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巫哲《解药》Antidote, Chapter 4 [Vocabulary]

Updated: Jul 29, 2021



I finished reading all of chapter 4 in only two days which is my personal best, 庆幸自己 qìngxìng zìjǐ.



Bright & Colorful


1. 艳 yàn colorful; splendid; gaudy; amorous; romantic; to envy (from traditional character 艷)


2. 光晕 guāngyūn halo

晕 yūn confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out


3. 闪耀 shǎnyào to glint; to glitter; to sparkle; to radiate

闪 shǎn to dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it; shaken (by a fall); to sprain; to

pull a muscle; lightning; spark; a flash; to flash (across one's mind); to leave behind;

(Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine; (Chinese surname)

耀 yào brilliant; glorious


4. 光斑 guāngbān facula; an irregular, unusually bright patch on the sun's surface.

斑 bān spot; colored patch; stripe; spotted; striped; variegated



Apartment


1. 租金 zūjīn rent


2. 租户 zūhù tenant; person who leases


3. 收据 shōujù receipt

据 jù according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy


4. 中介 zhōngjiè to act as intermediary; to link; intermediate; inter-; agency; agent

介 jiè to introduce; to lie between; between; shell; armor


5. 现金月结 cash payment at the end of the month



Domestic Violence


1. 阉 yān to castrate; a castrate; neuter


2. 傻逼 stupid cunt (vulgar); also written 傻屄

傻 shǎ foolish; silly

屄 bī cunt (vulgar)

逼 bī to force (somebody to do something); to compel; to press for; to extort; to

press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; used in the place of 屄, cunt


3. 情侣 qínglǚ sweethearts; lovers

情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation

侣 lǚ companion


4. 果奔 guǒ bēn run around naked, streaking


5. 肉偿 ròu cháng sexual favors; sexual compensation

偿 cháng to repay; to compensate for; to recompense; to fulfill (hopes etc)


6. 撒泼 sāpō to make an unreasonable scene

撒 sā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to

泼 pō to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish


7. 煎熬 jiān'áo to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment

煎 jiān to pan fry; to sauté

熬 áo to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure


8. 琢磨 zhuómó ponder; to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work

琢 zhuó to cut and polish (gems)

磨 mó to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time;

to pester; to insist


9. 净身出户 jìngshēn chū hù to leave a marriage with nothing (no possessions or

property)

净身 jìngshēn to purify one's body (i.e. to get castrated)

户 hù a household; door; family




Lackadaisical Four Character Phrases


1. 无所事事 wú suǒ shìshì to have nothing to do; to idle one's time away (idiom)


2. 一事无成 yīshì wúchéng to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get

nowhere


3. 挥之不去 huī zhī bùqù impossible to get rid of

挥 huī to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse


4. 故地重游 gùdì chóng yóu to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane

故地 gùdì once familiar places; former haunts

故 gù happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore;

hence; (of people) to die, dead

地 dì earth; ground; field; place; land

重 chóng to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer

游 yóu to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel


5. 慢条斯理 màn tiáo sī lǐ unhurried; calm; composed; leisurely

慢 màn slow

条 tiáo strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); measure word for long thin things

(ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

斯 sī (phonetic); this; Slovakia; Slovak; abbr. for 斯洛伐克

理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth;

science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to

handle; to put in order; to tidy up


6. 悄无声息 qiǎo wú shēngxī quietly; noiselessly

悄 qiǎo quiet; sad

无 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less

声息 shēngxī sound (often with negative, not a sound); whisper

息 xī breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan); to cease; to stop; to rest


7. 无动于衷 wú dòng yú zhōng aloof; indifferent; unconcerned

无 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less

动 dòng (of something) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to

make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb

于 yú in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; with regards to

衷 zhōng inner feelings


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