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Exact character matches appear first. Pinyin matches whole syllables in headword pronunciations. Common exact readings come before common compounds, followed by less frequent or restricted readings. Direct English meanings rank ahead of mentions in longer definitions.
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.
vocabulary notebook
vocabulary words (in language-learning books) / new or unfamiliar words
live pig / pig on the hoof
to make money
lit. there are principles behind making money (idiom) / fig. to have a knack for good business / knowing how to accumulate wealth / good at feathering one's own nest
to dazzle / to brighten up (a room etc)
birthday
one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch
to coin (words or expressions)
survivor
ketogenic diet
pig iron
growth hormone
growth rate
auxin (plant growth hormone)
separated in life and death / to part for ever
people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
desire to exist (in Buddhism, ) / craving for rebirth
to eat raw / raw food
hair restorer / hair regrowth tonic
fresh produce and freshly prepared foods
dough
unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
(botany) (of a plant) annual
unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste
lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom) / fig. to seethe with anger
the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom) / (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
not to do anything productive / to idle away one's time
the middle generation (between senior and junior cohorts, esp. in a profession)
nine deaths and still alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / new lease of life
to live out one's life / to die
to live out the rest of one's life
(botany) (of a plant) biennial
au pair
alternate leaf arrangement (botany)
alternate phyllotaxy (leaf pattern)
exchange student
Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence