| 浅陋 | qian3 lou4 | shallow and crude |
| 炉火纯青 | lu2 huo3 chun2 qing1 | high degree of skill |
| 目无全牛 | mu4 wu2 quan2 niu2 | extremely skilled |
| 相夫教子 | xiang1 fu1 jiao4 zi3 xiang4 fu1 jiao4 zi3 | mothering skills |
| 神乎其技 | shen2 hu1 qi2 ji4 | virtuosic |
| 稳练 | wen3 lian4 | skilled and reliable |
| 良工心苦 | liang2 gong1 xin1 ku3 | hard-won skill |
| 血账 | xue4 zhang4 | debt of blood (after killing sb) |
| 西艺 | xi1 yi4 | western skills |
| 诛流 | zhu1 liu2 | to kill and banish |
| 辩士 | bian4 shi4 | eloquent person |
| 项英 | xiang4 ying1 | Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍, killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事变 |
| 飞针走线 | fei1 zhen1 zou3 xian4 | skillful needlework |