安 心 ān xīn : feel at ease; be relieved; set one's mind at rest; keep one's mind on something

拔 苗 助 長 bá miáo zhù zhǎng : spoil things through excessive enthusiasm

罷 了 bà le : a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)

白 白 bái bái : in vain; to no purpose; for nothing

白 飯 bái fàn : plain cooked rice; rice with nothing to go with it

白 手 起 家 bái shǒu qì jiā : build up from nothing; start from scratch

百 川 歸 海 bǎi chuān guī hǎi : all things tends in one direction

百 端 待 舉 bǎi duān dài jǔ : a thousand things remain to be done; numerous tasks remain to be undertaken

擺 事 實 講 道 理 bǎi shì shí jiǎng dào lǐ : present the facts and reason things out

百 無 一 失 bǎi wú yī shī : no danger of anything going wrong; no risk at all

辦 法 bàn fǎ : means; method; way (to do something)

包 辦 bāo bàn : take care of everything concerning a job; run the whole show

包 攬 bāo lǎn : undertake the whole thing; take on everything

寶 貝 bǎo bèi : treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character

備 而 不 用 bèi ér bù yòng : have something ready just in case; keep something for possible future use

背 光 bèi guāng : be in a poor light; do something with one's back to the light; stand in one's own light

本 體 běn tǐ : noumenon; thing-in-itself

奔 頭 兒 bèn tóu er : something to strive for; prospect

逼 上 樑 山 bī shàng liáng shān : be driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels; be driven to revolt; be forced to do something desperate

鼻 兒 bí er : a hole in an implement or utensil for something to be inserted into; eye

敝 屣 bì xǐ : worn-out shoes; a worthless thing

避 嫌 bì xián : avoid doing anything that may arouse suspicion; avoid arousing suspicion

必 需 品 bì xū pǐn : necessity; essential (thing)

敝 帚 自 珍 bì zhǒu zì zhēn : value one's own old broom - cherish something of little value simply because it is one's own

變 通 biàn tōng : be flexible; accommodate something to circumstances

標 新 立 異 biāo xīn lì yì : start something new in order to be different; do something unconventional or unorthodox; create something new and original

表 記 biǎo jì : something given as a token; souvenir

別 開 生 面 bié kāi shēng miàn : start something new or original; break a new path; break fresh ground

兵 不 厭 詐 bīn bù yàn zhà : there can never be too much deception in war; in war nothing is too deceitful; all's fair in war

病 急 亂 投 醫 bìng jí luàn tóu yī : turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill - try anything when in a desperate situation

撥 亂 反 正 bō luàn fǎn zhèng : bring order out of chaos; set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder

博 古 通 今 bó gǔ tōng jīn : conversant with things past and present - erudite and informed

布 帛 菽 粟 bù bó shū sù : cloth; silk; beans and grain; food and clothing; daily necessities

不 辭 辛 苦 bù cí xīn kǔ : make nothing of hardships

不 分 彼 此 bù fēn bǐ cǐ : make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's; share everything; be on very intimate terms

不 服 bù fú : not accept (something); want to have (something) overruled or changed; refuse to obey or comply; refuse to accept as final; remain unconvinced by; not give in to

不 諱 bù huì : without concealing anything; die

不 稂 不 莠 bù liáng bù yǒu : useless; worthless; good-for-nothing

不 了 了 之 bù liǎo liǎo zhī : settle a matter by leaving it unsettled; end up with nothing definite

不 妙 bù miào : (of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring

不 摸 頭 bù mō tóu : not acquainted with the situation; not up on things

不 求 甚 解 bù qiú shèn jiě : not seek to understand things thoroughly; be content with superficial understanding

不 入 虎 穴 焉 得 虎 子 bù rù hǔ xué yān dé hǔ zǐ : how can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair; nothing venture; nothing to gain or have

不 三 不 四 bù sān bù sì : dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript

不 外 bù wài : not beyond the scope of; nothing more than

不 聞 不 問 bù wén bù wèn : not bother to ask questions or listen to what's said; show no interest in sth; be indifferent to something

不 相 干 bù xiāng gān : be irrelevant; have nothing to do with

不 屑 bù xiè : disdain to do sth; think sth not worth doing; feel it beneath one's dignity to do something

不 在 話 下 bù zài huà xià : be nothing difficult; be a cinch

不 中 用 bù zhōng yòng : unfit for anything; no good; useless

曾 «曽» céng : (refers to something that happened previously); already; at some time in the past; before; once

Big5: , Unicode: 66fe (曾),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

曾 經 céng jīng : (refers to something that happened previously); once; at one time

瞠 chēng : stare at something beyond reach

Big5: , Unicode: 77a0 (瞠),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

承 諾 chéng nuò : effort; undertaking; promise (to do something)

吃 不 上 chī bu shàng : be unable to get something to eat; miss a meal

吃 穿 chī chuān : food and clothing

大 惑 不 解 dà huò bù jiě : do not understand a certain thing

大 驚 小 怪 dà jīng xiǎo guài : much fuss about nothing

大 事 dà shì : a major event; (do something) in a big way

待 dài : wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something

Big5: , Unicode: 5f85 (待),
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等 到 děng dào : wait until; by the time when (something is ready, etc)

定 做 dìng zuò : to have something made to order

東 西 dōng xi : thing; person

都 «都» dōu : all; both (if two things are involved); entirely (due to)each; even; already

Big5: , Unicode: 90fd (都),
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對 於 duì yú : regarding; as far as (something) is concerned; with regards to

而 已 ér yǐ : that's all; nothing more

豐 衣 足 食 fēng yī zú shí : have ample food and clothing; be well-fed and well-clothed

縫 補 fèng bǔ : darn (clothing)

服 裝 fú zhuāng : dress; clothing; costume; clothes

負 責 人 fù zé rén : person in charge (of something)

幹 事 gàn shi : administrative secretary (in charge of something)

公 然 gōng rán : (do something) openly; undisguised; publically

厚 hòu : generous; thick (for flat things)

Big5: , Unicode: 539a (厚),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

呼 籲 hū yù : call on (someone to do something); appeal; to appeal (to)

換 取 huàn qǔ : give something and get something in return

會 不 會 huì bù huì : (posing a question: whether someone, something) can or not; is able to or not

獲 益 huò yì : obtain a benefit; profit from something

件 jiàn : (a measure word for thing; clothes; item

Big5: , Unicode: 4ef6 (件),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

接  jiē zhe : continue; went on to (do something); to follow; to carry on; then; after that

僅 僅 jǐn jǐn : barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more)

就 是 jiù shì : (emphasizes that something is precisely or exactly what is stated); precisely; exactly; even; if; just like; in the same way as

決 定 jué dìng : to decide (to do something); to determine; to resolve

看 法 kàn fǎ : way of looking at a thing; view; opinion

老 套 lǎo tào : old things; old ways (pejorative)

矛 頭 指 向 máo tóu zhǐ xiàng : target someone or something (for attack, criticism, etc.)

沒 甚 麼 méi shén me : nothing

沒 有 什 麼 méi yǒu shén me : there's nothing (... about it)

勉 強 miǎn qiǎng : manage (to do something) with difficulty

蔑 miè : belittle; nothing

Big5: , Unicode: 8511 (蔑),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

名 稱 míng chēng : name (of a thing); name (of an organization)

名 義 míng yì : titular; (do something) in (someone's) name

某 物 mǒu wù : something

某 些 mǒu xiē : some; certain (things)

品 pǐn : conduct; grade; thing; product; good

Big5: , Unicode: 54c1 (品),
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迫 使 pò shǐ : force (someone to do something)

氣 功 qì gōng : qigong, a system of deep breathing exercises

勸 導 quàn dǎo : try to convince; advise (someone to do something)

讓 [让] ràng : to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow

Big5: , Unicode: 8b93 (讓),
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認 定 rèn dìng : maintain (that something is true); be of the firm opinion that; to firmly believe

設 法 shè fǎ : try; think of a way (to accomplish something)