安 土 重 遷 ān tǔ zhòng qiān : hate to leave a place where one has lived long; be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it

抱 殘 守 缺 bǎo cán shǒu quē : cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn - be conservative

保 甲 制 度 bǎo jiǎ zhì dù : the Bao-Jia system (an administrative system organized on basis of households)

保 守 bǎo shǒu : (politically) conservative; guard; keep

背 井 離 鄉 bèi jǐng lí xiāng : leave one's native place (especially against one's will)

本 族 語 bén zú yǔ : native language; mother tongue

本 家 běn jiā : a member of the same clan; a distant relative with the same family name

本 土 běn tǔ : one's native country; metropolitan territory

比 較 bǐ jiào : compare; contrast; fairly; comparatively; relatively; quite; rather

比 較 而 言 bǐ jiào ér yán : comparatively speaking

比 較 新 bǐ jiào xīn : comparatively new; relatively new

變 文 biàn wén : a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhistic themes)

表 語 biǎo yǔ : predicative

別 稱 bié chēng : another name; alternative name

別 無 bié wú : have no other (choice, alternative, etc)

不 «不» bù : (negative prefix); not; no

Big5: , Unicode: 4e0d (不),
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不 得 已 bù dé yǐ : act against one's will; have no alternative but to; have to; to have no choice; must

不 見 經 傳 bù jiàn jīng zhuàn : not to be found in the classics - not authoritative; unknown

不 足 為 訓 bù zú wéi xùn : not to be taken as an example; not an example to be followed; not to be taken as authoritative

擦 音 cā yīn : fricative

才 思 cái sī : imaginative power; creativeness

採 訪 記 者 cǎi fǎng jì zhē : investigative reporter

層 次 céng cì : arrangement of ideas; administrative level; level; stage; phase

常 駐 cháng zhù : resident; permanent (representative)

沉 默 chén mò : silence; uncommunicative

陳 述 句 chén shù jù : declarative sentence

初 步 chū bù : initial; preliminary; tentative

創 造 性 chuàng zào xìng : creativeness; creativity

創 作 chuàng zuò : to create; to produce; to write; creative work; creation

從 來 cóng lái : always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)

代 表 dài biǎo : representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for

得 寸 進 尺 dé cùn jìn chǐ : literal: get an inch, want a foot; figurative: given an inch, want a mile

斷 [断] duàn : absolutely; decidedly (in negative constructions); break; to judge

Big5: , Unicode: 65b7 (斷),
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否 定 fǒu dìng : negative

負 [负] fù : lose; negative (math. etc.); to bear; to carry (on one's back)

Big5: , Unicode: 8ca0 (負),
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富 於 想 像 fù yú xiǎng xiàng : imaginative

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

共 同 gòng tóng : common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative

共 同 篩 選 gòng tóng shāi xuǎn : collaborative filtering

故 事 gù shì : narrative; story; tale

故 鄉 gù xiàng : home; homeland; native place

國 際 電 話 電 報 諮 詢 委 員 會 guó jì diàn huà diàn bào zī xún wěi yuán hè : International Consultative Committee for Telephone and Telegraph; CCITT (now ITU)

喉 擦 音 hóu cā yīn : guttural fricative

籍 jí : (surname); record; register; native place

Big5: , Unicode: 7c4d (籍),
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紀 念 館 jì niàn guǎn : memorial hall; commemorative museum

較 大 jiào dà : comparatively large

絕 對 數 字 jué duì shù zì : absolute (as opposed to relative) number

肯 定 kěn dìng : to be sure; to be certain; sure; certain; definite; to confirm; to affirm; affirmative

老 家 lǎo jiā : native place; place of origin; home state or region

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

立 法 會 lì fǎ huì : legislative council

量 變 liàng biàn : quantitative change

囉 «啰» luō : fussy; talkative

Big5: , Unicode: 56c9 (囉),
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沒 méi : (negative prefix for verbs); have not; not

Big5: , Unicode: 6c92 (沒),
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母 語 mǔ yǔ : native language; mother language

戚 qī : (surname); relative

Big5: , Unicode: 621a (戚),
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綦 qí : dark grey; superlative; variegated

Big5: , Unicode: 7da6 (綦),
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親 戚 qīn qi : (a) relative (i.e. family member)

親 家 qìng jia : parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law; relatives by marriage

權 威 quán wēi : authority; authoritative

權 威 性 quán wēi xìng : authoritative; (having) authority

譅 sè : talkative; loquacious

Big5: , Unicode: 8b45 (譅),
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勢 在 必 行 shì zài bì xíng : be imperative; be required by circumstances

首 席 shǒu xí : chief (representative, correspondent, etc)

首 席 代 表 shǒu xí dài biǎo : chief representative

率 先 shuài xiān : take the lead (showing initiative)

溏 táng : noncoagulative; pond

Big5: , Unicode: 6e8f (溏),
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特 別 行 政 區 tè bié xíng zhèng qū : Special Administrative Region

特 區 tè qū : special (administrative) region

特 權 tè quán : prerogative; privilege; privileged

土 著 tǔ zhù : native, aboriginal

推 理 tuī lǐ : reasoning; speculative

喜 新 厭 舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù : literal: to like the new, and hate the old; figurative: enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old

相 對 xiāng duì : relatively; opposite (side of the table); to resist; to oppose

瀉 藥 xiè yào : laxative

行 政 xíng zhèng : administration; administrative

衍 生 yǎn shēng : derivative

疑 問 yí wèn : interrogation; interrogative; query

疑 問 句 yí wèn jù : interrogative sentence

議 會 yì huì : parliament; legislative assembly

議 席 yì xí : seat in a parliament or legislative assembly

議 員 yì yuán : member (of a legislative body); representative

議 院 yì yuàn : parliament; legislative assembly

議 長 yì zhǎng : speaker (of a legislative assembly)

氤 yīn : generative forces; magic emanation

Big5: , Unicode: 6c24 (氤),
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陰 yīn : (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady

Big5: , Unicode: 9670 (陰),
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絪 yīn : generative force; magic emanation

Big5: , Unicode: 7d6a (絪),
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有 權 威 yǒu quán wēi : authoritative

縕 [缊] yūn : generative force; orange color

Big5: , Unicode: 7e15 (縕),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

怎 麼 zěn me : (interrogative pronoun); how (can it be that)

怎 麼 樣 zěn me yàng : how about; (used in the negative)(not) so good

譫 [谵] zhān : incoherent talk; talkative

Big5: 譫, Unicode: 8b6b (譫),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

政 協 zhèng xié : CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee)

眾 議 員 zhòng yì yuán : member of the US House of Representatives

眾 議 院 zhòng yì yuàn : House of Representatives (USA)

主 動 zhǔ dòng : (to take the) initiative

主 格 zhǔ gé : nominative

裝 飾 zhuāng shì : decorate; decorative; ornamental

咨 詢 zī xún : consultative; advisory