to; to care for (patients etc)
本能反应 běn néng fǎn yìng = innate reaction
搜集 sōu jí = to find and gather; to collect
情势 qíng shì = situation; circumstance
美人计 měi rén jì = honey trap
Posted on: Picking Up Girls（上）
June 1, 2017 at 10:14 AM墙角 qiáng jiǎo = corner of a room or outside corner of a wall
揍 zòu = to beat up; to break to pieces
招数 zhāo shù = move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick; scheme; movement
性命 xìng mìng = life
辩护 biàn hù = to speak in defence of; to argue in favor of; to defend; to plead
甲 jiǎ = 1st Heavenly Stem
乙 yǐ = 2nd Heavenly Stem
顺手牵羊 shùn shǒu qiān yáng = lit. to lead away a goat in passing (idiom); to steal sth under cover of an emergency; to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
Posted on: A Concerned Colleague (下)
May 31, 2017 at 6:35 PMThis is the alternative approach in case the ones in the recent "Picking up Girls" lessons fails!
Posted on: A Concerned Colleague (下)
May 31, 2017 at 6:32 PM元首 yuán shǒu = head of state
万事俱备只欠东风 wàn shì jù bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng = lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom); fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item
养精蓄锐 yǎng jīng xù ruì = to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push
Posted on: “作死”
May 28, 2017 at 10:12 AMI took it to mean something like "your other half".
Posted on: “作死”
May 28, 2017 at 10:09 AM自找苦吃 zì zhǎo kǔ chī = to bring trouble on oneself
贪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ = greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); only interested in saving one's neck
眷恋 juàn liàn = to miss; to love and long for; to remember with longing; yearning
杀人狂 shā rén kuáng = homicidal maniac
Posted on: A Concerned Colleague（上）
May 21, 2017 at 10:05 AM下属 xià shǔ = subordinate; underling
小常识 xiǎo cháng shí = trivial knowledge
精神不济 jīng shén bú jì = lacking in motivation or energy
掌管 zhǎng guǎn = in charge of; to control
违背 wéi bèi = to violate; to be contrary to; e.g. to not keep ones word
差错 chā cuò = mistake; slip-up; fault; error (in data transmission); accident; mishap
民间信仰 mín jiān xìn yǎng = folk beliefs
吹口哨 chuī kǒu shào = to whistle
四处行走 sì chù xíng zǒu = to go far and wide
Posted on: 小学生
May 20, 2017 at 10:41 AM时下 shí xià = at present; right now
风潮 fēng cháo = tempest; wave (of popular sentiment etc); craze or fad
素食主义 sù shí zhǔ yì = vegetarianism
复古潮 fù gǔ cháo 复古风 fù gǔ fēng = retro fashion
军大衣 jūn dà yī = military greatcoat
人有三急 rén yǒu sān jí = (jocularly) to need to answer the call of nature
将心比心 jiāng xīn bǐ xīn = to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)
处境 chǔ jìng = situation (of a person)
借酒浇愁 jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu = to drown one's sorrows
一醉方休 yī zuì fāng xiū = to get thoroughly drunk (idiom); to get plastered
往事 wǎng shì = past events; former happenings
头衔 tóu xián = title; rank; appellation
贫农 pín nóng = poor peasant
无产阶级 wú chǎn jiē jí = proletariat
资产阶级 zī chǎn jiē jí = the capitalist class; the bourgeoisie
开国元勋 kāi guó yuán xūn = founding figure (of a country or dynasty); founding father
最优化 zuì yōu huà = optimization (math.)
集体主义 jí tǐ zhǔ yì = collectivism
不择手段 bù zé shǒu duàn = by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously
学习园地 xué xí yuán dì = school park area
德智体美 dé zhì tǐ měi = the aims of education: morality, intelligence, physical fitness and aesthetic sense
炎炎夏日 yán yán xià rì = hot summer days
兴趣小组 xing qù xiǎo zú = after school activity groups
反差感 fǎn chā gǎn = sense of contrast
贴吧 tiē bā = electronic message board; web forum
Posted on: Thinking about the Movie, Arrival
May 14, 2017 at 10:52 AM雷神索尔 léi shén suǒ ěr = Thor the thunder god
帅气 shuài qi = handsome, interesting, elegant
主语 zhǔ yǔ = subject in grammar
Posted on: Talkative Passenger
June 15, 2017 at 9:04 AM残暴 cán bào = bloody and cruel; brutality; a brutal person; to massacre; an atrocity
人肉包 rén ròu bāo = human roast bun (from movie 人肉叉烧包?)
格式 gé shì = format
划不来 huá bu lái = not worth it
怀抱 huái bào = to hug; to cherish; to embrace
品质 pǐn zhì = quality
不合逻辑 bù hé luó ji = illogical