| 成书 | cheng2 shu1 | publication |
| 民以食为天 | min2 yi3 shi2 wei2 tian1 | Food first, ethical niceties second |
| 甲方 | jia3 fang1 | Party A |
| 甲申 | jia3 shen1 | twenty first year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064 |
| 第一季度 | di4 yi1 ji4 du4 | the first quarter |
| 起价 | qi3 jia4 | starting price |
| 难经 | nan2 jing1 | Canon of difficult questions, medical text, c. first century AD |
| 雪顿 | xue3 dun4 | Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar |
| 首付 | shou3 fu4 | down payment |
| 首演 | shou3 yan3 | maiden stage role |
| 一针见血 | yi1 zhen1 jian4 xie3 | to get to the point |
| 出道 | chu1 dao4 | to start one's career |
| 创世记 | chuang4 shi4 ji4 | Book of Genesis |