‘脑袋’ (nǎo dai) is a colloquial, everyday term

‘脑筋’ literally combines ‘brain’ (脑) and ‘t

‘脑海’ literally means 'brain sea'—a poetic, me

‘小脑’ (xiǎo nǎo) literally means ‘small brai

大脑 literally means 'big brain' and refers specif

‘老大’ literally combines ‘lǎo’ (an honorific

‘Lǎo shǔ’ literally combines ‘lǎo’ (old) an

老板 (lǎo bǎn) literally combines 老 (lǎo, 'old

‘Lǎo jiā’ literally combines ‘lǎo’ (old) an

复习 (fù xí) means 'to review' — specifically,

实习 (shí xí) means 'internship' — a temporary,

习俗 (xí sú) means 'custom' or 'tradition'—a lo

‘习惯’ (xí guàn) means ‘habit’ — a regular,

练习 (liàn xí) is a verb meaning 'to practice'

Mǐ jiǔ (rice wine) is a traditional fermented al

玉米 (yù mǐ) literally means 'jade rice' — 玉 (

"Mǐ fàn" literally combines 米 (mǐ), meaning "u

米粉 (mǐ fěn) literally means 'rice powder' or '

Xiǎo mǐ (millet) is a small, round, yellowish gr

大米 (dà mǐ) literally means 'big rice' — but i

‘转租’ (zhuǎn zū) is a verb meaning ‘to suble

'租客' (zū kè) is a compound noun meaning 'tenan

租金 (zū jīn) literally combines 租 (zū), meani

出租 (chū zū) is a verb meaning 'to rent out' —

租车 (zū chē) literally means 'rent vehicle' —

租房 literally means 'rent + house/apartment' and

失眠 (shī mián) literally means 'loss of sleep'

午睡 (wǔ shuì) literally means 'noon sleep' —