| Order |
Pronunciation |
Expression |
Explanations |
When pronounced in Mandarin & Mandarin counterpart(s) |
| 22 |
xi5gui1 wa1 dua6bieng3 |
西瓜 偎 大邊 |
Know how to take advantage of the situations. Literally, "when a watermelon is being cut, to know to stand on the side of the larger half." Used in critical or diminishing senses. |
[xi1gua1 wei4 da4bian1] “勢利眼。” |
| 42 |
ma1ma1 hu5hu1 la4 |
馬馬 虎虎 啦 ！ |
Horse-horse-tiger-tiger it. Let us let it pass without any more fussing. Referring to a job that is poorly done. |
[ma3ma3 hu3hu3] “隨便 啦 ！” 或者 “管 他的 ！” |
| 14 |
pang5qieng4qieng6 |
香沁沁 |
Fragrant, permeating with or emitting fragrance. |
[xiang1qin4qin4] “香 噴噴。” |
| 104 |
guan5gi3 bu2ghi4 zhin5 gun5zu4, ki1qiu4 bhe5hui3 dai6 jiong4hu1 |
觀棋 不語 真 君子， 起手 無回 大 丈夫 |
Pair of comments printed between the two halves of the checker board. They are saying, "quiet audience are real gentlemen; not redoing a move indicates a manly player." |
[guan1qi2 bu4yu3 zhen1 jun1zi0, qi3shou3 wu2hui2 da4 zhang4fu1] |
| 171 |
bian1sen2a4 |
騙仙子 |
Swindler. |
[pian4xian1zi0] “騙子。” |
| 65 |
gia85 ga1 bhe1 si4 |
驚 及 要 死 ！ |
Scared to death! |
[jing1 ji2 yao4 si3] “嚇 死 了 ！” “ 嚇 死 人 了 ！” |
| 5 |
qi4 kua84mai2 ya4 |
試 看覓 子 |
Try and see what happens. Also: let us eat and see what happens. Let us put it on and see what happens. Etc. You can see how frequently expressions based on this pattern are being used. |
[shi4 kan4mi4zi0] “試試 看。” |
| 20 |
wei6dang5 wei6sai1 |
話東 話西 |
Talk east, talk west. To have a random and wandering talk, usually casually. |
[hua4dong1 hua4xi1] “話東 話西”， “説長 説短”，“聊天 說地。” |
| 121 |
qia81 lang5ke5 |
請 人客 |
Have a banquet prepared to entertain the guests. |
[qing3 ren2ke4] “請客。” |
| 141 |
ta6ce5 |
讀冊 |
Study. To go to school. |
[du2ce4] “讀書”， “上學。” |