Most common Chinese words

A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司马光 (SīmǎGuāng) Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls

23825赈灾zhènzāi

disaster relief

23826起落qǐluò

to rise and fall; takeoff and landing; ups and downs

23827起哄qǐhòng

to heckle; rowdy jeering; to create a disturbance

23828身家shēnjiā

oneself and one's family; family background; pedigree; one's property; one's total assets

23829轮番lúnfān

in turn; one after another

23830辫biàn

a braid or queue; to plait

23831逊色xùnsè

inferior (often in the combination 毫无逊色, not in the least inferior)

23832边框biānkuàng

frame; rim

23833那不勒斯Nàbùlèsī

Napoli, capital of Campania region of Italy; Naples

23834酷爱kù'ài

to be keen on; to have a passion for

23835锯齿jùchǐ

sawtooth

23836录入lùrù

to input (computer); to type

23837错位cuòwèi

to be wrongly positioned; to be dislocated; to be misplaced; (medicine) to be in malposition; (fig.) erroneous; eccentric

23838链子liànzi

chain

23839长袖chángxiù

long sleeves; long-sleeved shirt

23840长跑chángpǎo

long-distance running

23841闭上bìshang

to close; to shut up

23842开灯kāidēng

to turn on the light

23843开票kāipiào

to open ballot boxes; to count votes; to make out a voucher or invoice etc; to write out a receipt

23844开脱kāituō

to exculpate; to absolve; to exonerate

23845开锁kāisuǒ

to unlock

23846阁员géyuán

cabinet member

23847防晒fángshài

sunburn protection

23848阿诺Ānuò

Arnold (usu. refers to Arnold Schwarzenegger 施瓦辛格 (Shīwǎxīngé))

23849降落伞jiàngluòsǎn

parachute

23850陡峭dǒuqiào

precipitous

23851阵风zhènfēng

gust

23852阴间yīnjiān

the nether world; Hades; (neologism) (slang) disturbing; unsettling; awful; detestable

23853隙xì

crack; crevice; gap or interval; loophole; discord; rift

23854隐隐yǐnyǐn

faint; indistinct

23855云林Yúnlín

Yunlin county in Taiwan

23856霍顿Huòdùn

Hotton, Holden, Wharton, Houghton etc (name)

23857面值miànzhí

face value; par value

23858鞭策biāncè

to spur on; to urge on; to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)

23859韩式Hánshì

Korean-style

23860颐和园Yíhéyuán

Summer Palace in Beijing

23861题写tíxiě

to create a work of calligraphy for display in a prominent place (typically, a sign)

23862饭馆fànguǎn

restaurant

23863马六甲Mǎliùjiǎ

Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra

23864驯鹿xùnlù

reindeer

23865骨肉gǔròu

blood relation; kin; one's flesh and blood

23866鸽gē

pigeon; dove

23867公道gōngdao

fair; equitable

23868阿里巴巴ĀlǐBābā

Ali Baba, character from The Arabian Nights

23869拧nǐng

mistake; to twist

23870刺cī

(onom.) whoosh

23871蔓màn

(bound form) trailing or climbing stem; vine; (bound form) to spread; to extend

23872苗miáo

young plant; seedling; (bound form) young animal raised for farming or aquaculture (e.g. 鱼苗 (yúmiáo)); (bound form) offspring; descendant; (bound form) sign or indication of sth (e.g. 苗头 (miáotou), 矿苗 (kuàngmiáo)); (bound form) vaccine

23873乳癌rǔ'ái

breast cancer

23874偏要piānyào

to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything

23875免疫系统miǎnyìxìtǒng

immune system

23876北朝鲜BěiCháoxiǎn

North Korea

23877哨shào

a whistle; sentry

23878唬hǔ

a tiger's roar; to scare; to intimidate; (coll.) to fool; to bluff

23879土生土长tǔshēngtǔzhǎng

(idiom) (of people) born and raised in the locality; (of art forms, political parties, enterprises, products etc) developed locally from the outset; wholly indigenous

23880小树xiǎoshù

shrub; small tree; sapling

23881拨号bōhào

to dial a telephone number

23882早知zǎozhī

to know in advance

23883机密文件jīmìwénjiàn

secret document

23884欧式Ōushì

in the European style; Euclidean

23885滚石Gǔnshí

Rock Records, Taiwanese record label; the Rolling Stones, British rock band; Rolling Stone (magazine)