Most common Chinese words

drugstore; pharmacy (one that offers health, beauty, and wellness products in addition to medicines – a type of store popular in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong)

52933芦山县LúshānXiàn

Lushan, a county in Ya'an City 雅安市 (Yǎ'ānShì), Sichuan

52934虎符hǔfú

tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.)

52935虹吸hóngxī

(lit. and fig.) to siphon

52936蜂起fēngqǐ

to swarm; to rise in masses

52937蜉蝣fúyóu

mayfly

52938蝽chūn

bedbug

52939蚕种cánzhǒng

silkworm eggs

52940行将就木xíngjiāngjiùmù

to approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave

52941西戎Xīróng

the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards; Xionites (Central Asian nomads)

52942覆盖物fùgàiwù

mulch

52943觚gū

goblet; rule; law

52944解酒jiějiǔ

to dissipate the effects of alcohol

52945计酬jìchóu

to calculate the payment for the work sb has done (based on hours completed or items produced etc)

52946设色shèsè

to paint; to color

52947试探性shìtànxìng

exploratory; tentative

52948诳kuáng

to deceive; to dupe; falsehood; lie; (dialect) to amuse

52949诮qiào

ridicule; to blame

52950调休tiáoxiū

to compensate for working on a holiday by resting on a workday; to compensate for resting on a workday by working on a holiday

52951谢灵运XièLíngyùn

Xie Lingyun (385-433) poet during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋

52952证件照zhèngjiànzhào

ID photo

52953猪狗zhūgǒu

pig-dog (intended as insult); Schweinhund

52954贫嘴pínzuǐ

talkative; garrulous; loquacious; flippant; jocular

52955赤匪chìfěi

red bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw))

52956赫哲族Hèzhézú

Hezhen ethnic group

52957走弯路zǒuwānlù

to take an indirect route; to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method

52958赵元任ZhàoYuánrèn

Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist

52959跑题pǎotí

to digress; to stray from the topic

52960路虎Lùhǔ

Land Rover

52961跳车tiàochē

to jump from a car (or train etc)

52962转归zhuǎnguī

(of ownership, custody etc) to be transferred to; to revert to; (medicine) clinical outcome; to reclassify (e.g. from asymptomatic carrier to confirmed case)

52963逗人dòurén

amusing; funny; entertaining

52964过路人guòlùrén

a passer-by

52965道统dàotǒng

Confucian orthodoxy

52966邵逸夫ShàoYìfū

Run Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon

52967医道Yīdào

Hur Jun (TV series)

52968醴lǐ

sweet wine

52969金丝燕jīnsīyàn

Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup

52970锂电池lǐdiànchí

lithium battery

52971录影机lùyǐngjī

camcorder; video recorder; videocassette recorder (Tw)

52972门扇ménshàn

door; the opening panel of a door

52973闭口不谈bìkǒubùtán

to refuse to say anything about (idiom); to remain tight-lipped; to avoid mentioning

52974阍hūn

doorkeeper

52975关紧guānjǐn

to close firmly; to fasten securely; to make fast; to lock