| 大动干戈 | da4 dong4 gan1 ge1 | to go to war (idiom) |
| 如堕五里雾中 | ru2 duo4 wu3 li3 wu4 zhong1 | muddled |
| 对称美 | dui4 chen4 mei3 | symmetry (as an aesthetic quality) |
| 惯家 | guan4 jia5 | (usually derog.) an old hand at sth |
| 拱手相让 | gong1 shou3 xiang1 rang4 | to surrender sth readily |
| 敛巴 | lian3 ba5 | (dialect) to gather (sth) |
| 无可无不可 | wu2 ke3 wu2 bu4 ke3 | indifferent |
| 春光乍泄 | chun1 guang1 zha4 xie4 | spring sunshine emerges to bring the world alive (idiom) |
| 灵魂人物 | ling2 hun2 ren2 wu4 | key figure |
| 犹之乎 | you2 zhi1 hu1 | just like (sth) |
| 痛心疾首 | tong4 xin1 ji2 shou3 | bitter and hateful (idiom) |
| 眼里容不得沙子 | yan3 li3 rong2 bu5 de2 sha1 zi5 | not prepared to turn a blind eye |
| 秩序美 | zhi4 xu4 mei3 | order (as an aesthetic quality) |