| 商鞅变法 | shang1 yang1 bian4 fa3 | Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination |
| 嗰阵时 | zhen4 shi2 | at that time |
| 四川大地震 | si4 chuan1 da4 di4 zhen4 | Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008) |
| 塞翁失马安知非福 | sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3 an1 zhi1 fei1 fu2 | also written å¡žç¿å¤±é¦¬ç„‰çŸ¥éžç¦å¡žç¿å¤±é©¬ç„‰çŸ¥éžç¦ |
| 外观设计 | wai4 guan1 she4 ji4 | design |
| 多难兴邦 | duo1 nan4 xing1 bang1 | calamity that prompts renewal |
| 大义凛然 | da4 yi4 lin3 ran2 | devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom) |
| 夹生饭 | jia1 sheng1 fan4 | half cooked rice |
| 完全可以说是 | wan2 quan2 ke3 yi3 shuo1 shi4 | it can truly be said that |
| 官渡之战 | guan1 du4 zhi1 zhan4 | battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's æ›¹æ“ domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 許昌许昌[Xu3 chang1] in north Henan) |
| 害人精 | hai4 ren2 jing1 | terrible pest |
| 对不上 | dui4 bu4 shang4 | to disagree |
| 就是爱 | jiu4 shi4 ai4 | that's love exactly |