Ollie Linges Reading Collections

Question 1

不問好歹

不问好歹

Answer 1

bùwènhǎodǎi

no matter what may happen (idiom)

Question 2

缠

Answer 2

chán
1 to wind around
2 to wrap round
3 to coil
4 tangle
5 to involve
6 to bother
7 to annoy

Question 3

不许

Answer 3

bùxǔ
1 not to allow
2 must not
3 can’t

Question 4

折断

Answer 4

zhéduàn
1 to snap sth off
2 to break

Question 5

罢了

Answer 5

bàle

PARTICLE(used at the end of a declarative sentence) that’s all; nothing else

Question 6

时光

Answer 6

shíguāng
1 time
2 times; years; days

Question 7

要脸

Answer 7

yàoliǎn

be keen on face-saving; care much about one’s reputation

Question 8

媒人

Answer 8

méirén

matchmaker; go-between

Question 9

势

Answer 9

shì
1 power; force; influence
2 momentum; tendency
3 the outward appearance of a natural object
4 situation; state of affairs; circumstances
5 sign; gesture
6 male genitals

Question 10

有钱有势

Answer 10

you3qian2you3shi4 - rich and powerful

Question 11

安分

Answer 11

ānfèn

not go beyond one’s bounds; be law-abiding; know one’s place

Question 12

就算

Answer 12

jiùsuàn

CONJUNCTION INFORMALeven if; granted that

Question 13

前生

Answer 13

qiánshēng

previous incarnation; previous existence

Question 14

运气

Answer 14

yùnqi

fortune; luck

Question 15

劝

Answer 15

quàn
1 advise; urge; try to persuade
2 encourage
3 comfort

Question 16

贤慧

Answer 16

xiánhuì

(of a woman) virtuous; genial and prudent; kindhearted and understanding

Question 17

总要

Answer 17

zǒngyào

nevertheless

Question 18

有志气

Answer 18

you3zhi4qi4 - ambitious

Question 19

乐得

Answer 19

lèdé

readily take the opportunity to; be only too glad to

Question 20

偷懒

Answer 20

tōulǎn

loaf on the job; be lazy

Question 21

借此

Answer 21

jiècǐ
1 using this as a pretext
2 thereby

Question 22

至于

Answer 22

zhìyú
1
PREPOSITIONas for; as to
2 go so far as to

Question 23

恨不得

Answer 23

hènbude

one wishes one could; one would if one could; be dying to