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背影

Terms in this set (49)

chaishi: official position (old term)

jiaoxie: to lose (a job)

huobudanxing: misfortunes never come only one at a time

sangshi: funeral

youguang: to go sightseeing, to stroll about

douliu: to stay (for a short period of time), to stop over

dujiang: to cross a river

shushi: well-acquainted, to know someone well

chafang: tea waiter (old term)

zaisan: repeatedly, over and over again

zhufu: to tell, to exhort

tuotie: careful, properly

po: quite, considerably

chouchu: to hesitate

zhaokan: to take care of, to keep and eye on

xingli: luggage

jiaofu: porter (old term)

chazui: to get a word in

jianding: to select

pu: to spread, unfold

jingxing: vigilant

zhutuo: to ask a favor of sb.

yu: stubborn adherence to worn-out rules and ideas

jianzhi: simply, at all

liaoli: to take care of, to manage

yuetai: the station platform

chuangguo: to cross, to pass through

tiedao: railroad tracks

feishi: to go to a lot of trouble

magua: traditional Chinese men's jacket

mianpao: cotton padded long gown

panshan: to stagger, to walk haltingly

tanshen: to stretch forward, to bend forward

pan: to climb, to clamber

chan: to support someone with one's hand

yigunaoer: completely

qingsong: relaxed

guangjing: circumstance, condition

zhu: chopsticks

zhuduo: a good deal, a lot of

dayue: probably

jingying: sparkling

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