| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs |
| 还有 | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still / in addition |
| 汉字 | hàn zì | Chinese character(s) |
| 咱们 | zán men | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] |
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | exhausting / hard / tough / arduous / to work hard / to go to a lot of trouble / hardship(s) |
| 路况 | lù kuàng | road condition(s) (e.g. surface, traffic flow etc) |
| 壮胆 | zhuàng dǎn | to get one’s courage up / to embolden |
| 林 | lín | (bound form) woods; forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) |
| 兄妹 | xiōng mèi | brother(s) and sister(s) |
| JK制服 | J K zhì fú | (Japanese) high school girl’s uniform |
| 上头 | shàng tóu | (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head; (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head; to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) |
| 近年 | jìn nián | recent year(s) |
| 有一说一 | yǒu yī - shuō yī | to speak plainly; to speak one’s mind; to say directly |
| 期许 | qī xǔ | to hope / to expect / expectation(s) |
| 衣襟 | yī jīn | the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket / lapel |
| 父兄 | fù xiōng | father and elder brother(s) / head of the family / patriarch |
| 求之不得 | qiú zhī bù dé | lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for |
| 际遇 | jì yù | circumstance(s) encountered in one's life (favorable or otherwise) / stroke of luck / opportunity |
| 微秒 | wēi miǎo | microsecond, µs, 10^-6 s |
| 味蕾 | wèi lěi | taste bud(s) |
| 纳尼亚 | Nà ní yà | Narnia, children's fantasy world in stories by C.S. Lewis |
| 蛇形 | shé xíng | S-shaped / serpentine / coiled like a snake |
| 望子成龙 | wàng zǐ chéng lóng | lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment |
| 布加迪 | Bù jiā dí | Bugatti (name) / Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. (French car company) |
| 绝笔 | jué bǐ | words written on one’s deathbed / an artist's final work / swansong |