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Words 51301–51400
51301煎炸jiānzhá
to fry
51302烟酸yānsuān
niacin (vitamin B3); 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid C6H5NO2; nicotinic acid
51303熙来攘往xīláirǎngwǎng
a place buzzing with activity (idiom)
51304热饮rèyǐn
hot drink
51305烂醉lànzuì
dead drunk; completely drunk
51306物业管理wùyèguǎnlǐ
property management
51307物理层wùlǐcéng
physical layer
51308特拉华Tèlāhuá
Delaware, US state
51309狍páo
Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)
51310猛冲měngchōng
to charge forward
51311独臂dúbì
one-armed
51312球台qiútái
table (for games using balls)
51313环卫工huánwèigōng
sanitation worker
51314甘之如饴gānzhīrúyí
lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly; a glutton for punishment
51315甲亢jiǎkàng
hyperthyroidism (abbr. for 甲状腺功能亢进 (jiǎzhuàngxiàngōngnéngkàngjìn))
51316毕尔巴鄂Bì'ěrbā'è
Bilbao (city in Spain)
51317痂jiā
scab
51318发昏fāhūn
to faint
51319百无聊赖bǎiwúliáolài
(idiom) bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom
51320直营店zhíyíngdiàn
company-owned store; store directly operated by the parent company (as opposed to one run by a franchisee, agent or distributor)
51321众望zhòngwàng
people's expectations
51322瞒骗mánpiàn
to deceive; to conceal
51323石头记ShítouJì
The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 红楼梦 (HónglóuMèng)
51324砂子shāzi
sand
51325碗筷wǎnkuài
bowl and chopsticks; tableware
51326碳化硅tànhuàguī
silicon carbide; carborundum
51327码子mǎzi
(coll.) numeral; counter; chip; token; (old) ready money; cash; standard weight (used on a balance scale)
51328砖窑zhuānyáo
brick kiln
51329砾岩lìyán
conglomerate (geology)
51330祛除qūchú
to dispel; to clear
51331神秘莫测shénmìmòcè
mystery; unfathomable; enigmatic
51332祸不单行huòbùdānxíng
misfortune does not come singly (idiom); it never rains but it pours
51333祸乱huòluàn
calamity and chaos; devastating disorder; great turmoil
51334礼义廉耻lǐyìliánchǐ
(idiom) propriety, justice, integrity and a sense of shame (i.e. the four social bonds, 四维 (sìwéi))
51335科学管理kēxuéguǎnlǐ
scientific management
51336稀烂xīlàn
thoroughly mashed; mushy; smashed up; broken into pieces; (fig.) abysmal; shockingly bad
51337程咬金ChéngYǎojīn
Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知节 (ChéngZhījié), Chinese general of the Tang dynasty
51338穰ráng
abundant; stalk of grain
51339竽yú
free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙 (shēng), used in ancient China
51340笙歌shēnggē
music and song (formal writing)
51341节哀jié'āi
to restrain one's grief (used in expressions of condolence, e.g. 请节哀 (qǐngjié'āi) and 节哀顺变 (jié'āishùnbiàn))
51342筹算chóusuàn
to calculate (using bamboo tokens on a counting board); to count beads; (fig.) to budget; to plan (an investment)
51343粝lì
coarse rice
51344索普Suǒpǔ
Thorpe (name)
51345紫杉醇zǐshānchún
Taxol (a.k.a. Paclitaxel), mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy
51346细线xìxiàn
string; thread
51347结子jiēzǐ
to bear seeds (of plant)
51348结构主义jiégòuzhǔyì
structuralism
51349结构式jiégòushì
structural formula (chemistry)
51350绝收juéshōu
(agriculture) to have no harvest (due to flooding, diseases etc)
51351绱shàng
to sole a shoe
51352缝补féngbǔ
to darn (clothing); to sew and mend
51353羊皮纸yángpízhǐ
parchment
51354义女yìnǚ
adopted daughter
51355义学yìxué
free school (old)
51356翻一番fānyīfān
to increase by 100%; to double
51357老两口lǎoliǎngkǒu
old married couple
51358老妹lǎomèi
(dialect) younger sister; familiar form of address for a younger woman
51359老妪lǎoyù
(literary) old woman
51360老调重弹lǎodiàochóngtán
to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
51361聪明伶俐cōngminglínglì
(idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted
51362声门shēngmén
glottis
51363听凭tīngpíng
to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
51364脑中风nǎozhòngfēng
cerebral stroke
51365脑室nǎoshì
ventricles of the brain
51366自成一家zìchéngyījiā
to have a style of one's own
51368兴宁市XīngníngShì
Xingning, a county-level city in Meizhou City 梅州市 (MéizhōuShì), Guangdong
51369旧宅jiùzhái
former residence
51370花枝招展huāzhīzhāozhǎn
lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom); fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
51371莫札特Mòzhátè
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer (Tw)
51372菜油càiyóu
rapeseed oil; canola oil
51373菜豆càidòu
kidney bean
51374蔗zhè
sugar cane
51375蒋公Jiǎnggōng
honorific title for Chiang Kai-shek 蒋介石 (JiǎngJièshí)
51376薪火相传xīnhuǒxiāngchuán
lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom); fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another
51377薯蓣shǔyù
Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya)
51378袒tǎn
to bare
51379裙带关系qúndàiguānxi
(idiom) favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative; (idiom) (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates
51380装睡zhuāngshuì
to pretend to be asleep
51381视像shìxiàng
video (HK)
51382亲力亲为qīnlìqīnwéi
to do sth oneself
51383解调jiětiáo
demodulation; to demodulate
51384诡秘guǐmì
secretive; furtive; surreptitious
51386护林员hùlínyuán
forest ranger
51387豇豆jiāngdòu
cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)
51388资遣zīqiǎn
to dismiss with severance pay; to pay sb off
51389足踝zúhuái
ankle
51390踉跄liàngqiàng
to stagger; to walk falteringly
51391蹲坑dūnkēng
Turkish toilet; squat toilet; to vacate one's bowels
51392军事设施jūnshìshèshī
military installations
51393软泥ruǎnní
soft mud; silt; sludge; ooze (geology)
51394载客量zàikèliàng
passenger capacity
51395转危为安zhuǎnwēiwéi'ān
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
51396辩白biànbái
to offer an explanation; to plead innocence; to try to defend oneself
51397近现代史jìnxiàndàishǐ
modern history and contemporary history
51398迷乱míluàn
confusion
51399迷蒙míméng
misty
51400逃避责任táobìzérèn
to evade responsibility; to shirk