to catch sb out
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
to grab sb by the pigtail / to seize on weak points / to exploit the opponent's shortcomings
opera highlights performed as independent pieces
to carry sb in a sedan chair / flatter / sing praises
lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
to slit one's own throat / to commit suicide
(coll.) unexpectedly
small hairbrush
(of a performer) to put on a show at an outdoor venue (temple fair, marketplace etc) / (fig.) to enhance sb's reputation / to make a name for oneself
to abandon one's husband and child(ren)
to abandon one's wife and child(ren)
(of a parent) to abandon one's family
(Beijing slang, 1960s–70s) to chat up girls / to flirt with unfamiliar girls
crutch / (derog.) lame person / kidnapper
to practice cupping (technique used in TCM)
to become sworn brothers
swab / cotton pad / smear (for medical test)
sticks used for squeezing the fingers (old form of torture)
to throw one's weight around / to put on airs
lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely
carrying pole and its load
to pick one's nose
to suffer beating / fig. to be severely criticized / to take a hammering
to be criticized / to suffer blame
(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country
(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals
to make a mess of sth
to push up one's sleeves
one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb) / (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things
to have one's bicycle chain come off / (fig.) to let sb down / to drop the ball / to screw up
face (mining)
to seize by the throat
to bend forward / to lean out
hair clippers
arm wrestling
to capture stones (in Go)
grape / raisin
(genetics) insertion element
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27