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不亦乐乎
bùyìlèhū
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- lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius)
- fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully
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交代
jiāodài
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- to transfer (duties to sb else)
- to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth)
- to explain; to give an account; to brief
- to confess; to account for oneself
- (jocular) to come to a bad end
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人有三急
rényǒusānjí
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(jocular) to need to answer the call of nature
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做厅长
zuòtīngzhǎng
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(jocular) to sleep on the couch; to sleep in the living room
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剁手节
duòshǒujié
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(jocular) a day of frenetic online spending, such as Singles' Day
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吃席
chīxí
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- to attend a banquet (funeral, wedding etc)
- (neologism c. 2020) (slang) (jocular) lit. to attend sb's funeral banquet (used to imply that things are going to go badly for sb)
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唱空城计
chàngkōngchéngjì
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- lit. to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom)
- fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
- (jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty; (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
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压力山大
yālìshāndà
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(jocular) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亚历山大 Yàlìshāndà)
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天兵
tiānbīng
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- celestial soldier
- (old) imperial troops
- (Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit
- (more generally) bungler
- screw-up
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夹心饼干
jiāxīnbǐnggān
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- sandwich cookie
- (jocular) sb who is caught between two opposing parties; sb who is between the hammer and the anvil
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