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餓死老婆瘟臭屋
Mandarin: e4si3 lao3po5 wen1 chou4 wu1
Simplified: 饿死老婆瘟臭屋
to be unable to earn enough money to feed one's wife [colloquial]
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餓死老婆薰臭屋
Mandarin: e4si3 lao3po5 xun1 chou4 wu1
Simplified: 饿死老婆熏臭屋
to be unable to earn enough money to feed one's wife [colloquial]
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餓殍
Mandarin: e4 piao3
corpses of the starved; (dead) bodies of the starved
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餓狗搶屎
Mandarin: e4 gou3 qiang3 shi3
Simplified: 饿狗抢屎
people scrambling for things (slang)
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餓狼
Mandarin: e4 lang2
Simplified: 饿狼
literally: 'a hungry wolf', describes someone who is rapacious | avaricious
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餓過飢
Mandarin: e4 guo4 ji1
Simplified: 饿过饥
too hungry
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餓鬼
Mandarin: e4 gui3
ghoul; (abusive) an overgreedy person
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餓鬼投胎
Mandarin: e4 gui3 tou2 tai1
Simplified: 饿鬼投胎
eating with no manners, large mouthfuls and too quickly (slang)
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餲
Mandarin: he2
spoiled | sour | moldy | # adapted from cc-cedict
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餲堪堪
Mandarin: ai4 kan1 kan1
stench of stale urine
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駑
Mandarin: nu2
Simplified: 驽
worn out old horses | an inferior animal | incapable | slow | inferior | # adapted from cc-cedict
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驁
Mandarin: ao4
Simplified: 骜
a noble steed | untamed | wild horse | mustang | wild | # adapted from cc-cedict
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鬧
Mandarin: nao4
Simplified: 闹
cacophonous | to make noise | to disturb | to vent (feelings) | to fall ill | to have an attack (of sickness) | to go in (for some activity) | to joke | to quarrel | to create confusion | to stir up trouble | to suffer from | to experience | to cause something to happen | to distinguish | noisy | spree | boisterousness | stormy | uproarious | to scold | to berate | # adapted from cc-cedict
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鬧事
Mandarin: nao4 shi4
cause trouble, create a disturbance
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鬧事兒童
troublesome child
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鬧交
Mandarin: nao4 jiao1
Simplified: 闹交
(slang) to fight with someone; to quarrel; to wrangle
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鬧人
Mandarin: nao4 ren2
Simplified: 闹人
to tell someone off; to curse someone
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鬧別扭
Mandarin: nao4 bie4 niu5
Simplified: 闹别扭
to bicker;to be difficult with someone; to be at odds with someone
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鬧哄哄
crowded
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鬧市
Mandarin: nao4 shi4
bustling city; busy street; downtown area
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鬧意氣
Mandarin: nao4 yi4 qi4
Simplified: 闹意气
to quarrel just to vent one's spleen; to sulk
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鬧意見
Mandarin: nao4 yi4 jian5
Simplified: 闹意见
different in opinion or stance (spoken)
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鬧熱
Mandarin: nao4 re4
Simplified: 闹热
a happening situation (noisy | crowded place); busy and lively; vibrant
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鬧笑話
Mandarin: nao4 xiao4 hua4
to be a laughingstock; to make a fool of oneself
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鬧脾氣
Mandarin: nao4 pi2 qi4
grouchy, show ill temper
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鬧臭
Mandarin: nao4 chou4
Simplified: 闹臭
to scold someone in public and put them to shame [colloquial]
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鬧通街
Mandarin: nao4 tong1 jie1
Simplified: 闹通街
to quarrel so loud that everyone can hear; something that has been made known to everyone [colloquial]
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鬧鐘
Mandarin: nao4 zhong1
alarm clock
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鬧鬼
Mandarin: nao4 gui3
be haunted
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魏
Mandarin: wei4
tower over a palace gateway (old) | a surname | name of several states and dynasties in history | # adapted from cc-cedict
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