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81896 words

Words 81101–81200
81101路得记Lùdéjì
Book of Ruth
81102通彻tōngchè
to understand completely
81103连踢带打liántīdàidǎ
to kick and beat
81104遂意suìyì
to one's liking
81105过水面guòshuǐmiàn
cooked noodles cooled with cold water
81106重霄chóngxiāo
ninth heaven; Highest Heaven
81107野汉子yěhànzi
woman's lover
81108钑jí
germanium (old)
81109错票cuòpiào
error note (i.e. misprinted banknote)
81110铁血宰相Tiěxuèzǎixiàng
Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, minister-president of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890
81111长揖chángyī
to bow deeply, starting upright with arms straight out in front, one hand cupped in the other, then moving the hands down to one's knees as one bows, keeping the arms straight (a form of greeting)
81112阿附ēfù
to fawn (as flatterer)
81113陕州区ShǎnzhōuQū
Shanzhou, a district of Sanmenxia City 三门峡市 (SānménxiáShì), Henan
81114面有菜色miànyǒucàisè
to look famished
81115马桶刷mǎtǒngshuā
toilet brush
81116驴肝肺lǘgānfèi
(lit.) a donkey's liver and lungs; (fig.) ill intent
81117高祖母gāozǔmǔ
great-great-grandmother
81118高罗佩GāoLuópèi
Gao Luopei or R.H. van Gulik (1910-1967), Dutch sinologist, diplomat and writer
81119麻絮máxù
hemp wadding
81120黑信hēixìn
blackmail
81121黩武dúwǔ
militaristic; to use military force indiscriminately
81123一过性yīguòxìng
(medicine) transient; temporary
81124上钟shàngzhōng
to clock in for work
81125交浅言深jiāoqiǎnyánshēn
(idiom) to talk intimately while being comparative strangers
81126俞穴shùxué
acupuncture point
81127做针线zuòzhēnxiàn
to do needlework
81128侧锋cèfēng
(calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at an oblique angle, so that the tip of the brush runs near the edge of the stroke (cf. 正锋 (zhèngfēng) and 偏锋 (piānfēng))
81129僾ài
indistinct; hazy; misty; to seem; to appear
81130公引gōngyǐn
hectometer
81131公犬gōngquǎn
male dog
81132冰消瓦解bīngxiāowǎjiě
to melt like ice and break like tiles; to disintegrate; to dissolve
81133冰肌玉骨bīngjīyùgǔ
(idiom) (of a woman) having fair, flawless skin and a graceful, refined beauty
81134凸槌tūchuí
(slang) (Tw) to mess up; to screw up
81135分说fēnshuō
to explain (the difference)
81136前俯后仰qiánfǔhòuyǎng
to rock one's body backward and forward; to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
81137剪切板jiǎnqiēbǎn
(computing) clipboard
81138劈面pīmiàn
right in the face
81139刘鹗Liú'È
Liu E (1857-1909), late Qing novelist, author of 老残游记 (LǎoCánYóujì)
81140勇决yǒngjué
decisive; brave
81141勒逼lèbī
to coerce; to force; to press sb into doing sth
81142化斋huàzhāi
to beg for food (of monks)
81143半失业bànshīyè
semi-employed; partly employed; underemployed
81144半职bànzhí
part-time work
81145厌腻yànnì
to detest; to abhor
81146反求诸己fǎnqiúzhūjǐ
to seek the cause in oneself rather than sb else
81147反空降fǎnkōngjiàng
anti-aircraft defense
81148口淫kǒuyín
oral sex; fellatio
81149嘎然gārán
(onom.) screech of a sudden stop; suddenly stop (of sounds); crisply and clearly (of sounds)
81150嚗bó
(onom.) sound of sth splitting or breaking apart; sound of an object falling to the ground; a cry of rage; Taiwan pr. bō
81151土洋结合tǔyángjiéhé
combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
81152堂姊妹tángzǐmèi
father's brother's daughters; paternal female cousin
81153报料人bàoliàorén
informant; news source
81154垫平diànpíng
to level (surfaces)
81155大题小作dàtíxiǎozuò
to cut a long story short; a brief treatment of a complicated subject; fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter
81156奶黄包nǎihuángbāo
custard bun
81157妙手空空miàoshǒukōngkōng
petty thief (lit. quick fingered and vanish); empty-handed; having nothing
81158实操shícāo
to actually do (sth) (as opposed to learning how to do it from books etc); practice (as opposed to theory) (abbr. for 实际操作 (shíjìcāozuò))
81160局灶性júzàoxìng
(medicine) focal; localized
81161山胞shānbāo
(dated) Taiwanese indigenous peoples; Taiwanese aborigine; abbr. for 山地同胞 (shāndìtóngbāo)
81162崳yú
county in Shandong province
81163工具机gōngjùjī
machine tool
81164布城Bùchéng
Putrajaya, federal administrative territory of Malaysia, south of Kuala Lumpur city 吉隆坡市
81165帛金bójīn
(HK, Singapore) money gift at a funeral
81166几希jīxī
not much; very little (e.g. difference)
81167廉直liánzhí
upright and honest; incorruptible; squeaky clean
81168延脑yánnǎo
(anatomy) medulla oblongata
81169弄璋nòngzhāng
(literary) to have a baby boy; to celebrate the birth of a son
81170𭚦guō
(literary) to draw one's bow to the full; Taiwan pr. kuò
81171彝剧Yíjù
Yi opera
81172形影相随xíngyǐngxiāngsuí
(lit.) body and shadow follow each other (idiom); (fig.) inseparable
81173从从容容cóngcóngróngróng
unhurried; all in good time
81174心劲xīnjìn
thoughts; what one has in one's heart
81175恬美tiánměi
serene and beautiful
81176爱才àicái
to value talent; to cherish talented people
81177戎衣róngyī
military uniform
81178戴名世DàiMíngshì
Dai Mingshi (1653-1713), early Qing writer
81179扎猛子zhāměngzi
to swim with head submerged
81180打小算盘dǎxiǎosuànpán
lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly; concerned with petty interests; selfish and uncaring of the interests of others; bean counter
81181打冲锋dǎchōngfēng
to lead the charge
81182批萨pīsà
(loanword) pizza
81183抓地zhuādì
grip on the road; roadholding
81184捕虫叶bǔchóngyè
insect-catching leaf
81185掎jǐ
drag
81186排偶pái'ǒu
parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device)
81187揃jiān
shear
81188提溜dīliu
(coll.) to carry; Taiwan pr. tíliu
81189摆摊子bǎitānzi
to set up a stall; (fig.) to maintain a large staff and organization
81190昄bǎn
great; expansive
81191暮色苍茫mùsècāngmáng
the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)
81192最低音zuìdīyīn
lowest voice; lowest pitch; lowest note
81193有局yǒujú
vulnerable (in bridge)
81194案首ànshǒu
candidate who ranked 1st in imperial examination on prefecture or county level (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
81195栈顶zhàndǐng
stack top (computing)
81196横截héngjié
to cut across; cross-sectional; transverse
81197歊xiāo
vapor; steam
81198歌罗西书Gēluóxīshū
Epistle of St Paul to the Colossians
81199正中要害zhèngzhòngyàohài
to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
81200正角zhèngjiǎo
positive angle