honorific title during Tang to Qing times, approx. "Glorious grand master"
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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.
national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years
plenipotentiary ambassador
G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
the eight major cuisines of China, namely 川魯粵蘇浙閩湘徽|川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽[]
palanquin with eight carriers / (fig.) lavish treatment
apartment building
to discuss matters of vital importance
(idiom) to face opprobrium
departure lounge
correspondence university (abbr. for 函授大學|函授大学[])
correspondence university
arrival hall
headlight
to have a future full of promise
having matchless strength
extraordinary strength / super strong / strong as an ox
no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)
to try harder / to redouble one's efforts
to try harder / to redouble one's efforts
to accelerate / to step on the gas
the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China)
case sensitive / distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters
the Baidu 10 mythical creatures (a set of hoax animals and puns linked to PRC Internet censorship)
medium-sized
teenage / in one's teens / adolescent
teenage boy / adolescent boy
broad / extensive
(idiom) wide-ranging and profound
to plunder the homes of the wealthy for food (in times of famine) / (of sb who has no income) to rely on others / to demand a "contribution" or "loan" from a business or wealthy individual
to cost one dearly / to end disastrously / to pay bitterly
lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom) / fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike / to put the blame on both parties
royal flush (poker)
lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury)
nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[]) / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart / nothing is more wretched than apathy
the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
(of news etc) so thrilling that everyone is rejoicing and spreading the word (Internet slang) / acronym from 喜聞樂見|喜闻乐见[], 大快人心[], 普天同慶|普天同庆[] and 奔走相告[]
(bird species of China) clamorous reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)