| 创见性 | chuang4 jian4 xing4 | original (idea, discovery etc) |
| 制服呢 | zhi4 fu2 ni2 | tweed cloth (used for military uniforms etc) |
| 劈里啪啦 | pi1 li5 pa1 la5 | to splutter |
| 半条命 | ban4 tiao2 ming4 | half a life |
| 厚生相 | hou4 sheng1 xiang4 | minister of health (of Japan, UK etc) |
| 反走私 | fan3 zou3 si1 | to oppose smuggling |
| 发音体 | fa1 yin1 ti3 | sound producing object (soundboard, vibrating string, membrane etc) |
| 受支配 | shou4 zhi1 pei4 | subject to (foreign domination, emotions etc) |
| 后半叶 | hou4 ban4 ye4 | latter half (of a decade, century etc) |
| 哀莫大于心死 | ai1 mo4 da4 yu2 xin1 si3 | nothing sadder than a withered heart |
| 唏哩哗啦 | xi1 li1 hua1 la1 | (onom.) clatter (of mahjong tiles etc) |
| 啮齿目 | nie4 chi3 mu4 | order of rodents (rats, squirrels etc) |
| 固有词 | gu4 you3 ci2 | native words (i.e. not derived from Chinese, in Korean and Japanese etc) |