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81896 words

Words 30001–30100
30002卖艺màiyì
to earn a living by performing (typically in informal or public settings)
30003赛特Sàitè
Seth (name)
30004赛车场sàichēchǎng
motor racetrack; cycle racetrack
30005足额zú'é
sufficient; full (payment)
30006跤jiāo
a tumble; a fall
30007躯壳qūqiào
the body (as opposed to the soul)
30008车号chēhào
vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)
30009军事家jūnshìjiā
military expert; general
30010辛丑xīnchǒu
thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021; cf 辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising
30011农家乐nóngjiālè
a property providing rural accommodation (farm stay, boutique hotel etc)
30012迄qì
as yet; until
30013返家fǎnjiā
to return home
30014追梦zhuīmèng
to chase a dream; to pursue one's dreams
30015逗号dòuhào
comma (punct.)
30016通力合作tōnglìhézuò
to join forces; to give full cooperation
30017违建wéijiàn
abbr. for 违章建筑, illegal construction
30018远航yuǎnháng
to travel a great distance by sea or air; voyage; long-haul flight
30019郑和ZhèngHé
Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer
30020重地zhòngdì
location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public); sensitive area
30021金沙江JīnshāJiāng
Jinsha River, the upper course of the Yangtze River 长江 (ChángJiāng) in southwestern China
30022针刺zhēncì
to prick with a needle; to treat by acupuncture
30023锑tī
antimony (chemistry)
30024铠kǎi
armor
30025锺zhōng
nonstandard simplified variant of 钟 (zhōng)
30026长途电话chángtúdiànhuà
long-distance phone call
30027门神ménshén
door god
30028开胃kāiwèi
to whet the appetite; appetizing; to amuse oneself at sb's expense; to tease
30029阐chǎn
to express; to disclose; to enlighten; to open
30030阿婆āpó
granny; mother-in-law
30031附则fùzé
supplementary provision; bylaw; additional article (law)
30032陇Lǒng
short name for Gansu 甘肃 (Gānsù)
30033离合líhé
clutch (in car gearbox); separation and reunion
30034霍夫曼Huòfūmàn
Hofmann or Hoffman (name); August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892), German chemist; Dustin Hoffman (1937-), US film actor
30035灵动língdòng
to be quick-witted
30036青藏QīngZàng
Qinghai and Tibet
30038骇hài
to astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
30039惊天动地jīngtiāndòngdì
(idiom) world-shaking
30040高分辨率gāofēnbiànlǜ
high resolution
30041高挑gāotiǎo
raised high; (of a person) slender; tall and thin (Taiwan pr. gāo1tiao)
30042高程gāochéng
altitude (e.g. above street level); elevation
30043高阳GāoYáng
Gao Yang (1926-1992), Taiwanese historical novelist
30044盐分yánfèn
salt content
30045麦克斯韦Màikèsīwéi
Maxwell (name); James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist and mathematician, the originator of Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves
30046黛安娜Dài'ānnà
Diana (goddess in Roman mythology)
30047低矮dī'ǎi
short; low
30048宇宙飞船yǔzhòufēichuán
spaceship; spacecraft
30049家父jiāfù
(polite) my father
30050放走fàngzǒu
to release; to set free; to allow (a person or an animal) to go; to liberate
30051沙沙shāshā
rustle
30052鬼屋guǐwū
haunted house
30053一个劲yīgèjìn
continuously; persistently; incessantly
30054涡wō
eddy; whirlpool
30055三五sānwǔ
several; three or five
30056下陷xiàxiàn
to subside; subsidence
30057不支bùzhī
to be unable to endure
30058中远Zhōngyuǎn
China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) (abbr. for 中国远洋运输 (ZhōngguóYuǎnyángYùnshū))
30059中非共和国ZhōngfēiGònghéguó
Central African Republic
30060乙方yǐfāng
party B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方 (jiǎfāng), party A)
30061五经Wǔjīng
the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 诗经 (Shījīng), the Book of History 书经 (Shūjīng), the Classic of Rites 礼记 (Lǐjì), the Book of Changes 易经 (Yìjīng), and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋 (Chūnqiū)
30062以致于yǐzhìyú
with the result that
30063保送bǎosòng
to recommend (for admission to school)
30065做官zuòguān
to take an official post; to become a government employee
30066价码jiàmǎ
price tag
30067储户chǔhù
(bank) depositor
30068元世祖YuánShìzǔ
lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
30069充血chōngxuè
hyperemia (increase in blood flow); blood congestion
30071公审gōngshěn
public trial (in a court of law)
30072冒雨màoyǔ
to brave the rain
30073凝重níngzhòng
dignified; grave (expression); imposing (attitude); heavy (atmosphere); (music etc) deep and resounding
30074出勤chūqín
to go to work; to be present (at work, school etc); to be away on business
30075分子式fēnzǐshì
molecular formula
30076分家fēnjiā
to separate and live apart; division of a large family into smaller groups
30077刈yì
mow
30079创刊号chuàngkānhào
first issue
30080刘伯温LiúBówēn
Liu Bowen (1311–1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 (ZhūYuánzhāng), with a reputation as a military genius, also known as Liu Ji 刘基 (LiúJī)
30081动笔dòngbǐ
to put pen to paper; to start writing or painting
30082勾画gōuhuà
to sketch out; to delineate
30083北国běiguó
the northern part of the country; the North
30084十项shíxiàng
ten items; decathlon (athletics)
30085卡夫卡Kǎfūkǎ
Franz Kafka (1883-1924), Czech Jewish writer
30086古筝gǔzhēng
guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴 (gǔqín) during Tang and Song times)
30087司法权sīfǎquán
jurisdiction
30088同袍tóngpáo
fellow soldier; comrade; companion; intimate friend
30089吴邦国WúBāngguó
Wu Bangguo (1941-), PRC electrical engineer and politician, politburo member 1992-2012
30090和缓héhuǎn
mild; gentle; to ease up; to relax
30091唏嘘xīxū
(onom.) to sigh; to sob
30092问津wènjīn
to make inquiries (mostly used in the negative)
30093问鼎wèndǐng
to aspire to the throne; to aim at (the first place etc)
30094善解人意shànjiěrényì
to be good at understanding others (idiom)
30095单细胞dānxìbāo
(of an organism) single-celled; unicellular
30096单行本dānxíngběn
single volume edition; offprint
30097噪zào
(literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp; (bound form) to make a cacophonous noise
30098困顿kùndùn
fatigued; exhausted; poverty-stricken; in straitened circumstances
30100圆球yuánqiú
ball; sphere; globe