(coll.) to be incompetent / useless / good-for-nothing
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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 blow-dry
to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom) / to turn the other cheek / to drain the cup of humiliation
dried sweet potato slices
strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
constipated
to go all out / to work energetically
the 10 heavenly stems 甲[], 乙[], 丙[], 丁[], 戊[], 己[], 庚[], 辛[], 壬[], 癸[], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
sandwich cookie / (jocular) sb who is caught between two opposing parties / sb who is between the hammer and the anvil
(loanword) wafer (cookie)
to examine the cadres (i.e. 審查幹部|审查干部[])
blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis) / leopard lily
radio interference / RF interference
to adopt confrontational posture / to meet head-on / to compete
to work resourcefully / to apply intelligence
fortune cookie
competent / capable
to do things recklessly / to persist in doing sth in one's own way
thieving / light-fingered / prone to stealing
to rise through the ranks (as a party cadre)
to wipe dry
to dry in the sun
What (noble errand) brings you here? / May I help you? / What can I do for you?
capable
dried fruit
branch / limb (of a tree)
dried up / shriveled / withered
salt-pickled sun-dried cabbage (or potherb mustard etc)
(fig.) to squeeze dry / to exhaust
salad spinner
to totally stop doing something / to reform one's ways
to drain excess liquid from / to drain off (liquid)
see 乾柴烈火|干柴烈火[]
clothes dryer
to dry over a fire / to roast
to have nothing to do with
noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
dried beef / beef jerky
to tie in to
to remove excess moisture by spinning / to put (clothes) through the spin cycle / to spin-dry
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27