Words 2801–2900
新式
new style; latest type
新春
the beginning of Spring; the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day
有幸
fortunately
次要
secondary
池塘
pool; pond
沉浸
to soak; to permeate; to immerse
油漆
oil paints; lacquer; to paint
无私
selfless; unselfish; disinterested; altruistic
叠
to pile up; (bound form) repeated; to fold; classifier: stack, pile (of thin objects); classifier for repeated sections in a musical composition
简陋
simple and crude
丝绸
silk (cloth)
义工
volunteer worker; volunteer work
翻身
to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes
胡闹
to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble
艰巨
(of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult; challenging; demanding
花瓣
petal
亲热
affectionate; intimate; warmhearted; to show affection for; (coll.) to get intimate with sb
请示
to ask for instructions
农民工
migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
遗弃
to leave; to abandon
体贴
considerate (of other people's needs)
高昂
to hold (one's head) high; expensive; high (spirits etc)
高额
high quota; large amount
翘
to stick up; to rise on one end; to tilt
不力
not to do one's best; not to exert oneself
互补
complementary; to complement each other
冷冻
to freeze (food etc); (of weather) freezing
冷淡
cold; indifferent
刻画
to portray
功臣
meritorious official; person who renders exceptional service; hero; (fig.) sth that plays a vital role
千方百计
lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
吻合
to be a good fit; to be identical with; to adjust oneself to; to fit in
报答
to repay; to requite
密封
to seal up
惯性
(physics) inertia; (fig.) force of habit; tendency to do things in the accustomed way; habitual
振奋
to stir oneself up; to raise one's spirits; to inspire
捆
a bunch; to tie together; bundle
扫除
to clean; to clean up; to eliminate; to wipe out
搜救
search and rescue
搂
to hug; to embrace; to hold in one's arms
敷
to spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc); sufficient (to cover); enough
本意
original idea; real intention; etymon
段落
phase; time interval; paragraph; (written) passage
没落
to decline; to wane
沿途
along the sides of the road; by the wayside
湿润
moist
无理
irrational; unreasonable
相通
interlinked; connected; communicating; in communication; accommodating
矛头
spearhead; barb; an attack or criticism
祖宗
ancestor; forebear
竭力
to do one's utmost
编织
to weave; to knit; to plait; to braid; (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)
进取
to show initiative; to be a go-getter; to push forward with one's agenda
鉴别
to differentiate; to distinguish
阶梯
flight of steps; (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of
集装箱
container (for shipping)
显露
to become visible; to reveal
饭碗
rice bowl; fig. livelihood; job; way of making a living
首饰
jewelry; head ornament
香料
spice; flavoring; condiment; perfume
磁带
magnetic tape
钱财
wealth; money
效
to imitate (variant of 效 (xiào)); effect; efficacy; to imitate
草坪
lawn
一早
early in the morning; at dawn
不免
inevitably
中性
neutral
位子
place; seat
分红
dividend; to award a bonus
剧目
theatrical piece (play or opera); repertoire; list of plays or operas
劫持
to kidnap; to hijack; to abduct; to hold under duress
启程
to set out on a journey
嘉年华
(loanword) carnival
四肢
the four limbs of the body
士气
morale
外号
nickname
好心
kindness; good intentions
宽阔
expansive; wide; width; thickness
小提琴
fiddle; violin
常人
ordinary person
急于
eager to; in a hurry to
情结
complex (psychology)
怀旧
to feel nostalgic; nostalgia
掰
to break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship)
扑克
poker (game) (loanword); playing cards
操心
to worry about
收敛
to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge
断绝
to sever; to break off
查明
to investigate and find out; to ascertain
核能
nuclear energy
歹徒
evildoer; malefactor; gangster; hoodlum
淘
to wash (rice, sand etc in water to remove impurities); to dredge; to scoop out (sediment or waste); (dialect) to hunt for and buy (bargains or second-hand goods); (dialect) naughty; mischievous
减免
to reduce or waive (taxes, punishment, rent, tuition etc)
浓缩
to concentrate; to condense; (nuclear energy) to enrich; espresso coffee (abbr. for 意式浓缩咖啡 (Yìshìnóngsuōkāfēi))
无可
can't
甘心
to be willing to; to resign oneself to
当心
to take care; to look out
筹集
to collect money; to raise funds
茎
stalk; stem
莫非
can it be possible that; could it be