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Words 40001–40100
40001威海市WēihǎiShì
Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山东省 (ShāndōngShěng)
40002婚恋hūnliàn
love and marriage
40003子子孙孙zǐzǐsūnsūn
(idiom) one's posterity
40004官官相护guānguānxiānghù
officials shield one another (idiom); a cover-up
40005专制主义zhuānzhìzhǔyì
absolutism; despotism; autocracy
40006小蜜蜂xiǎomìfēng
honeybee; (fig.) industrious person (esp. one who shuttles back and forth); voice booster (microphone headset with a wearable speaker)
40007屡试不爽lǚshìbùshuǎng
well-tried; time-tested
40008岫xiù
cave; mountain peak
40009巍峨wēi'é
lofty; towering; majestic
40010川流不息chuānliúbùxī
the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
40011巡逻车xúnluóchē
patrol car
40012工读gōngdú
(of a student) to work part-time (while continuing one's studies); (of a delinquent) to be reformed through work and study
40013左右逢源zuǒyòuféngyuán
lit. to strike water right and left (idiom); fig. to turn everything into gold; to have everything going one's way; to benefit from both sides
40014巴黎公社BālíGōngshè
Paris Commune 1871, an unsuccessful proletarian uprising against the French Third Republic
40015布下bùxià
to arrange; to lay out
40016布娃娃bùwáwa
rag doll
40017常见问题chángjiànwèntí
common problems; FAQ
40018平顶píngdǐng
flat roof
40020弹珠dànzhū
a marble (used in games)
40021后腰hòuyāo
lower back; (sports) defensive midfielder
40022复婚fùhūn
to remarry (the same person)
40023复活节岛FùhuójiéDǎo
Easter Island
40025忍辱负重rěnrǔfùzhòng
to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
40026恬静tiánjìng
still; peaceful; quiet
40027悲惨世界BēicǎnShìjiè
Les Misérables (1862) by Victor Hugo 維克多·维克多·雨果[Wei2 ke4 duo1 · Yu3 guo3]
40028凄苦qīkǔ
bleak; miserable
40029恶言èyán
evil tongue; malicious talk
40030恶贯满盈èguànmǎnyíng
lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom); filled with extreme evil; replete with vice; guilty of monstrous crimes
40031惰duò
lazy
40032惹火rěhuǒ
to stir up the fire; fig. to provoke and offend people; to ruffle feathers
40033愤然fènrán
(literary) angry; irate
40034悬臂xuánbì
cantilever
40035成材chéngcái
to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect; (of a tree) to grow to full size; to become useful for timber
40036戚继光QīJìguāng
Qi Jiguang (1528-1588), military leader
40037战袍zhànpáo
(old) combat robe; soldier's uniform; (sports) team jersey; team shirt
40038所向无敌suǒxiàngwúdí
to be invincible; unrivalled
40039手抄本shǒuchāoběn
manuscript copy of a book (before the printing press)
40040打情骂俏dǎqíngmàqiào
to banter flirtatiously (idiom)
40041打靶dǎbǎ
target shooting
40042批改pīgǎi
to mark (homework, exam scripts etc); to correct and criticize (an article); to check; to correct; a correction (to a piece of writing)
40043折中zhézhōng
to compromise; to take the middle road; a trade-off; eclectic
40044招摇撞骗zhāoyáozhuàngpiàn
(idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority
40045拜倒bàidǎo
to prostrate oneself; to fall on one's knees; to grovel
40046按理ànlǐ
according to reason; in the ordinary course of events; normally
40047挑食tiāoshí
to be picky about food
40048揾wěn
to look for (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 找 (zhǎo)
40049摩擦力mócālì
friction
40050撰述zhuànshù
to compose (a piece of writing); to write; (written) work; writer
40051携带者xiédàizhě
(medicine) carrier (of a recessive gene, virus etc)
40052政治舞台zhèngzhìwǔtái
political arena
40053日盛rìshèng
more flourishing by the day
40054明码míngmǎ
non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc); plaintext (cryptography); (of prices) clearly marked
40055暴露无遗bàolùwúyí
to lay bare; to come to light
40056晒黑shàihēi
to sunbathe; to tan; to get sunburnt; to expose unfair practices (on a consumer protection website)
40057有理数yǒulǐshù
rational number (i.e. fraction of two integers, math.)
40058本垒打běnlěidǎ
home run (baseball)
40059本溪市BěnxīShì
Benxi, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province 辽宁省 (LiáoníngShěng)
40060李冰冰LǐBīngbīng
Li Bingbing (1973-), PRC film actress and pop star
40061李富春LǐFùchūn
Li Fuchun (1900–1975), Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician, served as Vice Premier of the PRC
40062李开复LǐKāifù
Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009
40063松露sōnglù
truffle
40064校际xiàojì
interschool; intercollegiate
40065根底gēndǐ
foundation; grounding; background; what lies at the bottom of sth; root; cause
40066楹联yínglián
couplet (hung on the columns of a hall)
40067榖gǔ
paper mulberry tree
40068枪杆qiānggǎn
gun barrel
40070模态mótài
modal (computing, linguistics)
40071横截面héngjiémiàn
cross-section
40072欧派ōupài
(ACG) breasts (loanword from Japanese "oppai")
40073正餐zhèngcān
(regular) meal; full meal; main course
40074殉道xùndào
to die for a just cause
40075毋宁wúnìng
not as good as; would rather
40076毛子máozi
hairy fellow; foreigner; Russian (derog.); bandit (old); tuft of fine hair
40077毛拉máolā
Mullah (religious leader in Islam)
40078永定河YǒngdìngHé
Yongding River, the largest river flowing through Beijing
40079求见qiújiàn
to ask to see (sb); to request a meeting (with sb)
40080求医qiúyī
to seek medical treatment; to see a doctor
40081污迹wūjì
blotch; stain
40082河曲héqū
bend (of a river); meander
40083河村Hécūn
Kawamura (name)
40084油光yóuguāng
glossy; gleaming; shiny (due to greasiness); slick; greasy; oily
40085洽qià
accord; to make contact; to agree; to consult with; extensive
40086浮上fúshàng
to float up; to rise to the surface; fig. to rise in the world
40087清谈qīngtán
light intellectual conversation
40088减碳jiǎntàn
to reduce carbon emissions
40089减薪jiǎnxīn
to cut wages
40090沟槽gōucáo
groove; furrow; trench
40091温厚wēnhòu
good-natured; warm and generous; gentle
40092潺潺chánchán
murmur; babble (sound of water)
40093滥觞lànshāng
lit. floating wine goblets on a stream; the origin (of some phenomenon)
40094无氧wúyǎng
anaerobic
40095炼制liànzhì
(chemistry) to refine
40096熟习shúxí
to understand profoundly; well-versed; skillful; practiced; to have the knack
40097烁shuò
bright; luminous
40098狗贼gǒuzéi
(insult) brigand; swindler
40099率性shuàixìng
to act naturally, authentically and spontaneously (whether seen as admirable – "bold" – or problematic – "impulsive")
40100玩牌wánpái
to play cards; to play mahjong