"A Half Hour at Noon" Chapter 16 Chinese tingli
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- 延åŠ
- involve; implicate
- 钻。。。空å
- avail self of loopholes
- 计划生育
- family planning; birth control
- 占
- occupy; take up
- 忒欁
- mentality
- ç¦åˆ©åˆ†æˆ¿
- housing allocation (as social benefit)
- 为。。。争得
- for the sake of⬦; to fight to the point of⬦
- 效益
- economic returns
- 预料
- expect; predict; anticipate
- ç”·æ–¹
- the husband's side
- 女方
- the wife's side
- 关键
- the most crucial (adj.) ; crux; crucial point; key (noun)
- 时刻
- n. time; hour; moment
- 落空
- come to nothing; to fall through
- 苦心
- the trouble taken; pains
- ç–划
- plan; plot; scheme (e.g. life plan, city planning)
- 原本
- originally
- å’Œç¦
- harmony; harmonious
- 为。。。所+V
- to be V'ed by ______
- å›°
- to strap/limit; to be strapped
- ä¼ é€’
- transmit; deliver; transfer
- 暗地里
- secretly; inwardly; on the sly
- 相èš
- to get together
- 直言ä¸è®³
- not mince words; to speak straightforwardly
- 专长
- specialty; special skill knowledge
- 行政干部
- administrative cadre
- 防æ¶
- to provide for in one's old age
- é—¹
- stir up trouble; be engaged in sth.
- å¤å©š
- remarry eachother
- æ— æ‰€è°“
- doesn't matter
- 欺骗
- cheat; dupe
- ä¸é¥±ç§å›Š
- to fatten one's private purse in the process
- ç†åº”
- ought to; should
- 指责
- censure; criticize
- 严处
- to deal with severely
- 放任
- not interfere; let alone
- 严肃
- serious; solemn
- 房改部门
- housing reform sector
- åŠæ—¶
- promptly
- æœç»
- stop; put end to
- è’å”
- absurd; preposterous
- 走上æ£è½¨
- to get on the proper track.