实惠 (shí huì) literally combines 实 (shí, 'rea

悠闲 (yōu xián) is an adjective meaning 'leisure

‘悄没声儿’ is a colloquial Beijing-dialect adver

‘悄声’ (qiǎo shēng) is an adverb meaning ‘in

悄悄 is a reduplicated adverb meaning 'quietly' or

‘恭候’ is a formal, respectful verb meaning ‘to

‘念书’ literally means 'to recite books' — '念'

‘贯彻’ (guàn chè) is a formal, action-oriented

'待定' literally combines '待' (to wait, to be pen

'待遇' (dài yù) literally combines '待' (to trea

‘待业’ literally means 'waiting for employment'

‘待客’ is a verb meaning ‘to receive guests’ o

'Zhēng hūn' literally combines 'zhēng' (to seek

‘征求’ is a compound verb meaning 'to solicit' o

彼此 (bǐ cǐ) is a reciprocal pronoun meaning 'ea

录制 (lù zhì) is a verb meaning 'to record' — s

'登录' (dēng lù) is a verb meaning 'to log in'

‘弯腰’ literally combines ‘弯’ (to bend, curve

‘强项’ literally means ‘strong item’ — ‘强’

强调 means 'to emphasize' or 'to stress' — to giv

延續 (yánxù) is a verb meaning 'to continue' or

废品 (fèi pǐn) literally combines 废 (fèi), mea

‘废话’ literally combines ‘废’ (fèi), meaning

家庭 (jiā tíng) literally combines 家 (jiā), me

幼儿 (yòu ér) literally combines 幼 (yòu), mean

‘幕后’ literally means ‘behind the curtain’—

‘落幕’ literally means ‘the curtain falls’—a

酒席 (jiǔ xí) literally combines 酒 (jiǔ), mean

出席 (chū xí) is a formal verb meaning 'to atten

'巨变' (jù biàn) literally combines '巨' (jù),

Jù kuǎn literally combines jù (‘giant’ or ‘e

A zhēng tì is a shallow, perforated tray—typica

‘一屉’ (yī tì) is a noun phrase meaning ‘one

屈才 (qū cái) literally combines 屈 (qū), meani

'毕业届' (bì yè jiè) is a noun meaning 'graduat

‘应届’ (yìng jiè) literally combines ‘应’ (y

尺牍 (chǐ dú) literally means 'one-chi-long wood

尺子 (chǐ zi) is a common noun meaning 'ruler' or

'Shàng kě' literally combines 尚 (shàng), meani

尚待 is an adverbial phrase meaning 'still awaits'