‘Míng jù’ literally combines ‘míng’ (famous

‘句号’ (jù hào) literally means 'sentence mark

‘造句’ literally means ‘to create a sentence’

句子 (jù zi) means 'sentence' — a grammatically

口头 (kǒu tóu) is an adjective meaning 'oral' or

‘借口’ (jiè kǒu) literally combines ‘借’ (ji

叔公 (shū gōng) is a kinship term used primarily

'Shì shū' is an honorific term used to respectfu

叔父 (shū fù) is a formal, respectful term for o

‘Xiǎo shū’ literally combines ‘xiǎo’ (small

‘叔叔’ (shū shu) is a compound noun formed by r

‘又快又准’ is a common four-character adjective

‘参考’ (cān kǎo) literally combines ‘参’ (to

参与 (cān yǔ) is a verb meaning 'to participate

参加 (cān jiā) is a verb meaning 'to take part i

卡片 (kǎ piàn) literally combines 卡 (kǎ), borr

半杯 literally means 'half cup' and functions as a

半途 literally means 'halfway along a path' — 半

‘半价’ literally means ‘half price’ — it comb

‘打包’ (dǎ bāo) literally means ‘to strike +

包办 (bāo bàn) literally combines 包 (bāo), mea

包裹 (bāo guǒ) literally means 'wrapped object'

勤工俭学 literally combines four characters: 勤 (d

‘努一努’ is a reduplicated verb phrase meaning

‘努劲儿’ is a colloquial verb meaning ‘to exert

‘刷脸’ literally means 'to swipe/scan the face'

'Shuā tí' literally combines 刷 (shuā), meaning

'Shuā píng' literally means 'to brush the screen

'Shuā kǎ' literally combines 'shuā' (to swipe,

刷牙 (shuā yá) literally means 'to brush teeth'

'Guā húzi' literally means 'to scrape whiskers'

冰镇 literally combines 冰 (bīng, 'ice') and 镇 (

冰凉 (bīng liáng) is an adjective meaning 'ice-c

Ice cream is a frozen dessert made from dairy (oft

‘冰箱’ literally means ‘ice box’—a compound n

‘冬装’ (dōng zhuāng) literally combines 冬 (d

"冒泡" literally means "to bubble up," combining

‘词典’ (cí diǎn) literally means ‘word canon

‘典范’ (diǎn fàn) is a formal noun meaning ‘m

‘典礼’ (diǎn lǐ) is a formal noun meaning 'cer