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Answer Key & More Examples
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Looking for a concise answer key? Here you go:
1. 酷 kù: cool
2. 抠门儿 kōu ménr: stingy
3. 炒鱿鱼 chǎo yóu yú: (coll.) to be fired / to fire
4. 土 tǔ: outdated / old-fashioned / out of touch
5. 悲催 bēi cuī: unfortunate / unhappy / unpleasant
6. 撒娇 sā jiāo: act in a childish, cutesy and coaxing way to get what you want
7. 拍马屁 pāi mǎ pì: to suck up to someone
8. 臭美 chòu měi: to flatter oneself
9. 吹牛 chuī niú: to brag / to talk big
10. 圈粉 quān fěn: to get fans / to attract fans
11. 没门儿 méi ménr: no way / impossible (lit. no + door)
12. 菜鸟 cài niǎo: newbie / beginner (lit. vegetable + bird)
13. 不感冒 bù gǎn mào: not interested (lit. no + cold)
14. 哥们儿 gē menr: bro / bros
15. 夜猫子 yè māo zi: night owl (lit. night + cat)
16. 马路杀手 mǎ lù shā shǒu: reckless driver (lit. road + killer)
17. 给力 gěi lì: awesome (lit. give + power)
18. 放...鸽子 fàng...gē zi: stand someone up (lit. release... pigeon)
19. 白菜价 bái cài jià: a great deal / a steal (lit. Chinese cabbage + price)
20. 收拾烂摊子 shōu shí làn tān zi: clean up the mess
21. 学霸 xué bà： top student （lit. study lord）
22. 学渣 xué zhā：hopeless student （lit. study dreg）
23. 菜 cài：(one's) type （lit. dish）
24. 炸 zhà： dope / lit / explosive （lit. to explode）
25. 剧透 jù tòu：plot leak / spoiler / to spoil
26. 绝了 jué le：absolutely amazing
27. 暖男 nuǎn nán：considerate and caring guy （lit. warm + man）
28. 渣男 zhā nán：douchebag / scumbag (male) （lit. dreg man）
29. 大姨妈 dà yí mā：menstruation / period （lit. great aunt）
30. 剩女 shèng nǚ："leftover woman" (successful career woman who has remained single)