饿得慌' 饿得慌[餓--] è de huāng {E} r.v. 〈coll.〉 be awfully hungry | Wǒ méi chī zǎofàn, xiànzài ∼. 我没吃早饭, 现在∼。 I didn't have breakfast, and now I'm starving.'
反倒' 反倒 fǎndào* {D} adv. on the contrary; instead | Wǒ méiyǒu pīpíng nǐ, nǐ ∼ shuō qị̌ wǒ lái le. 我没有批评你, 你∼说起我来了。 I didn't criticize you; instead you are criticizing me.' 发现/见' 发现/见[發現/見] fāxiàn* {A} v./n. ①find; discover | Wǒ méi ∼ shénme. 我没∼什么。 I didn't see anything. ②realize; perceive; notice' 怪不得' 怪不得 guàibude {C} r.v. ①no wonder; so that's why | ∼ wǒ bùzhīdào. ∼我不知道。 No wonder I didn't know. ②not to blame | Zhè ∼ tā. 这∼他。 He's not responsible for this.' 过不去' 过不去[過--] guòbuqù {E} r.v. ①cannot get through; unable to get by ②be hard on | Wǒ pīpíng tā, bìng bụ̀shì gēn tā ∼. 我批评他, 并不是跟他∼。 I didn't mean to be hard on him when I criticized him. ③feel sorry for' 故意' 故意 gùyì* {B} adv. intentionally; willfully | Wǒ bụ̀ shì ∼ de. 我不是∼的。 I didn't do it on purpose.' 嗐' 嗐 ²hài {E} intj. (expressing sorrow/regret) | ∼, xiǎngbudào ²tā hàile zhòngbìng. ∼, 想不到她害了重病。 Oh dear, I didn't know she was seriously ill.' 可' 可 ¹kě {B} v. ①can; may ②need ③be worth; be worthy of ④approve ⑤fit; suit ⑥be estimated at ◆conj. but; yet ◆pref. able ◆adv. ①in contrast to before | Zhè huí nǐ ∼ cāizhòng le. 这回你∼猜中了。 This time you've guessed right. ②actually; on the contrary | Wǒ ∼ méi qù. 我∼没去。 Actually, I didn't go. | Zhè ∼ bụ̀ shi nàozhe wánr de. 这∼不是闹着玩儿的。 This is no joke. ③〈coll.〉 all; entire; full; throughout | ∼ yī̠ jiē ∼一街 the entire street ◆cons. ∼ A ∼ B sometimes A, sometimes B; either A or B (where AB forms an antithetical expression) | ∼̣ zuǒ ∼ yòu ∼左∼右 either left or right See also ¹⁰kè' 迫不得已' 迫不得已 pòbùdéyǐ {E} f.e. be forced to | Wǒ qù shì ∼. 我去是∼。 I didn't want to go but had to.' 起初' 起初 qǐchū* {C} n. at first; originally | ∼ wǒ bù xiǎng lái. ∼我不想来。 At first I didn't want to come.' 上去' 上去 shàngqu* {A} r.v. go up ◆cmp. ①(indicating upward movement away from one) | Shān tài gāo le, wǒ méi pá ∼. 山太高了, 我没爬∼。 The mountain was too high, I didn't climb to the top. ②(indicating outward or forward direction) | Jìzhěmen xiàng tā ²wéile ∼. 记者们向他围了∼。 Journalists rushed forward to meet him. ③(indicating a rise in level) | Bǎ xuéxí gǎo ∼. 把学习搞∼。 We/You must improve our/your study.' 上网' 上网[-網] shàngwǎng* {E} v.o. ①stretch a net (in a sports game or for covering sth.) ②be on the Internet | Wǒ jīntiān méi ∼. 我今天没∼。 I didn't get on the Internet today. ③be netted (of fish)' 声明' 声明[聲-] ¹shēngmíng {C} v./n. ①state; announce; make clear | Wǒ ∼ zhè bụ̀ shì wǒ gàn de. 我∼这不是我干的。 I want to make it clear that I didn't do it. ②〈trad.〉 Budd. chanting' 睡眠' 睡眠 shuìmián* {C} n. sleep | Zuówǎn wǒ ∼ bùzú. 昨晚我∼不足。 I didn't have enough sleep last night.' 所以' 所以 suọ̌yǐ* {A} conj. so; therefore; as a result ◆n. ①that by which ②the reason why; the cause ◆cons. N ∼ V, shì yīnwèi ... the reason why N V is (because) ... | Wǒ ∼ méi qù shì yīnwèi ... 我∼没去是因为 … The reason I didn't go is ...' 透支' 透支 tòuzhī {E} v.o. ①overdraw | Zhège yuè wǒ méiyǒu ∼. 这个月我没有∼。 I didn't overdraw this month. ②draw one's salary in advance ◆n. expenditure exceeds revenue' 未之有焉' 未之有焉 wèizhīyǒuyān f.e. I didn't know this.' 无心' 无心[無-] wúxīn* {E} v.o. ①not be in the mood for ②〈Budd.〉 cease all mental activity ◆adv. unwittingly; inadvertently | Wǒ shì ∼ shuō de. 我是∼说的。 I didn't mean it.' 也' 也 ¹yě* {A} adv. ①also; too; as well; either ②even | Wǒ xiạ̌ng ∼ méi xiǎngdào. 我想∼没想到。 I didn't even think of it. ③more or less; by and large | Tā de Zhōngwén ∼ hái kẹ̌yǐ. 他的中文∼还可以。 His Chinese is passable. ◆cons. ① (suīrán/jíshǐ) V1 ∼ V2 (even) if V1 nevertheless V2 | Wọ̌ shǎo chī yị̄ dùn ∼ wúsuǒwèi. 我少吃一顿∼无所谓。 I don't mind skipping a meal. | Jíshǐ ²tā méi shuō, wọ̌ ∼ zhīdao. 即使她没说, 我∼知道。 Even if she hadn't mentioned it, I would have known. ② ∼ A ∼ B be both A and B ◆m.p. 〈wr.〉 (used in classical language at the end of a sentence or clause) | Shì kẹ̌ rěn ∼, ³shú bù kẹ̌ rěn ∼. 是可忍∼, 孰不可忍∼。 If this can be tolerated, what cannot? | Rén zhī guò ∼, gè yú qí dǎng. 人之过∼, 各于其党。 People's faults are characteristic of the classes to which they belong.' 站稳' 站稳[-穩] zhànwěn {E} r.v. ①come to a stop ②stand firm | Wǒ cóng tái shang tiào xiàlai ²shí méi ∼, shuāidǎo le. 我从台上跳下来时没∼, 摔倒了。 I didn't land upright and fell down when I jumped from the stage.' 招' 招 ¹zhāo {E} v. ①beckon ②enlist; recruit ③attract; incur ④provoke; tease | Wǒ méi ∼ tā. 我没∼他。 I didn't provoke him. ⑤infect; be contagious ⑥confess | Tā ∼le ma? 他∼了吗? Has he confessed? See also ²zhāo' 整整' 整整 zhẹ̌ngzhěng* {D} r.f. ①whole; full | Wǒ ∼ sān tiān méi chīfàn. 我∼三天没吃饭。 I didn't eat for three days. ②exactly' 只字未提' 只字未提[隻---] zhīzìwèití f.e. didn't say a word | Wǒ duì nà shì(r) ∼. 我对那事(儿)∼。 I didn't say a single word about it.'