‘手枪’ (shǒu qiāng) literally means ‘hand gun

‘柴门’ literally means 'firewood gate' — 柴 (ch

‘某公司’ literally means ‘a certain company’ a

‘某地’ literally combines ‘某’ (mǒu), meaning

‘架桥’ literally means ‘to set up a bridge’ —

架子 (jià·zi) is a noun with three main meanings

A 'Taobao village' (táo bǎo cūn) is a rural Chi

渔村 (yú cūn) literally combines 渔 (yú), meani

Shān cūn (mountain village) is a compound noun f

村长 (cūn zhǎng) literally combines 村 (cūn), m

村民 (cūn mín) literally combines 村 (cūn), mea

农村 (nóng cūn) literally combines 农 (nóng), m

‘Cháo shèng’ literally means ‘to face the sac

‘朝见’ (cháo jiàn) is a formal, classical verb

‘Cháo dài’ (朝代) means ‘dynasty’ — a line

'Shàng cháo' literally means 'to go up to the im

清朗 (qīng lǎng) is an adjective describing some

放映 (fàng yìng) is a verb meaning 'to screen' o

‘倒映’ (dào yìng) is a verb meaning ‘to be re

‘映照’ is a compound verb meaning 'to reflect an

Shàng yìng literally combines 上 (shàng, 'to go

‘斜坡’ (xié pō) is a compound noun meaning 'sl

‘斜线’ literally combines ‘斜’ (xié), meaning

‘外敌’ literally combines 外 (wài), meaning 'ou

‘摄政’ is a verb meaning ‘to act as regent’ —

拦路 literally means 'to block the road' — combin

‘摆渡’ literally means ‘to row across’ — ‘摆

‘摆摊’ literally means ‘to arrange a stall’ —

‘摆设’ (bǎi shè) literally combines ‘摆’ (to

扩张 (kuò zhāng) is a verb meaning 'to expand'

扩建 (kuò jiàn) is a verb meaning 'to expand (a

挤占 (jǐ zhàn) is a compound verb meaning 'to en

‘挤兑’ (jǐ duì) is a financial term referring

拥挤 (yōng jǐ) is an adjective meaning 'crowded'

‘拥军’ literally means ‘to embrace/support the

拥塞 (yōngsè) is a verb meaning 'to be congested

‘抢风’ (qiǎng fēng) is a nautical term meaning

‘抢滩’ literally means ‘to rush onto the beach,

搜查 (sōu chá) is a formal verb meaning 'to cond

‘插座’ (chā zuò) literally means ‘insert seat