MANDARIN REFERENCE

Chinese verbs · Page 20

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忌讳jìhuì

to avoid like a plague; to consider as taboo

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惦记diànjì

to think about (someone); to have (someone) on one's mind; to remember with concern

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击破jīpò

to destroy; to defeat; to break; to break up; to rout

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喧哗xuānhuá

to make a din; to clamour; to be loud and noisy

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挡路dǎnglù

to block the way; to obstruct the road; to be in the way

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出水chūshuǐ

to appear out of water; to appear above water

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掏空tāokōng

to use up; to exhaust (one's energy); to rack one's brain

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修身xiūshēn

to cultivate one's moral character; to practice self-cultivation

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备课bèikè

to prepare for one's lessons (as a teacher)

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归功guīgōng

to give credit; to attribute success; to ascribe

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气炸qìzhà

to be so infuriated that one's lungs are going to explode

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拥堵yōngdǔ

to be congested; to be jammed up; to be blocked

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斟酌zhēnzhuó

to consider; to deliberate; to think about carefully

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顶替dǐngtì

to replace somebody; to take somebody's place; to get a job at one's parent's place of work when the parent retires or dies

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作主zuòzhǔ

to take responsibility and make decisions

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持许chíxǔ

to hold a permit; to have authorization

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打滚dǎgǔn

to cope with; to deal with (a certain environment)

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