‘挤牙膏’ literally means 'to squeeze toothpaste'

‘挡风’ literally means ‘to block wind’ — 挡 (

'捡起' is a compound verb meaning 'to pick up', wi

‘捡便宜’ literally means ‘to pick up cheapness

捡球 literally means 'to pick up a ball' and funct

捡垃圾 means 'to pick up litter' — literally 'pic

‘捡漏’ literally means ‘to pick up a leak,’ bu

撞破 (zhuàng pò) is a compound verb meaning lite

撞钟 literally means 'to strike a bell' — 撞 (zhu

撞见 (zhuàng jiàn) is a verb meaning 'to bump in

撕毁 (sī huǐ) is a compound verb meaning 'to tea

‘摸奖’ literally means ‘to touch a prize’, but

‘摸黑’ literally combines ‘摸’ (to feel/touch)

‘摸索’ literally combines ‘摸’ (to touch, feel

‘摩登’ is a phonetic loanword from the English w

观摩 (guānmó) is a verb meaning 'to observe and

‘摘录’ (zhāi lù) is a verb meaning ‘to excerp

摔跤 (shuāi jiāo) is a compound verb whose two c

‘抢眼’ literally means ‘to snatch the eye’—a

‘抢手’ literally combines ‘抢’ (to snatch, gra

‘搞明白’ is a common colloquial verb phrase mean

'搞活动' literally combines '搞' (to do, to handle

'搞清楚' is a common colloquial verb phrase meanin

‘搞错’ (gǎo cuò) is a colloquial verb meaning

搞定 (gǎo dìng) is a colloquial, versatile verb

搜刮 (sōu guā) is a compound verb formed from 搜

搜索 (sōu suǒ) is a verb meaning 'to search' —

构不着 (gòu bu zháo) is an adjective meaning 'be

'Huī shǒu' literally means 'to wave (one’s) han

‘握笔’ literally means ‘to grip a brush’ — th

'Wò shǒu' literally combines the characters 握 (

'Chā duì' literally means 'to insert oneself int

‘插话’ literally combines ‘插’ (to insert, to

‘措辞’ (cuò cí) literally combines ‘措’ (to

‘控评’ (kòng píng) is a modern internet slang

遥控 (yáo kòng) literally means 'distant control

采访 (cǎi fǎng) is a verb meaning 'to interview'

挣钱 (zhèngqián) is a compound verb meaning 'to

掌握 (zhǎngwò) is a transitive verb meaning 'to

'Tiāo fèn' literally means 'to carry manure' —