"Yīngwén" literally means "English writing" or "

‘艰涩’ (jiān sè) is an adjective describing la

‘艰苦’ (jiān kǔ) is an adjective meaning ‘har

‘艰巨’ is an adjective meaning 'arduous' or 'for

'良民' literally combines '良' (liáng), meaning '

‘良机’ literally means ‘good opportunity’—‘

‘良策’ literally combines 良 (liáng), meaning '

‘姨舅’ (yí jiù) is a compound kinship term ref

‘舅妈’ (jiù mā) is a kinship term referring sp

‘Jiùjiu’ is the colloquial, affectionate term f

‘临场’ literally combines ‘临’ (lín), meaning

‘临时’ (lín shí) is an adjective meaning 'temp

'胶着' (jiāo zháo) literally combines '胶' (jiā

‘胶卷’ (jiāo juǎn) literally means ‘glue roll

胶带 (jiāo dài) literally combines 胶 (jiāo), m

'Jiāo shuǐ' literally means 'glue water' — comb

腰线 (yāo xiàn) literally combines 腰 (yāo), me

‘光脖子’ literally means 'bare neck' — a colloq

背诵 (bèi sòng) means 'to recite from memory' —

‘背包’ literally combines ‘背’ (bēi), meaning

并肩 literally means 'together shoulder' — combin

‘肩负’ is a verb meaning 'to shoulder (a respons

肃静 (sù jìng) is an adjective meaning 'silent'

耽延 is a formal, literary verb meaning 'to postpo

耽误 (dān wù) is a transitive verb meaning 'to d

耽搁 (dān ge) is a verb meaning 'to delay' or 'to

‘群众’ (qún zhòng) literally combines ‘群’ (

‘WeChat group’ (wēi xìn qún) is a digital com

人群 (rén qún) literally combines 人 (rén), mea

罚站 literally means 'punishment standing' — it r

置办 (zhì bàn) is a verb meaning 'to purchase (g

设置 (shè zhì) is a verb meaning 'to set up' or

‘Shéng mò’ literally means ‘rope and ink’ —

‘准绳’ literally combines ‘准’ (zhǔn), meanin

‘绕弯子’ literally means ‘to go around bends’

织布 (zhī bù) literally means 'to weave cloth'

繁重 (fánzhòng) is an adjective meaning 'heavy'

繁琐 (fánsuǒ) is an adjective meaning 'complicat

繁忙 (fánmáng) is an adjective meaning 'busy'—s

缩略 (suō lüè) is a verb meaning 'to abbreviate