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Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare.
electrical ballast
lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom) / fig. government officials come and go
continuous and patient effort (idiom)
lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom) / to increase income and save on spending / to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure
to limit the flow of passengers, customers or vehicles / to limit the spread of sensitive content / (electricity) current limiting / (computer networking) rate limiting
small craftsman (contemptuous)
lit. clouds scatter, wind flows (idiom) / the crisis settles down / people disperse home / things return to normal
current intensity
ammeter
alternative / non-mainstream
Korean Wave, aka Hallyu (the increase in international interest in South Korea and its popular culture since the 1990s)
(slang) top-tier celebrity or influencer (abbr. for 頂級流量|顶级流量[])
homeless and miserable (idiom) / to wander about in a desperate plight / to drift
fortunes rise and fall / times change
romance / romantic affair
(idiom) (usu. of a man) dashing and charming, esp. with romantic appeal
lit. love debt / fig. moral obligation in consequence of a love affair / karmic consequences of a love affair
temperate and refined
lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom) / fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives)
poetic and passionate (idiom) / romance / love affair
lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) / gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings!
swiftly flowing / torrent
(literary) to salivate / to drool / (fig.) to crave sth hungrily
variant of 琉球[], Ryūkyū, e.g. the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[] stretching from Japan to Taiwan
the Ryukyu or Luchu Islands (including Okinawa)
the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a region in northwestern Yunnan where three major rivers – the Jinsha River (upper Yangtze) 金沙江[], Lancang River (Mekong) 瀾滄江|澜沧江[], and Nu River (Salween) 怒江[] – run roughly parallel to each other for over 300 kilometers, recognized as a World Heritage Site
(Tw) Tamiflu
Mesopotamia
Beiliu, a county-level city in Yulin City 玉林市[], Guangxi
Murray-Darling river system in the southeast of Australia
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (Tw)
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
the spread of Japanese cultural products (anime, pop music etc) to other countries
Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) / abbr. to 海基會|海基会[]
Qingliu, a county in Sanming City 三明市[], Fujian
Ziliujing, a district of Zigong City 自貢市|自贡市[], Sichuan
Changjiang or Yangtze river basin
Double First-Class University Plan, Chinese government project to develop both a group of Chinese universities and a group of subject disciplines to be world-class by 2050, implemented from 2017
Shuangliu county in Chengdu 成都[], Sichuan / Chengdu's main airport
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27