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81896 words

Words 80501–80600
80501香巢xiāngcháo
a love nest; a place of secret cohabitation (also derogatory)
80502冯内果Féngnèiguǒ
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007), US writer
80503松快sōngkuai
less crowded; relieved; relaxed; to relax
80504胡匪húfěi
bandit (old)
80505麻山区MáshānQū
Mashan, a district of Jixi City 鸡西市 (JīxīShì), Heilongjiang
80507一个萝卜一个坑yīgèluóboyīgèkēng
lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom); fig. each person has his own position; each to his own; horses for courses; every kettle has its lid
80508丁字尺dīngzìchǐ
T-square; set square (carpenter's tool)
80509事实婚shìshíhūn
common-law marriage; de facto marriage
80510伊士曼柯达公司YīshìmànKēdáGōngsī
Eastman Kodak Company (US film company)
80511信然xìnrán
indeed; really
80512做一天和尚撞一天钟zuòyītiānhéshangzhuàngyītiānzhōng
lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom); fig. to do one's job mechanically; to hold a position passively
80513傻叉shǎchā
fool; blockhead
80514八岐大蛇BāqíDàshé
Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
80515列星lièxīng
star alignment (in astrology)
80516刷头shuātóu
brush head
80517剅lóu
(dialect) an opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out; small channel across a river embankment; (used in place names); Taiwan pr. dōu
80518吁吁xūxū
to pant; to gasp for breath
80519吃不住chībuzhù
to be unable to bear or support
80520咷táo
wail
80521咸镜道XiánjìngDào
Hamgyeong Province of Joseon dynasty Korea, now divided into North Hamgyeong Province 咸镜北道 (Xiánjìngběidào) and South Hamgyeong Province 咸镜南道 (Xiánjìngnándào) of North Korea
80522哼哧hēngchī
to puff hard (e.g. after running)
80523单丛Dāncóng
Dancong, type of oolong tea
80524嗻zhè
(old) aye aye!
80525围起wéiqǐ
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fence in
80526圆舞yuánwǔ
round dance
80527土温tǔwēn
temperature of the soil
80528执行绪zhíxíngxù
(Tw) (computing) thread
80529压舌板yāshébǎn
tongue depressor; spatula
80530多足类duōzúlèi
centipedes and millipedes
80531多音duōyīn
polyphony
80532套袖tàoxiù
sleeve cover
80533宿夜sùyè
to stay overnight
80534寸口cùnkǒu
location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
80535吊古diàogǔ
to revisit the past; to commemorate
80536从谏如流cóngjiànrúliú
to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)
80537恐婚kǒnghūn
to have an aversion to getting married
80538悮wù
to impede; to delay
80539态样tàiyàng
form; pattern
80540慰唁wèiyàn
to console
80541折耗shéhào
loss of goods; damage to goods; shrinkage
80542掬水jūshuǐ
to scoop up water
80543提摩太后书TímótàiHòushū
Second Epistle of St Paul to Timothy
80544提制tízhì
to refine; to extract
80545损人sǔnrén
to harm others; to mock people; to taunt; humiliating
80546撇掉piēdiào
to skim froth or foam from the surface of a liquid
80547智牙zhìyá
wisdom tooth
80548李冶LǐYě
Li Jilan 李季兰 (LǐJìLán) or Li Ye (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet
80549东加Dōngjiā
Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom (Tw)
80550枲xǐ
male nettle-hemp
80551查检chájiǎn
to check; to consult; to look up
80552梵刹Fànchà
Buddhist temple; monastery
80553楩pián
(tree)
80554榫眼sǔnyǎn
mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)
80555槽坊cáofang
brewery; papermaking craft shop (in former times)
80556岁初suìchū
(literary) beginning of the year
80557汩gǔ
confused; extinguished; (onom.) used in 汩汩 (gǔgǔ)
80558沙西米shāxīmǐ
sashimi (loanword)
80559法轮常转fǎlúnchángzhuàn
(Buddhism) may the Dharma wheel turn forever; may the Buddhist teaching continue to spread
80560法马古斯塔Fǎmǎgǔsītǎ
Famagusta (Ammochostos), Cyprus
80561洋味yángwèi
Western taste; Western style
80562消化管xiāohuàguǎn
digestive tube; gut
80563湖沼学húzhǎoxué
limnology
80564潮汛cháoxùn
spring tide
80565火印huǒyìn
branded mark; brand
80566乌尔禾区Wū'ěrhéQū
Orku, a district of Karamay City 克拉玛依市 (KèlāmǎyīShì), Xinjiang
80567炼字liànzì
to craft one's words
80568牢友láoyǒu
inmate; cellmate
80569犵qì
name of a tribe
80570玩器wánqì
elegant plaything; object to appreciate
80571球竿qiúgān
cue (billiards); club (golf); stick (hockey)
80572甘比亚Gānbǐyà
Gambia (Tw)
80573白鼻子báibízi
cunning or sly person
80574真金不怕火炼zhēnjīnbùpàhuǒliàn
True gold fears no fire. (idiom)
80575眷爱juàn'ài
to love; sentimentally attached to
80576碧江区BìjiāngQū
Bijiang, a district of Tongren City 铜仁市 (TóngrénShì), Guizhou
80577磨快mókuài
to sharpen; to grind (knife blades)
80578种麻zhǒngmá
female hemp plant (Cannabis sativa)
80579丝柏sībó
cypress
80580综括zōngkuò
to summarize; to sum up
80581练摊liàntān
(dialect) to run a street stall
80582能写会算néngxiěhuìsuàn
(idiom) to be literate and numerate
80583膏粱gāoliáng
fatty meat and fine grains; (by extension) exquisite food
80584自知理亏zìzhīlǐkuī
to know that one is in the wrong (idiom)
80585芃péng
luxuriant growth
80586莎莎酱shāshājiàng
(loanword) salsa (sauce)
80587菫jǐn
violet
80588葡糖胺pútáng'àn
glucosamine; abbr. for 葡萄糖胺
80589莲步liánbù
(literary) light, airy steps (as if walking on lotuses); elegant gait of a woman
80590螘yǐ
ant
80591西欧联盟Xī'ōuLiánméng
Western European Union (WEU)
80592见财起意jiàncáiqǐyì
seeing riches provokes evil designs
80593诗曰shīyuē
a poem goes:
80594谦词qiāncí
modest word (grammar)
80595豋dēng
ceremonial vessel
80596软尺ruǎnchǐ
soft measuring tape (non-retractable type used for body measurements etc)
80597转干zhuǎngàn
to become a cadre (e.g. a promotion from shopfloor)
80598返现fǎnxiàn
(neologism c. 2009) to give a cashback reward to a consumer
80599辽宁号LiáoníngHào
Liaoning, the first aircraft carrier commissioned into the PLA Navy (commissioned in 2012)
80600郡望jùnwàng
choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a surname-choronym combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韩愈 (HánYù) is also known as 韩昌黎 (HánChānglí), where 韩 (Hán) is his surname and 昌黎 (Chānglí) is his clan's ancestral prefecture 郡 (jùn).)