//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/25 words - 3 min
森[森]	sen1	forest	2
会馆[會館]	hui4 guan3	provincial or county guild hall	1
状况[狀況]	zhuang4 kuang4	condition; state; situation; CL:個|个[ge4]	23
郭[郭]	guo1	outer city wall	86
董[董]	dong3	to supervise; to direct; director	47
单子[單子]	dan1 zi5	list of items; bill; form; bedsheet	12
获利[獲利]	huo4 li4	profit; to obtain benefits; benefits obtained	7
恐怕[恐怕]	kong3 pa4	fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe	2
达[達]	da2	to attain; to reach; to amount to; to communicate; eminent	8
百分之[百分之]	bai3 fen1 zhi1	percent	7
一来[一來]	yi1 lai2	firstly, ...	5
陈[陳]	chen2	to lay out; to exhibit; to display; to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale	698
副理[副理]	fu4 li3	deputy director; assistant manager	4
田[田]	tian2	field; farm; CL:片[pian4]	7
手机[手機]	shou3 ji1	cell phone; mobile phone; CL:部[bu4],支[zhi1]	23
休假[休假]	xiu1 jia4	to take a vacation; to go on holiday	3
休[休]	xiu1	to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease; (imperative) don't	4
离职[離職]	li2 zhi2	to retire; to leave office; to quit a job	8
奖金[獎金]	jiang3 jin1	premium; award money; bonus	12
嘘[噓]	xu1	to exhale slowly; to hiss; hush!	11
喂[餵]	wei4	to feed	424
朝日[朝日]	zhao1 ri4	morning sun	2
投[投]	tou2	to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of	6
捷运[捷運]	jie2 yun4	rapid transit; subway	1
宅[宅]	zhai2	residence; (coll.) to stay in at home; to hang around at home	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/50 words - 3 min
含金[含金]	han2 jin1	metal bearing (ore); gold bearing	1
量[量]	liang2	to measure	8
量[量]	liang4	capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word	8
市[市]	shi4	market; city; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
照样[照樣]	zhao4 yang4	as before; (same) as usual; in the same manner; still; nevertheless	2
没戏[沒戲]	mei2 xi4	(coll.) not a chance; no way; hopeless	1
立[立]	li4	to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately	2
新闻[新聞]	xin1 wen2	news; CL:條|条[tiao2],個|个[ge4]	3
林[林]	lin2	woods; forest; CL:片[pian4]; circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); a collection (of similar things)	93
松[鬆]	song1	loose; to loosen; to relax; floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)	4
彬[彬]	bin1	ornamental; refined	1
丁[丁]	ding1	fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; fourth in order; letter "D" or Roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; butyl; cubes (of food)	1
夏[夏]	xia4	summer	1
云[雲]	yun2	cloud; CL:朵[duo3]	1
报导[報導]	bao4 dao3	to report (in the media); (news) report	3
逃亡[逃亡]	tao2 wang2	to flee; flight (from danger); fugitive	2
通缉[通緝]	tong1 ji1	to order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted	2
要犯[要犯]	yao4 fan4	major criminal	2
胜[勝]	sheng4	victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear; equal to (a task)	33
泰[泰]	tai4	safe; peaceful; most; grand	32
泰国[泰國]	Tai4 guo2	Thailand; Thai	4
曼谷[曼谷]	Man4 gu3	Bangkok, capital of Thailand	2
落网[落網]	luo4 wang3	(of a bird, fish etc) to be caught in a net; (of a tennis ball) to hit the net; (of a criminal) to be captured	2
目前[目前]	mu4 qian2	at the present time; currently	12
他人[他人]	ta1 ren2	another; sb else; other people	3
特勤[特勤]	te4 qin2	special duty (e.g. extra security or traffic control on special occasions); person on special duty	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/75 words - 3 min
人员[人員]	ren2 yuan2	staff; crew; personnel; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
押解[押解]	ya1 jie4	to send away under escort (criminals, goods etc)	2
当中[當中]	dang1 zhong1	among; in the middle; in the center	4
重大[重大]	zhong4 da4	great; important; major; significant	3
刑案[刑案]	xing2 an4	criminal case	2
几次[幾次]	ji3 ci4	several times	4
警方[警方]	jing3 fang1	police	3
围捕[圍捕]	wei2 bu3	to fish by casting a net; to capture; to surround and seize	1
之下[之下]	zhi1 xia4	under; beneath; less than	5
逃脱[逃脫]	tao2 tuo1	to run away; to escape	1
年前[年前]	nian2 qian2	before the end of the year; before the new year	1
潜逃[潛逃]	qian2 tao2	to abscond; to slink off	1
出境[出境]	chu1 jing4	to leave a country or region; outbound (tourism)	1
缉[緝]	ji1	to seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. [qi4]	1
凶[兇]	xiong1	terrible; fearful	4
警政署[警政署]	Jing3 zheng4 shu3	National Police Agency (Taiwan); abbr. for 內政部警政署|内政部警政署[Nei4 zheng4 bu4 Jing3 zheng4 shu3]	1
悬赏[懸賞]	xuan2 shang3	to offer a reward; bounty	1
百万[百萬]	bai3 wan4	million; millions	13
元[元]	yuan2	currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original; primary; fundamental; constituent; part; era (of a reign); meta- (prefix); (math.) argument; variable; (Tw) (geology) eon	54
时隔[時隔]	shi2 ge2	separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)	1
协助[協助]	xie2 zhu4	to provide assistance; to aid	1
绳之以法[繩之以法]	sheng2 zhi1 yi3 fa3	to punish according to the law; to bring to justice	1
未[未]	wei4	not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°	2
来电[來電]	lai2 dian4	incoming telegram or telephone call; your telegram, telephone call, or message; to send a telegram or make a telephone call here (i.e. to the speaker); to have instant attraction to sb; to have chemistry with sb; to come back (of electricity, after an outage)	12
社会[社會]	she4 hui4	society; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/100 words - 4 min
热衷[熱衷]	re4 zhong1	to feel strongly about; to be fond of; obsession; deep commitment	1
选美[選美]	xuan3 mei3	beauty contest	3
股市[股市]	gu3 shi4	stock market	32
名人[名人]	ming2 ren2	personage; celebrity	2
李[李]	li3	plum	158
忠[忠]	zhong1	loyal; devoted; honest	71
傍晚[傍晚]	bang4 wan3	in the evening; when night falls; towards evening; at night fall; at dusk	1
病逝[病逝]	bing4 shi4	to die of illness	1
炒作[炒作]	chao3 zuo4	to hype; to promote (in the media)	3
股票[股票]	gu3 piao4	share certificate; stock (finance)	58
迅速[迅速]	xun4 su4	rapid; speedy; fast	1
致富[致富]	zhi4 fu4	to become rich	1
投身[投身]	tou2 shen1	to throw oneself into sth	1
事业[事業]	shi4 ye4	undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
活跃[活躍]	huo2 yue4	active; lively; excited; to enliven; to brighten up	2
媒体[媒體]	mei2 ti3	media, esp. news media	1
版面[版面]	ban3 mian4	page of a publication (e.g. newspaper or website); printing space (reserved for some content); page layout	1
晚年[晚年]	wan3 nian2	one's later years	1
多次[多次]	duo1 ci4	many times; repeatedly	5
炒股[炒股]	chao3 gu3	(coll.) to speculate in stocks	2
案[案]	an4	(legal) case; incident; record; file; table	2
入狱[入獄]	ru4 yu4	to go to jail; to be sent to prison	1
服刑[服刑]	fu2 xing2	to serve a prison sentence	1
争议[爭議]	zheng1 yi4	controversy; dispute; to dispute	1
不断[不斷]	bu4 duan4	unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant	7
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/125 words - 5 min
划下[劃下]	hua4 xia4	to underline; to mark	1
句点[句點]	ju4 dian3	period (punctuation); (fig.) endpoint; finish	1
提到[提到]	ti2 dao4	to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to	10
走路[走路]	zou3 lu4	to walk; to go on foot	7
办公室[辦公室]	ban4 gong1 shi4	office; business premises; bureau; CL:間|间[jian1]	9
速度[速度]	su4 du4	speed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
判断[判斷]	pan4 duan4	to judge; to determine; judgment	1
赚[賺]	zhuan4	to earn; to make a profit	47
赔[賠]	pei2	to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss	28
电话[電話]	dian4 hua4	telephone; CL:部[bu4]; phone call; CL:通[tong1]; phone number	40
忽略[忽略]	hu1 lu:e4	to neglect; to overlook; to ignore	1
汇[匯]	hui4	to remit; to converge (of rivers); to exchange	2
公司[公司]	gong1 si1	(business) company; company; firm; corporation; incorporated; CL:家[jia1]	94
留给[留給]	liu2 gei3	to set aside for	9
纪念[紀念]	ji4 nian4	to commemorate; to remember; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
澈[澈]	che4	clear (water); thorough	604
会计[會計]	kuai4 ji4	accountant; accountancy; accounting	4
结算[結算]	jie2 suan4	to settle a bill; to close an account	1
单[單]	dan1	bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number; CL:個|个[ge4]	17
违约[違約]	wei2 yue1	to break a promise; to violate an agreement; to default (on a loan or contract)	7
事先[事先]	shi4 xian1	in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior	2
多方[多方]	duo1 fang1	in many ways; from all sides	1
避险[避險]	bi4 xian3	to flee from danger; to avoid danger; to minimize risk; (finance) hedge	2
不但[不但]	bu4 dan4	not only (... but also...)	12
损失[損失]	sun3 shi1	loss; damage; CL:個|个[ge4]; to lose; to suffer damage	9
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/150 words - 7 min
百分点[百分點]	bai3 fen1 dian3	percentage point	1
总共[總共]	zong3 gong4	altogether; in sum; in all; in total	1
收益[收益]	shou1 yi4	earnings; profit	1
达到[達到]	da2 dao4	to reach; to achieve; to attain	3
以上[以上]	yi3 shang4	that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.	5
额外[額外]	e2 wai4	extra; added; additional	1
激励[激勵]	ji1 li4	to encourage; to urge; motivation; incentive	4
条件[條件]	tiao2 jian4	condition; circumstances; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; CL:個|个[ge4]	21
满意[滿意]	man3 yi4	satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction	5
讨论[討論]	tao3 lun4	to discuss; to talk over; CL:個|个[ge4]	10
石头[石頭]	shi2 tou5	stone; CL:塊|块[kuai4]	15
硬[硬]	ying4	hard; stiff; strong; firm; resolutely; doggedly; good (quality); able (person)	6
几年[幾年]	ji3 nian2	a few years; several years; how many years	11
培养[培養]	pei2 yang3	to cultivate; to breed; to foster; to nurture; to educate; to groom (for a position); education; fostering; culture (biology)	2
爸妈[爸媽]	ba4 ma1	dad and mom	36
自助餐[自助餐]	zi4 zhu4 can1	buffet; self-service meal	4
楼下[樓下]	lou2 xia4	downstairs	3
雅[雅]	ya3	elegant	683
娟[娟]	juan1	beautiful; graceful	813
姐[姐]	jie3	older sister	58
对面[對面]	dui4 mian4	(sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face	1
主任[主任]	zhu3 ren4	director; head; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
不差[不差]	bu4 cha4	not bad; OK	4
陌生[陌生]	mo4 sheng1	strange; unfamiliar	1
下星期[下星期]	xia4 xing1 qi1	next week	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/175 words - 8 min
员工[員工]	yuan2 gong1	staff; personnel; employee	12
旅游[旅遊]	lu:3 you2	trip; journey; tourism; travel; tour; to travel	5
勉强[勉強]	mian3 qiang3	to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough	5
嗯[嗯]	en5	interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement	370
叶[葉]	ye4	leaf; page; lobe; (historical) period; classifier for small boats	463
氏[氏]	shi4	clan name; maiden name	20
西服[西服]	xi1 fu2	suit; Western-style clothes (historical usage)	30
喔[喔]	wo5	(particle) marker of surprise, sudden realization, reminder	728
名片[名片]	ming2 pian4	(business) card	5
吴[吳]	Wu2	surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in Southern China at different historical periods	5
晓[曉]	xiao3	dawn; daybreak; to know; to let sb know; to make explicit	2
丽[麗]	li4	beautiful	49
礼貌[禮貌]	li3 mao4	courtesy; manners	9
风格[風格]	feng1 ge2	style	2
想必[想必]	xiang3 bi4	presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely	1
辞职[辭職]	ci2 zhi2	to resign	11
挖角[挖角]	wa1 jue2	to poach (talent, personnel from competitors); to raid (a competitor for its talent); Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3]	1
省[省]	sheng3	to save; to economize; to do without; to omit; to leave out; province; (archaic) central government department	3
省[省]	xing3	to inspect; to examine; to be aware; to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)	3
接洽[接洽]	jie1 qia4	to discuss a matter with sb; to get in touch with; to arrange	1
提供[提供]	ti2 gong1	to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish	8
经理[經理]	jing1 li3	manager; director; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]	120
职位[職位]	zhi2 wei4	post; office; position	1
两倍[兩倍]	liang3 bei4	twice as much; double the amount	4
薪水[薪水]	xin1 shui3	salary; wage	15
外套[外套]	wai4 tao4	coat; jacket; CL:件[jian4]	7
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/200 words - 10 min
现金[現金]	xian4 jin1	cash	7
刷卡[刷卡]	shua1 ka3	to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc)	1
年代[年代]	nian2 dai4	a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:個|个[ge4]	11
传统[傳統]	chuan2 tong3	tradition; traditional; convention; conventional; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
西装[西裝]	xi1 zhuang1	suit; Western-style clothes; CL:套[tao4]	63
终身[終身]	zhong1 shen1	lifelong; all one's life; marriage	6
免费[免費]	mian3 fei4	free (of charge)	4
保固[保固]	bao3 gu4	to undertake to rectify any deficiencies in the quality of a building, product or service; warranty; guarantee	6
修[修]	xiu1	to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class)	12
一套[一套]	yi1 tao4	suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior	7
等级[等級]	deng3 ji2	grade; rank; status	3
公关[公關]	gong1 guan1	public relations	1
美女[美女]	mei3 nu:3	beautiful woman	3
价[價]	jia4	price; value; (chemistry) valence	2
光临[光臨]	guang1 lin2	(formal) to honor with one's presence; to attend	2
果然[果然]	guo3 ran2	really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed	9
外传[外傳]	wai4 chuan2	to tell others (a secret); to divulge to an outsider; to be rumored	1
外传[外傳]	wai4 zhuan4	unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)	1
难以[難以]	nan2 yi3	hard to (predict, imagine etc)	1
进攻[進攻]	jin4 gong1	to attack; to assault; to go on the offensive; attack; assault; offense (sports)	1
疗养[療養]	liao2 yang3	to get well; to heal; to recuperate; to convalesce; convalescence; to nurse	1
院[院]	yuan4	courtyard; institution; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
外公[外公]	wai4 gong1	(coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather	49
发呆[發呆]	fa1 dai1	to stare blankly; to be stunned; to be lost in thought	2
到处[到處]	dao4 chu4	everywhere	7
楼[樓]	lou2	house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor; CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]	11
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/225 words - 13 min
摔[摔]	shuai1	to throw down; to fall; to drop and break	10
医生[醫生]	yi1 sheng1	doctor; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]	28
爸[爸]	ba4	father; dad; pa; papa	191
外伤[外傷]	wai4 shang1	injury; wound; trauma	1
部分[部分]	bu4 fen5	part; share; section; piece; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
骨折[骨折]	gu3 zhe2	to suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break; fracture	2
石膏[石膏]	shi2 gao1	gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O); plaster; plaster cast (for a broken bone)	1
固定[固定]	gu4 ding4	to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular	1
脑震荡[腦震盪]	nao3 zhen4 dang4	(med.) cerebral concussion	1
圣诞节[聖誕節]	Sheng4 dan4 jie2	Christmas time; Christmas season; Christmas	34
耶[耶]	ye5	final particle indicating enthusiasm etc	476
勤[勤]	qin2	diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant	292
负[負]	fu4	to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc)	12
反对[反對]	fan3 dui4	to fight against; to oppose; to be opposed to; opposition	9
伯伯[伯伯]	bo2 bo5	father's elder brother; uncle	22
激动[激動]	ji1 dong4	to move emotionally; to stir up (emotions); to excite	8
中学[中學]	zhong1 xue2	middle school; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
大学[大學]	da4 xue2	university; college; CL:所[suo3]	21
毕业[畢業]	bi4 ye4	graduation; to graduate; to finish school	16
死人[死人]	si3 ren2	dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen	1
墓地[墓地]	mu4 di4	cemetery; graveyard	1
记录[記錄]	ji4 lu4	to record; record (written account); note-taker; record (in sports etc); CL:個|个[ge4]	2
怀念[懷念]	huai2 nian4	to cherish the memory of; to think of; reminisce	3
照片[照片]	zhao4 pian4	photograph; picture; CL:張|张[zhang1],套[tao4],幅[fu2]	14
失[失]	shi1	to lose; to miss; to fail	5
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/250 words - 20 min
智[智]	zhi4	wisdom; knowledge	5
逻辑[邏輯]	luo2 ji5	logic (loanword)	3
假话[假話]	jia3 hua4	a lie; untrue statement; misstatement	1
存在[存在]	cun2 zai4	to exist; to be; existence	20
得出[得出]	de2 chu1	to obtain (results); to arrive at (a conclusion)	1
逃避[逃避]	tao2 bi4	to escape; to evade; to avoid; to shirk	7
后天[後天]	hou4 tian1	the day after tomorrow; acquired (not innate); a posteriori	1
罢休[罷休]	ba4 xiu1	to give up; to abandon (a goal etc); to let sth go; forget it; let the matter drop	1
不问[不問]	bu4 wen4	to pay no attention to; to disregard; to ignore; to let go unpunished; to let off	4
疏离[疏離]	shu1 li2	to become alienated; estranged; alienation; disaffection; set wide apart	1
理解[理解]	li3 jie3	to comprehend; to understand; comprehension; understanding	19
固执[固執]	gu4 zhi2	obstinate; stubborn	4
在意[在意]	zai4 yi4	to care about; to mind	11
从此[從此]	cong2 ci3	from now on; since then; henceforth	14
介意[介意]	jie4 yi4	to care about; to take offense; to mind	8
晕[暈]	yun1	confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out	4
晕[暈]	yun4	dizzy; halo; ring around moon or sun	4
停车[停車]	ting2 che1	to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working; to stall	13
拦[攔]	lan2	to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)	5
辆[輛]	liang4	classifier for vehicles	1
干吗[幹嗎]	gan4 ma2	see 幹嘛|干嘛[gan4 ma2]	99
打电话[打電話]	da3 dian4 hua4	to make a telephone call	28
电话亭[電話亭]	dian4 hua4 ting2	telephone booth	1
安全帽[安全帽]	an1 quan2 mao4	safety helmet; CL:隻|只[zhi1],頂|顶[ding3]	3
骑车[騎車]	qi2 che1	to cycle	10
旧[舊]	jiu4	old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)	9
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/275 words - 23 min
骑[騎]	qi2	to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses	8
载[載]	zai4	to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously	14
地铁站[地鐵站]	di4 tie3 zhan4	subway station	2
一句话[一句話]	yi1 ju4 hua4	in a word; in short	10
学会[學會]	xue2 hui4	to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association	6
叫做[叫做]	jiao4 zuo4	to be called; to be known as	12
有的是[有的是]	you3 de5 shi4	have plenty of; there's no lack of	1
砰[砰]	peng1	(onom.) bang; thump	3
中间[中間]	zhong1 jian1	between; intermediate; mid; middle	5
找死[找死]	zhao3 si3	to court death; taking risks	1
阳[陽]	yang2	positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]	1
摩托车[摩托車]	mo2 tuo1 che1	motorbike; motorcycle (loanword); CL:輛|辆[liang4],部[bu4]	3
士林区[士林區]	Shi4 lin2 qu1	Shilin or Shihlin district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan	1
正路[正路]	zheng4 lu4	the right way	1
后照镜[後照鏡]	hou4 zhao4 jing4	rearview mirror (Tw)	1
龙头[龍頭]	long2 tou2	faucet; water tap; bicycle handle bar; chief (esp. of gang); boss; decision maker; (market) leader (of companies); front end of mud-flow; figurehead on prow of dragon boat 龍船|龙船	2
烤[烤]	kao3	to roast; to bake; to broil	4
漆[漆]	qi1	paint; lacquer; CL:道[dao4]; to paint (furniture, walls etc)	1
车子[車子]	che1 zi5	car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc)	7
代步[代步]	dai4 bu4	to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc); to ride (or drive); means of transportation	1
牵[牽]	qian1	to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in	7
便宜[便宜]	pian2 yi5	cheap; inexpensive; small advantages; to let sb off lightly	10
缺钱[缺錢]	que1 qian2	shortage of money	1
一时[一時]	yi1 shi2	a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time	8
情绪[情緒]	qing2 xu4	mood; state of mind; moodiness; CL:種|种[zhong3]	5
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/300 words - 26 min
全世界[全世界]	quan2 shi4 jie4	worldwide; entire world	8
付[付]	fu4	to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things	8
信用卡[信用卡]	xin4 yong4 ka3	credit card	3
维萨[維薩]	Wei2 sa4	Visa (credit card)	1
今年[今年]	jin1 nian2	this year	12
台湾[台灣]	Tai2 wan1	variant of 臺灣|台湾[Tai2 wan1]	27
听得懂[聽得懂]	ting1 de5 dong3	to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says)	1
国外[國外]	guo2 wai4	abroad; external (affairs); overseas; foreign	17
警察[警察]	jing3 cha2	police; police officer; CL:個|个[ge4]	10
民国[民國]	Min2 guo2	Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)	8
出生[出生]	chu1 sheng1	to be born	29
维修[維修]	wei2 xiu1	maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain	2
车主[車主]	che1 zhu3	vehicle owner	2
厂[廠]	chang3	factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant	1
报价[報價]	bao4 jia4	to quote a price; quoted price; quote	2
证件[證件]	zheng4 jian4	certificate; papers; credentials; document; ID	1
押[押]	ya1	to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign	1
诓[誆]	kuang1	to mislead; to swindle	2
倒霉[倒霉]	dao3 mei2	to have bad luck; to be out of luck	10
一半[一半]	yi1 ban4	half	10
减[減]	jian3	to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	1
值钱[值錢]	zhi2 qian2	valuable; costly; expensive	2
劳力士[勞力士]	Lao2 li4 shi4	Rolex (Swiss wristwatch brand)	26
礼拜[禮拜]	li3 bai4	week; religious service; worship; CL:個|个[ge4]	9
之内[之內]	zhi1 nei4	inside; within	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/325 words - 28 min
骗子[騙子]	pian4 zi5	swindler; a cheat	13
磁铁[磁鐵]	ci2 tie3	magnet	6
黏[黏]	nian2	sticky; glutinous; (Tw) to adhere; to stick on; to glue	2
走掉[走掉]	zou3 diao4	to leave	1
可恶[可惡]	ke3 wu4	repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable	5
表[表]	biao3	exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth)	5
表[錶]	biao3	wrist or pocket watch	5
北极星[北極星]	Bei3 ji2 xing1	North Star; Polaris	14
民歌[民歌]	min2 ge1	folk song; CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3]	18
西[西]	xi1	west	18
餐厅[餐廳]	can1 ting1	dining hall; dining room; restaurant; CL:間|间[jian1],家[jia1]	35
舞台[舞臺]	wu3 tai2	stage; arena; fig. in the limelight	1
校园[校園]	xiao4 yuan2	campus	2
王子[王子]	wang2 zi3	prince; son of a king	21
称号[稱號]	cheng1 hao4	name; term of address; title	1
假货[假貨]	jia3 huo4	counterfeit article; fake; dummy; simulacrum	1
拜托[拜託]	bai4 tuo1	to request sb to do sth; please!	33
摇[搖]	yao2	to shake; to rock; to row; to crank	4
夜市[夜市]	ye4 shi4	night market	1
附带[附帶]	fu4 dai4	supplementary; incidentally; in parentheses; by chance; in passing; additionally; secondary; subsidiary; to attach	1
满天星[滿天星]	man3 tian1 xing1	Baby's Breath; Gypsophila paniculata	1
应酬[應酬]	ying4 chou5	social niceties; social interaction; a dinner party	28
款[款]	kuan3	section; paragraph; funds; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]; classifier for versions or models (of a product)	3
小龙[小龍]	xiao3 long2	snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals 生肖[sheng1 xiao4])	264
衰[衰]	shuai1	to decline; to wane; to become weak or feeble	7
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/350 words - 29 min
传染[傳染]	chuan2 ran3	to infect; contagious	5
乡下人[鄉下人]	xiang1 xia4 ren2	country folk; rustic; rural folk	1
都市[都市]	du1 shi4	city; metropolis	1
奋斗[奮鬥]	fen4 dou4	to strive; to struggle	2
拖[拖]	tuo1	to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on	5
垮[垮]	kua3	to collapse; to break or wear down; to defeat	3
市侩[市儈]	shi4 kuai4	unscrupulous businessperson; profiteer; philistine	3
小人[小人]	xiao3 ren2	person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character	1
简[簡]	jian3	simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)	34
不妙[不妙]	bu4 miao4	(of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good; anything but reassuring	27
放话[放話]	fang4 hua4	to give orders; to spread news or rumors; to leak certain information intentionally	1
业绩[業績]	ye4 ji4	achievement; accomplishment; (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results	40
提升[提昇]	ti2 sheng1	to promote; to upgrade	6
试用期[試用期]	shi4 yong4 qi1	trial period; probationary period	4
走人[走人]	zou3 ren2	(coll.) to leave; to beat it	1
饮料[飲料]	yin3 liao4	drink; beverage	5
好意思[好意思]	hao3 yi4 si5	to have the nerve; what a cheek!; to feel no shame; to overcome the shame; (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)	6
依然[依然]	yi1 ran2	still; as before	5
眼看[眼看]	yan3 kan4	soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens	3
暗恋[暗戀]	an4 lian4	to be secretly in love with	1
小气[小氣]	xiao3 qi4	stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty	12
无人[無人]	wu2 ren2	unmanned; uninhabited	2
若是[若是]	ruo4 shi4	if	2
比赛[比賽]	bi3 sai4	competition (sports etc); match; CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]; to compete	3
冠军[冠軍]	guan4 jun1	champion; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/375 words - 31 min
朝[朝]	chao2	imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towards	3
朝[朝]	zhao1	morning	3
个性[個性]	ge4 xing4	individuality; personality	8
叹息[嘆息]	tan4 xi1	to sigh; to gasp (in admiration)	1
真真[真真]	zhen1 zhen1	really; in fact; genuinely; scrupulously	568
坑[坑]	keng1	hole; pit; tunnel; to defraud	1
老天爷[老天爺]	lao3 tian1 ye2	God; Heavens	5
股票市场[股票市場]	gu3 piao4 shi4 chang3	stock market; stock exchange	1
国际[國際]	guo2 ji4	international	1
连带[連帶]	lian2 dai4	to be related; to entail; to involve; joint (liability etc)	2
国内[國內]	guo2 nei4	domestic; internal (to a country); civil	5
强力[強力]	qiang2 li4	powerful	2
反弹[反彈]	fan3 tan2	to bounce; to bounce back; to boomerang; to ricochet; rebound (of stock market etc); bounce; backlash; negative repercussions	2
使得[使得]	shi3 de5	usable; workable; feasible; doable; to make; to cause	2
加权[加權]	jia1 quan2	(math.) to weight; weighting; weighted (average, index etc)	6
股价[股價]	gu3 jia4	stock price; share price	3
指数[指數]	zhi3 shu4	(numerical, statistical) index; (math.) exponent; index; exponential (function, growth)	29
再度[再度]	zai4 du4	once more; once again; one more time	1
同时[同時]	tong2 shi2	at the same time; simultaneously	8
涨[漲]	zhang4	to swell; to distend	37
创下[創下]	chuang4 xia4	to establish; to set (a new record)	1
单日[單日]	dan1 ri4	on a single day	2
最高[最高]	zui4 gao1	tallest; highest; supreme (court etc)	4
涨幅[漲幅]	zhang3 fu2	extent of a rise (in prices etc); amount of increase; growth (typically expressed as a percentage)	4
纪录[紀錄]	ji4 lu4	variant of 記錄|记录[ji4 lu4] (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")	5
开盘[開盤]	kai1 pan2	to commence trading (stock market)	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/400 words - 31 min
冲天[沖天]	chong1 tian1	to soar; to rocket	2
上扬[上揚]	shang4 yang2	to rise (i.e. number increases); a price rise; to raise	2
投资人[投資人]	tou2 zi1 ren2	investor	5
各个[各個]	ge4 ge4	every; various; separately, one by one	2
笑逐颜开[笑逐顏開]	xiao4 zhu2 yan2 kai1	smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure; all smiles; joy written across one's face	1
台股[台股]	Tai2 gu3	Taipei Stock Exchange, abbr. for 臺北股市|台北股市[Tai2 bei3 Gu3 shi4]	1
持续[持續]	chi2 xu4	to continue; to persist; sustainable; preservation	2
上涨[上漲]	shang4 zhang3	to rise; to go up	3
盘[盤]	pan2	plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess	14
度[度]	du4	to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences	4
局面[局面]	ju2 mian4	aspect; phase; situation	2
起初[起初]	qi3 chu1	originally; at first; at the outset	1
大量[大量]	da4 liang4	great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous	3
增加[增加]	zeng1 jia1	to raise; to increase	4
不久[不久]	bu4 jiu3	not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after	3
逢[逢]	feng2	to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon	2
脱手[脫手]	tuo1 shou3	(not of regular commerce) to sell or dispose of (goods etc); to get rid of; to unload	5
情形[情形]	qing2 xing5	circumstances; situation; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
形成[形成]	xing2 cheng2	to form; to take shape	4
相当[相當]	xiang1 dang1	equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite	3
压[壓]	ya1	to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure	3
报纸[報紙]	bao4 zhi3	newspaper; newsprint; CL:份[fen4],期[qi1],張|张[zhang1]	6
成交[成交]	cheng2 jiao1	to complete a contract; to reach a deal	6
总值[總值]	zong3 zhi2	total value	1
亿[億]	yi4	100 million	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/425 words - 33 min
显示[顯示]	xian3 shi4	to show; to illustrate; to display; to demonstrate	3
高处不胜寒[高處不勝寒]	gao1 chu4 bu4 sheng4 han2	it's lonely at the top (idiom)	2
不少[不少]	bu4 shao3	many; a lot; not few	5
操作[操作]	cao1 zuo4	to work; to operate; to manipulate	5
手法[手法]	shou3 fa3	technique; trick; skill	2
谨慎[謹慎]	jin3 shen4	cautious; prudent	3
另一方面[另一方面]	ling4 yi1 fang1 mian4	on the other hand; another aspect	2
投资者[投資者]	tou2 zi1 zhe3	investor	1
另加[另加]	ling4 jia1	to add to; supplementary	1
规范[規範]	gui1 fan4	norm; standard; specification; regulation; rule; within the rules; to fix rules; to regulate; to specify	1
是否[是否]	shi4 fou3	whether (or not); if; is or isn't	2
开放[開放]	kai1 fang4	to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality	1
股[股]	gu3	thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1]; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions	9
单向[單向]	dan1 xiang4	unidirectional	1
运作[運作]	yun4 zuo4	to operate; operations; workings; activities (usu. of an organization); thread (computing)	1
研究[研究]	yan2 jiu1	research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into	26
水果[水果]	shui3 guo3	fruit; CL:個|个[ge4]	6
唱歌[唱歌]	chang4 ge1	to sing a song	40
近况[近況]	jin4 kuang4	recent developments; current situation	1
消化[消化]	xiao1 hua4	to digest; digestion; digestive	1
干脆[乾脆]	gan1 cui4	straightforward; clear-cut; blunt (e.g. statement); you might as well; simply	9
踏实[踏實]	ta1 shi5	firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [ta4 shi2]	2
脚踏实地[腳踏實地]	jiao3 ta4 shi2 di4	to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy; steady and serious character	1
基层[基層]	ji1 ceng2	basic level; grassroots unit; basement layer	1
证券[證券]	zheng4 quan4	negotiable security (financial); certificate; stocks and bonds	42
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/450 words - 35 min
努力[努力]	nu3 li4	great effort; to strive; to try hard	59
店面[店面]	dian4 mian4	shop front	6
信心[信心]	xin4 xin1	confidence; faith (in sb or sth); CL:個|个[ge4]	4
全国[全國]	quan2 guo2	whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national	4
连锁[連鎖]	lian2 suo3	to interlock; to be linked; chain (store etc)	3
关键[關鍵]	guan1 jian4	crucial point; crux; CL:個|个[ge4]; key; crucial; pivotal	9
人物[人物]	ren2 wu4	person; character (in a play, novel etc); protagonist; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
庆[慶]	qing4	to celebrate	10
雄[雄]	xiong2	male; staminate; grand; imposing; powerful; mighty; person or state having great power and influence	10
师傅[師傅]	shi1 fu5	master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]	15
手艺[手藝]	shou3 yi4	craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade	4
订单[訂單]	ding4 dan1	(purchase) order	6
源[源]	yuan2	root; source; origin	20
绝[絕]	jue2	to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means	1
精品[精品]	jing1 pin3	quality goods; premium product; fine work (of art)	2
牛[牛]	niu2	ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome	3
拼[拼]	pin1	to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell	4
往前[往前]	wang3 qian2	to move forwards	2
冲[沖]	chong1	(of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with	11
爱上[愛上]	ai4 shang4	to fall in love with; to be in love with	11
一头[一頭]	yi1 tou2	one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously	2
乳牛[乳牛]	ru3 niu2	dairy cattle	1
一家[一家]	yi1 jia1	the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group	11
洗澡[洗澡]	xi3 zao3	to bathe; to take a shower	7
中华民国[中華民國]	Zhong1 hua2 Min2 guo2	Republic of China	3
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/475 words - 38 min
爱因斯坦[愛因斯坦]	Ai4 yin1 si1 tan3	Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist	2
理论[理論]	li3 lun4	theory; CL:個|个[ge4]; to argue; to take notice of	13
正确[正確]	zheng4 que4	correct; proper	7
光速[光速]	guang1 su4	the speed of light	2
恒定[恆定]	heng2 ding4	constant	1
空间[空間]	kong1 jian1	space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space	10
相互[相互]	xiang1 hu4	each other; mutual	2
西元[西元]	xi1 yuan2	(Tw) Christian era; Gregorian calendar; AD (Anno Domini)	4
清纯[清純]	qing1 chun2	fresh and pure	2
小屁孩[小屁孩]	xiao3 pi4 hai2	wimpy kid; brat	1
公园[公園]	gong1 yuan2	park (for public recreation); CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]	3
诚[誠]	cheng2	sincere; authentic; really; truly	4
征[徵]	zheng1	to invite; to recruit; to levy (taxes); to draft (troops); phenomenon; symptom; characteristic sign (used as proof); evidence	1
营业员[營業員]	ying2 ye4 yuan2	clerk; shop assistant; CL:個|个[ge4]	35
服务[服務]	fu2 wu4	to serve; service; CL:項|项[xiang4]	7
套[套]	tao4	to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ)	13
高档[高檔]	gao1 dang4	superior quality; high grade; top grade	2
收线[收線]	shou1 xian4	to reel in (a fishing line etc); to hang up the phone	1
没错[沒錯]	mei2 cuo4	that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong	21
印象[印象]	yin4 xiang4	impression	9
布料[布料]	bu4 liao4	cloth; material	16
修补[修補]	xiu1 bu3	to mend	4
脱[脫]	tuo1	to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from	2
上班[上班]	shang4 ban1	to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office	51
早餐[早餐]	zao3 can1	breakfast; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]	23
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/500 words - 40 min
上楼[上樓]	shang4 lou2	to go upstairs	10
面试[面試]	mian4 shi4	to be interviewed (as a candidate); interview	1
不愧[不愧]	bu4 kui4	to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be	2
对外[對外]	dui4 wai4	external; foreign; pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)	3
宣传[宣傳]	xuan1 chuan2	to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
拜拜[拜拜]	bai2 bai2	(loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth)	41
台大[臺大]	Tai2 Da4	abbr. for 臺灣大學|台湾大学[Tai2 wan1 Da4 xue2]	11
经济[經濟]	jing1 ji4	economy; economic	12
系[系]	xi4	system; department; faculty	12
系[繫]	xi4	to connect; to arrest; to worry	12
高材生[高材生]	gao1 cai2 sheng1	student of great ability	2
应征[應徵]	ying4 zheng1	to apply (for a job); to reply to a job advertisement	4
分析师[分析師]	fen1 xi1 shi1	analyst; commentator	2
分析[分析]	fen1 xi1	to analyze; analysis; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
技术[技術]	ji4 shu4	technology; technique; skill; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]	7
线[線]	xian4	thread; string; wire; line; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)	25
型[型]	xing2	mold; type; style; model	7
资[資]	zi1	resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense	1
券[券]	quan4	bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half); contract; deed (i.e. title deeds); ticket; voucher; certificate	1
变化[變化]	bian4 hua4	change; variation; to change; to vary; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
本益比[本益比]	ben3 yi4 bi3	P⁄ E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio)	1
营收[營收]	ying2 shou1	sales; income; revenue	2
复杂[複雜]	fu4 za2	complicated; complex	8
金主[金主]	jin1 zhu3	financial backer; bankroller	8
做手[做手]	zuo4 shou3	to put one's hand to sth; to set about; skillful hands; worker; writer	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/525 words - 43 min
交流[交流]	jiao1 liu2	to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb)	2
炒[炒]	chao3	to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (sb)	7
局势[局勢]	ju2 shi4	situation; state (of affairs)	2
的确[的確]	di2 que4	really; indeed	10
处在[處在]	chu3 zai4	to be situated at; to find oneself at	1
混乱[混亂]	hun4 luan4	confusion; chaos; disorder	3
阶段[階段]	jie1 duan4	stage; section; phase; period; CL:個|个[ge4]	7
上升[上昇]	shang4 sheng1	to rise; to go up; to ascend	1
维持[維持]	wei2 chi2	to keep; to maintain; to preserve	1
组建[組建]	zu3 jian4	to organize; to set up; to establish	1
团队[團隊]	tuan2 dui4	team	3
年内[年內]	nian2 nei4	during the current year	1
政策[政策]	zheng4 ce4	policy; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
屹立[屹立]	yi4 li4	to tower; to stand straight (of person's bearing)	1
眼光[眼光]	yan3 guang1	gaze; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things	7
趋势[趨勢]	qu1 shi4	trend; tendency	4
图[圖]	tu2	diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; CL:張|张[zhang1]; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek	3
电[電]	dian4	electric; electricity; electrical	9
偏偏[偏偏]	pian1 pian1	(indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people	11
上市[上市]	shang4 shi4	to hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market)	4
届[屆]	jie4	to arrive at (place or time); period; to become due; classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)	6
距离[距離]	ju4 li2	distance; CL:個|个[ge4]; to be apart from	45
靠近[靠近]	kao4 jin4	near; to approach	38
字幕[字幕]	zi4 mu4	caption; subtitle	34
翻译[翻譯]	fan1 yi4	to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]	35
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep01/527 words - 43 min
郑[鄭]	Zheng4	Zheng state during the Warring States period; surname Zheng; abbr. for 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1]	19
忆[憶]	yi4	to recollect; to remember; memory	20
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep02/25 words - 5 min
唬[唬]	hu3	a tiger's roar; to scare	2
吹牛[吹牛]	chui1 niu2	to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect)	1
发明[發明]	fa1 ming2	to invent; an invention; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
履历表[履歷表]	lu:3 li4 biao3	curriculum vitae (CV); resume	1
丢人现眼[丟人現眼]	diu1 ren2 xian4 yan3	to make an exhibition of oneself; to be a disgrace	1
烂[爛]	lan4	soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad	5
不送[不送]	bu4 song4	don't bother to see me out	5
口水[口水]	kou3 shui3	saliva	2
再不[再不]	zai4 bu4	if not, then; otherwise	5
对付[對付]	dui4 fu5	to handle; to deal with; to cope; to get by with	2
聘[聘]	pin4	to engage (a teacher etc); to hire; to betroth; betrothal gift; to get married (of woman)	1
开除[開除]	kai1 chu2	to expel (a member of an organization); to fire (an employee)	2
小意思[小意思]	xiao3 yi4 si5	small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts)	1
一遍[一遍]	yi1 bian4	one time (all the way through); once through	2
领[領]	ling3	neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc	3
客户[客戶]	ke4 hu4	client; customer	105
手段[手段]	shou3 duan4	method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
茶水[茶水]	cha2 shui3	tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves	5
喝茶[喝茶]	he1 cha2	(fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")	3
眼泪[眼淚]	yan3 lei4	tears; crying; CL:滴[di1]	3
流[流]	liu2	to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade	1
嗨[嗨]	hai1	oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword)	15
王八蛋[王八蛋]	wang2 ba1 dan4	bastard (insult); son of a bitch	1
害得[害得]	hai4 de5	to cause or lead to sth bad	1
皮[皮]	pi2	leather; skin; fur; CL:張|张[zhang1]; pico- (one trillionth); naughty	8
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep02/50 words - 7 min
接着[接著]	jie1 zhe5	to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn	5
修车[修車]	xiu1 che1	to repair a bike (car etc)	4
警察局[警察局]	jing3 cha2 ju2	police station; police department; police headquarters	4
念[念]	nian4	to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿, 20)	32
赔偿[賠償]	pei2 chang2	to compensate	6
方案[方案]	fang1 an4	plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill; CL:個|个[ge4],套[tao4]	2
借款[借款]	jie4 kuan3	to lend money; to borrow money; loan	1
赔偿金[賠償金]	pei2 chang2 jin1	compensation	1
一并[一並]	yi1 bing4	variant of 一併|一并, to lump together; to treat along with all the others	2
整理[整理]	zheng3 li3	to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage)	10
无缘无故[無緣無故]	wu2 yuan2 wu2 gu4	no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for	1
笔[筆]	bi3	pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals; CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]	17
九[九]	jiu3	nine; 9	2
外加[外加]	wai4 jia1	in addition; extra	1
红包[紅包]	hong2 bao1	money wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment; kickback; bribe	4
傻子[傻子]	sha3 zi5	idiot; fool	2
白痴[白痴]	bai2 chi1	idiocy; idiot	3
赚钱[賺錢]	zhuan4 qian2	to earn money; moneymaking	22
掏[掏]	tao1	to fish out (from pocket); to scoop	2
纠缠[糾纏]	jiu1 chan2	to be in a tangle; to nag	3
炒鱿鱼[炒魷魚]	chao3 you2 yu2	(coll.) to fire sb; to sack sb	3
绷紧[繃緊]	beng1 jin3	to stretch taut	1
鼎[鼎]	ding3	ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; pot (dialect); to enter upon a period of (classical); Kangxi radical 206; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes	4
尚[尚]	shang4	still; yet; to value; to esteem	4
鱼翅[魚翅]	yu2 chi4	shark fin	15
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep02/75 words - 10 min
环保[環保]	huan2 bao3	environmental protection; environmentally friendly; abbr. for 環境保護|环境保护[huan2 jing4 bao3 hu4]	2
概念[概念]	gai4 nian4	concept; idea; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
荣幸[榮幸]	rong2 xing4	honored (to have the privilege of ...)	2
交际[交際]	jiao1 ji4	communication; social intercourse	1
烟[煙]	yan1	cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke	4
虎[虎]	hu3	tiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	25
穴[穴]	xue2	cave; cavity; hole; acupuncture point; Taiwan pr. [xue4]	1
焉[焉]	yan1	where; how	1
虎子[虎子]	hu3 zi3	tiger cub; brave young man	1
热血[熱血]	re4 xue4	hot blood; warm-blooded (animal); endothermic (physiology)	1
笨蛋[笨蛋]	ben4 dan4	fool; idiot	16
老虎[老虎]	lao3 hu3	tiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	2
卖出[賣出]	mai4 chu1	to sell; to reach (a price in an auction)	2
补[補]	bu3	to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	12
遍[遍]	bian4	everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time	2
做事[做事]	zuo4 shi4	to work; to handle matters; to have a job	3
讲求[講求]	jiang3 qiu2	to stress; to emphasize; particular about sth; to strive for	1
效率[效率]	xiao4 lu:4	efficiency	1
丢脸[丟臉]	diu1 lian3	to lose face; humiliation	9
尽量[儘量]	jin3 liang4	as much as possible; to the greatest extent	11
参与[參與]	can1 yu4	to participate (in sth)	2
这就[這就]	zhe4 jiu4	immediately; at once	3
上进心[上進心]	shang4 jin4 xin1	motivation; ambition	2
依靠[依靠]	yi1 kao4	to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on	2
潜力[潛力]	qian2 li4	potential; capacity	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep02/100 words - 13 min
点钟[點鐘]	dian3 zhong1	(indicating time of day) o'clock	1
门口[門口]	men2 kou3	doorway; gate; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
完毕[完畢]	wan2 bi4	to finish; to end; to complete	2
女生[女生]	nu:3 sheng1	schoolgirl; female student; girl	30
差距[差距]	cha1 ju4	disparity; gap	2
撞车[撞車]	zhuang4 che1	to crash (into another car); (fig.) (of opinions, schedules etc) to clash; (of subject matter) to be the same	1
越[越]	yue4	to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more	32
编[編]	bian1	to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate	4
留学[留學]	liu2 xue2	to study abroad	12
底下[底下]	di3 xia5	the location below sth; afterwards	2
不见不散[不見不散]	bu4 jian4 bu4 san4	lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom); fig. Be sure to wait!; See you there!	1
好久不见[好久不見]	hao3 jiu3 bu5 jian4	long time no see	7
推荐[推薦]	tui1 jian4	to recommend; recommendation	7
菜色[菜色]	cai4 se4	dish; lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet); emaciated look (from malnutrition)	2
债务[債務]	zhai4 wu4	debt; liability; amount due; indebtedness	2
十万[十萬]	shi2 wan4	hundred thousand	2
严肃[嚴肅]	yan2 su4	solemn; grave; serious; earnest; severe	2
场合[場合]	chang3 he2	situation; occasion; context; setting; location; venue	4
成绩[成績]	cheng2 ji4	achievement; performance records; grades; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]	4
托[托]	tuo1	prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure)	1
福[福]	fu2	good fortune; happiness; luck	4
涨势[漲勢]	zhang3 shi4	rising trend; upward momentum (e.g. in prices)	2
发财[發財]	fa1 cai2	to get rich	4
价钱[價錢]	jia4 qian5	price	1
自我介绍[自我介紹]	zi4 wo3 jie4 shao4	self-introduction; to introduce oneself	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep02/125 words - 15 min
多多[多多]	duo1 duo1	many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more	4
指教[指教]	zhi3 jiao4	to give advice or comments	1
看一看[看一看]	kan4 yi1 kan4	to have a look	3
学校[學校]	xue2 xiao4	school; CL:所[suo3]	15
单纯[單純]	dan1 chun2	simple; pure; unsophisticated; merely; purely	12
沟通[溝通]	gou1 tong1	to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate	11
请教[請教]	qing3 jiao4	to ask for guidance; to consult	6
国[國]	guo2	country; nation; state; national; CL:個|个[ge4]	104
兴[興]	xing1	to rise; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage; to get up; (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect); maybe (dialect)	1
兴[興]	xing4	feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement	1
三五[三五]	san1 wu3	several; three or five	1
照旧[照舊]	zhao4 jiu4	as before; as in the past	2
欢迎光临[歡迎光臨]	huan1 ying2 guang1 lin2	welcome	3
客人[客人]	ke4 ren2	visitor; guest; customer; client; CL:位[wei4]	18
包厢[包廂]	bao1 xiang1	box (in a theater or concert hall); private room (in a restaurant or karaoke)	2
贵宾室[貴賓室]	gui4 bin1 shi4	VIP lounge	7
比起[比起]	bi3 qi3	compared with	3
妹[妹]	mei4	younger sister	1
笨[笨]	ben4	stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy	16
乌龟[烏龜]	wu1 gui1	tortoise; cuckold	9
一行[一行]	yi1 xing2	party; delegation	2
赚大钱[賺大錢]	zhuan4 da4 qian2	to earn a fortune	5
应对[應對]	ying4 dui4	response; to answer; to reply	2
果真[果真]	guo3 zhen1	really; as expected; sure enough; if indeed...; if it's really...	2
嫩[嫩]	nen4	tender; soft; delicate; light (color); inexperienced; unskilled	1
天真[天真]	tian1 zhen1	naive; innocent; artless	5
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep02/150 words - 17 min
女孩[女孩]	nu:3 hai2	girl; lass	4
洗手间[洗手間]	xi3 shou3 jian1	toilet; lavatory; washroom	1
厕所[廁所]	ce4 suo3	toilet; lavatory; CL:間|间[jian1],處|处[chu4]	9
透[透]	tou4	to penetrate; to pass through; thoroughly; completely; transparent; to appear; to show	5
透气[透氣]	tou4 qi4	to flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc); to take a breath of fresh air; to divulge	5
钢琴[鋼琴]	gang1 qin2	piano; CL:架[jia4],臺|台[tai2]	1
酒吧[酒吧]	jiu3 ba1	bar; pub; saloon; CL:家[jia1]	1
难听[難聽]	nan2 ting1	unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful	2
规定[規定]	gui1 ding4	provision; to fix; to set; to formulate; to stipulate; to provide; regulation; rule; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
好不[好不]	hao3 bu4	not at all ...; how very ...	3
好听[好聽]	hao3 ting1	pleasant to hear	5
四大[四大]	si4 da4	the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)	2
钗[釵]	chai1	hairpin	2
用心[用心]	yong4 xin1	motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful	12
开户[開戶]	kai1 hu4	to open an account (bank etc)	28
下单[下單]	xia4 dan1	to place an order; to order; an order (of goods)	7
资料[資料]	zi1 liao4	material; resources; data; information; profile (Internet); CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4]	28
猫[貓]	mao1	cat; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem	2
老鼠[老鼠]	lao3 shu3	rat; mouse; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	4
耐心[耐心]	nai4 xin1	to be patient; patience	3
有限[有限]	you3 xian4	limited; finite	3
来得[來得]	lai2 de5	to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to	10
认得[認得]	ren4 de5	to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know	3
学历[學歷]	xue2 li4	educational background; academic qualifications	4
不能不[不能不]	bu4 neng2 bu4	have to; cannot but	3
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep02/175 words - 19 min
本人[本人]	ben3 ren2	the person himself; I (humble form used in speeches); oneself; myself; in person; personal	7
推出[推出]	tui1 chu1	to push out; to release; to launch; to publish; to recommend	1
蛮[蠻]	man2	barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless	28
有趣[有趣]	you3 qu4	interesting; fascinating; amusing	4
只不过[只不過]	zhi3 bu5 guo4	only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...	9
收买[收買]	shou1 mai3	to purchase; to bribe	1
凭什么[憑什麼]	ping2 shen2 me5	(spoken) why?; for which reason?	2
谈谈[談談]	tan2 tan2	to discuss; to have a chat	3
跌[跌]	die1	to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [die2]	10
年轻人[年輕人]	nian2 qing1 ren2	young people; youngster	18
有意思[有意思]	you3 yi4 si5	interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun	2
轮[輪]	lun2	wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; by turn; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn	1
涨到[漲到]	zhang3 dao4	to go up; to rise	3
几点[幾點]	ji3 dian3	what time?; when?	5
胡说八道[胡說八道]	hu2 shuo1 ba1 dao4	to talk rubbish	4
抢生意[搶生意]	qiang3 sheng1 yi5	to undercut competitors; to hustle; to compete for business	1
证券公司[證券公司]	zheng4 quan4 gong1 si1	securities company; share company	4
雇[雇]	gu4	to employ; to hire; to rent	1
收盘[收盤]	shou1 pan2	market close	13
小数点[小數點]	xiao3 shu4 dian3	decimal point	2
绝顶聪明[絕頂聰明]	jue2 ding3 cong1 ming5	extremely bright (idiom)	1
神经病[神經病]	shen2 jing1 bing4	mental disorder; neuropathy; (derog.) mental case	5
别管[別管]	bie2 guan3	no matter (who, what etc)	2
既[既]	ji4	already; since; both... (and...)	4
预估[預估]	yu4 gu1	to estimate; to forecast; prediction; projection	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep02/200 words - 22 min
赌[賭]	du3	to bet; to gamble	19
二十[二十]	er4 shi2	twenty; 20	3
天亮[天亮]	tian1 liang4	dawn; daybreak	1
毛病[毛病]	mao2 bing4	fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
赌注[賭注]	du3 zhu4	stake (in a gamble); (what is at) stake	2
期待[期待]	qi1 dai4	to look forward to; to await; expectation	16
瘪[癟]	bie3	deflated; shriveled; sunken; empty	1
莫名其妙[莫名其妙]	mo4 ming2 qi2 miao4	(idiom) baffling; inexplicable	9
冒[冒]	mao4	to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover	2
小子[小子]	xiao3 zi5	(coll.) boy; (derog.) joker; guy; (despicable) fellow	8
修理[修理]	xiu1 li3	to repair; to fix; to prune; to trim; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb	1
意见[意見]	yi4 jian4	idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint; CL:點|点[dian3],條|条[tiao2]	6
解散[解散]	jie3 san4	to dissolve; to disband	3
肉[肉]	rou4	meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130	5
大方[大方]	da4 fang5	generous; magnanimous; stylish; in good taste; easy-mannered; natural and relaxed	7
可怕[可怕]	ke3 pa4	awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly	11
赔钱[賠錢]	pei2 qian2	to lose money; to pay for damages	10
不住[不住]	bu4 zhu4	repeatedly; continuously; constantly; unable to (resist, conceal etc)	7
打赌[打賭]	da3 du3	to bet; to make a bet; a wager	8
耳[耳]	er3	ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)	7
清澈[清澈]	qing1 che4	clear; limpid	4
其中[其中]	qi2 zhong1	among; in; included among these	5
占[占]	zhan4	to take possession of; to occupy; to take up	1
英雄[英雄]	ying1 xiong2	hero; CL:個|个[ge4]	10
压力[壓力]	ya1 li4	pressure	7
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep02/225 words - 26 min
惹[惹]	re3	to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems)	5
变态[變態]	bian4 tai4	to metamorphose (biology); abnormal; perverted; hentai; (slang) pervert	1
脏[髒]	zang1	dirty; filthy	1
警告[警告]	jing3 gao4	to warn; to admonish	14
力气[力氣]	li4 qi5	strength; CL:把[ba3]	6
有名[有名]	you3 ming2	famous; well-known	9
天文学[天文學]	tian1 wen2 xue2	astronomy	8
教授[教授]	jiao4 shou4	professor; to instruct; to lecture on; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	34
几岁[幾歲]	ji3 sui4	how old are you? (familiar, or to a child)	4
出头[出頭]	chu1 tou2	to get out of a predicament; to stick out; to take the initiative; remaining odd fraction after a division; a little more than	1
优雅[優雅]	you1 ya3	grace; graceful	1
娟秀[娟秀]	juan1 xiu4	beautiful; graceful	1
调查[調查]	diao4 cha2	investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]	8
脚踏车[腳踏車]	jiao3 ta4 che1	bicycle; bike (Tw); CL:輛|辆[liang4]	2
界[界]	jie4	boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy)	1
物[物]	wu4	thing; object; matter; abbr. for physics 物理	6
常常[常常]	chang2 chang2	frequently; often	21
过不去[過不去]	guo4 bu5 qu4	to make life difficult for; to embarrass; unable to make it through	3
好事[好事]	hao3 shi4	good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead	4
债主[債主]	zhai4 zhu3	creditor	1
联络[聯絡]	lian2 luo4	to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection	16
脸书[臉書]	Lian3 shu1	Facebook	2
呼叫器[呼叫器]	hu1 jiao4 qi4	pager; beeper	8
号码[號碼]	hao4 ma3	number; CL:堆[dui1],個|个[ge4]	7
抬杠[抬槓]	tai2 gang4	to bicker; to argue for the sake of arguing; to carry on poles (together with sb else); to carry a coffin on poles	3
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep02/250 words - 31 min
足够[足夠]	zu2 gou4	enough; sufficient	3
赎回[贖回]	shu2 hui2	to redeem	8
大胆[大膽]	da4 dan3	brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless	5
来到[來到]	lai2 dao4	to come; to arrive	21
遇见[遇見]	yu4 jian4	to meet	13
这时[這時]	zhe4 shi2	at this time; at this moment	5
候[候]	hou4	to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate; (old) period of five days	5
废话[廢話]	fei4 hua4	nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)	2
想不到[想不到]	xiang3 bu5 dao4	unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that	11
碰面[碰面]	peng4 mian4	to meet; to run into (sb); to get together (with sb)	1
结巴[結巴]	jie1 ba5	to stutter	1
威胁[威脅]	wei1 xie2	to threaten; to menace	2
自报家门[自報家門]	zi4 bao4 jia1 men2	to introduce oneself; originally a theatrical device in which a character explains his own role	1
添[添]	tian1	to add; to increase; to replenish	8
财[財]	cai2	money; wealth; riches; property; valuables	5
金融[金融]	jin1 rong2	banking; finance; financial	2
委托书[委託書]	wei3 tuo1 shu1	commission; proxy; power of attorney; authorization; warrant	1
功用[功用]	gong1 yong4	function	1
有志气[有志氣]	you3 zhi4 qi4	ambitious	2
砂锅[砂鍋]	sha1 guo1	casserole; earthenware pot	2
拳头[拳頭]	quan2 tou5	fist; clenched fist; CL:個|个[ge4]; competitive (product)	6
客[客]	ke4	customer; visitor; guest	9
招呼[招呼]	zhao1 hu5	to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not	4
总统[總統]	zong3 tong3	president (of a country); CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2],屆|届[jie4]	2
好笑[好笑]	hao3 xiao4	laughable; funny; ridiculous	6
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep02/275 words - 33 min
尊荣[尊榮]	zun1 rong2	honor and glory	1
见证[見證]	jian4 zheng4	to be witness to; witness; evidence	10
神童[神童]	shen2 tong2	child prodigy	13
罚[罰]	fa2	to punish; to penalize	1
顶[頂]	ding3	apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc	6
蔡[蔡]	Cai4	surname Cai	2
闺[閨]	gui1	small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; by ext. women	2
造型[造型]	zao4 xing2	to model; to shape; appearance; style; design; form; pose	3
班[班]	ban1	team; class; squad; work shift; ranking; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for groups	6
反悔[反悔]	fan3 hui3	to renege; to go back (on a deal); to back out (of a promise)	4
狐狸精[狐狸精]	hu2 li5 jing1	fox-spirit; vixen; witch; enchantress	1
发型[髮型]	fa4 xing2	hairstyle; coiffure; hairdo	6
请假[請假]	qing3 jia4	to request leave of absence	19
景气[景氣]	jing3 qi4	(of economy, business etc) flourishing; prosperous	1
背景[背景]	bei4 jing3	background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer; CL:種|种[zhong3]	5
通常[通常]	tong1 chang2	regular; usual; normal; usually; normally	5
舒舒服服[舒舒服服]	shu1 shu5 fu5 fu5	comfortable; with ease	1
交易[交易]	jiao1 yi4	(business) transaction; business deal; CL:筆|笔[bi3]	6
不必[不必]	bu4 bi4	need not; does not have to; not necessarily	4
亲自[親自]	qin1 zi4	personally; in person; oneself	6
号子[號子]	hao4 zi5	work chant; prison cell; type; sort; mark; sign; signal; (Tw) brokerage firm	1
得罪[得罪]	de2 zui5	to offend sb; to make a faux pas; a faux pas; see also 得罪[de2 zui4]	2
下半[下半]	xia4 ban4	second half	6
完了[完了]	wan2 le5	to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no	2
小妹妹[小妹妹]	xiao3 mei4 mei5	little sister; little girl; (coll.) vulva	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep02/300 words - 37 min
指头[指頭]	zhi3 tou5	finger; toe; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
伸展[伸展]	shen1 zhan3	stretching; extension	1
筋骨[筋骨]	jin1 gu3	muscles and bones; physique; strength; courage	2
跑掉[跑掉]	pao3 diao4	to run away; to take to one's heels	1
完蛋[完蛋]	wan2 dan4	(coll.) to be done for	2
轮流[輪流]	lun2 liu2	to alternate; to take turns	1
见鬼[見鬼]	jian4 gui3	curse it!; to hell with it!	1
机率[機率]	ji1 lu:4	probability; odds (Tw)	2
零[零]	ling2	zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither	1
大师[大師]	da4 shi1	great master; master	1
预测[預測]	yu4 ce4	to forecast; to predict	2
精准[精準]	jing1 zhun3	accurate; exact; precise; precision	1
开课[開課]	kai1 ke4	school begins; give a course; teach a subject	1
徒弟[徒弟]	tu2 di4	apprentice; disciple	1
天分[天分]	tian1 fen4	natural gift; talent	4
蒙[蒙]	meng2	to cover; ignorant; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheat	8
应得[應得]	ying1 de2	to deserve	1
傲慢[傲慢]	ao4 man4	arrogant; haughty	1
了不起[了不起]	liao3 bu5 qi3	amazing; terrific; extraordinary	5
精神[精神]	jing1 shen2	spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist; CL:個|个[ge4]	8
咖啡豆[咖啡豆]	ka1 fei1 dou4	coffee beans	1
咖啡[咖啡]	ka1 fei1	coffee (loanword); CL:杯[bei1]	13
租[租]	zu1	to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax	16
屋[屋]	wu1	house; room; CL:間|间[jian1],個|个[ge4]	2
广告[廣告]	guang3 gao4	to advertise; a commercial; advertisement; CL:項|项[xiang4]	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep02/325 words - 40 min
历年[歷年]	li4 nian2	over the years; bygone years	1
存[存]	cun2	to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive	13
交通[交通]	jiao1 tong1	to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison	3
宽敞[寬敞]	kuan1 chang5	spacious; wide	4
视野[視野]	shi4 ye3	field of view; horizon	1
登记[登記]	deng1 ji4	to register (one's name)	2
拖欠[拖欠]	tuo1 qian4	in arrears; behind in payments; to default on one's debts	1
租金[租金]	zu1 jin1	rent	6
起码[起碼]	qi3 ma3	at the minimum; at the very least	2
保证人[保證人]	bao3 zheng4 ren2	guarantor; bailor	3
消失[消失]	xiao1 shi1	to disappear; to fade away	29
晚点[晚點]	wan3 dian3	(of trains etc) late; delayed; behind schedule; light dinner	6
租房[租房]	zu1 fang2	to rent an apartment	4
区[區]	qu1	area; region; district; small; distinguish; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
合理[合理]	he2 li3	rational; reasonable; fair	3
价格[價格]	jia4 ge2	price; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
房租[房租]	fang2 zu1	rent for a room or house	4
全家[全家]	quan2 jia1	whole family	5
房子[房子]	fang2 zi5	house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]	37
回音[回音]	hui2 yin1	echo; reply; turn (ornament in music)	2
大声[大聲]	da4 sheng1	loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly	7
夜深人静[夜深人靜]	ye4 shen1 ren2 jing4	in the dead of night (idiom)	1
恐怖[恐怖]	kong3 bu4	terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist	5
碎碎念[碎碎念]	sui4 sui4 nian4	to sound like a broken record; to prattle; to nag; to mutter	2
签[簽]	qian1	to sign one's name; visa; variant of 籤|签[qian1]	7
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep02/328 words - 41 min
啰嗦[囉嗦]	luo1 suo5	long-winded; wordy; troublesome; pesky; also pr. [luo1 suo1]	4
签约[簽約]	qian1 yue1	to sign a contract or agreement	2
房东[房東]	fang2 dong1	landlord	3
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep03/25 words - 4 min
专业[專業]	zhuan1 ye4	specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4]; professional	1
搞定[搞定]	gao3 ding4	to fix; to settle; to wangle	5
非得[非得]	fei1 dei3	(followed by a verb phrase, then – optionally – 不可, or 不行 etc) must	3
北[北]	bei3	north; to be defeated (classical)	5
南[南]	nan2	south	4
空气[空氣]	kong1 qi4	air; atmosphere	3
良好[良好]	liang2 hao3	good; favorable; well; fine	1
景观[景觀]	jing3 guan1	landscape	2
缘分[緣分]	yuan2 fen4	fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny	11
隧道[隧道]	sui4 dao4	tunnel	16
里[里]	li3	li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels	76
命运[命運]	ming4 yun4	fate; destiny; CL:個|个[ge4]	14
统一[統一]	tong3 yi1	to unify; to unite; to integrate	4
卤[鹵]	lu3	alkaline soil; salt; brine; halogen (chemistry); crass; stupid	5
排骨[排骨]	pai2 gu3	pork chop; pork cutlet; spare ribs; (coll.) skinny person	9
鱼[魚]	yu2	fish; CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]	11
麻婆豆腐[麻婆豆腐]	ma2 po2 dou4 fu3	mapo tofu; stir-fried beancurd in chili sauce	2
准时[準時]	zhun3 shi2	on time; punctual; on schedule	2
鼻子[鼻子]	bi2 zi5	nose; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]	2
灵[靈]	ling2	quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin	1
男朋友[男朋友]	nan2 peng2 you5	boyfriend	30
抓住[抓住]	zhua1 zhu4	to grab; to capture	5
正要[正要]	zheng4 yao4	to be just about to; to be on the point of	1
吃完[吃完]	chi1 wan2	to finish eating	5
猴急[猴急]	hou2 ji2	impatient; to be in a rush (to do sth); anxious; fretful; agitated	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep03/50 words - 6 min
结婚[結婚]	jie2 hun1	to marry; to get married; CL:次[ci4]	35
慢慢来[慢慢來]	man4 man4 lai2	take your time; take it easy	2
乱说[亂說]	luan4 shuo1	to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks	9
好处[好處]	hao3 chu5	benefit; advantage; gain; profit; also pr. [hao3 chu4]; CL:個|个[ge4]	7
演戏[演戲]	yan3 xi4	to put on a play; to perform; fig. to pretend; to feign	1
尼姑[尼姑]	ni2 gu1	Buddhist nun	1
乱讲[亂講]	luan4 jiang3	to talk nonsense; nonsense!	3
大呼小叫[大呼小叫]	da4 hu1 xiao3 jiao4	to shout and quarrel; to make a big fuss	2
地震[地震]	di4 zhen4	earthquake	3
帅[帥]	shuai4	handsome; graceful; smart; commander in chief; (coll.) cool!; sweet!	37
高大[高大]	gao1 da4	tall; lofty	2
英[英]	ying1	hero; outstanding; excellent; (literary) flower; blossom	2
面熟[面熟]	mian4 shu2	to look familiar; familiar-looking	3
匆匆[匆匆]	cong1 cong1	hurriedly	2
详细[詳細]	xiang2 xi4	detailed; in detail; minute	1
坦白[坦白]	tan3 bai2	honest; forthcoming; to confess	9
破损[破損]	po4 sun3	to become damaged	3
缝[縫]	feng2	to sew; to stitch	2
缝[縫]	feng4	seam; crack; narrow slit; CL:道[dao4]	2
瑕疵[瑕疵]	xia2 ci1	blemish; flaw; defect	2
赔本[賠本]	pei2 ben3	loss; to sustain losses	1
生意[生意]	sheng1 yi4	life force; vitality	9
男女[男女]	nan2 nu:3	male-female; male and female	6
新房[新房]	xin1 fang2	brand new house; bridal chamber	1
房客[房客]	fang2 ke4	tenant	9
储藏室[儲藏室]	chu3 cang2 shi4	storeroom; CL:間|间[jian1]	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep03/75 words - 8 min
灯[燈]	deng1	lamp; light; lantern; CL:盞|盏[zhan3]	6
暗[暗]	an4	dark; gloomy; hidden; secret; muddled; obscure; in the dark	2
窄[窄]	zhai3	narrow; narrow-minded; badly off	1
爪子[爪子]	zhua3 zi5	(animal's) claw	1
地板[地板]	di4 ban3	floor	1
以外[以外]	yi3 wai4	apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond	12
杂物[雜物]	za2 wu4	junk; items of no value; various bits and bobs	2
堆[堆]	dui1	to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount	1
捆[捆]	kun3	a bunch; to tie together; bundle	1
老婆[老婆]	lao3 po2	(coll.) wife	19
读[讀]	du2	to read; to study; reading of word (i.e. pronunciation), similar to 拼音[pin1 yin1]	8
室内设计[室內設計]	shi4 nei4 she4 ji4	interior design	1
品味[品味]	pin3 wei4	to sample; to taste; to appreciate; one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc); good taste	4
知名[知名]	zhi1 ming2	well-known; famous	1
设计师[設計師]	she4 ji4 shi1	designer; architect	1
者[者]	zhe3	(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this	4
肠胃[腸胃]	chang2 wei4	stomach and intestine; digestive system	2
不太好[不太好]	bu4 tai4 hao3	not so good; not too well	2
美国[美國]	Mei3 guo2	United States; USA; US	64
归国[歸國]	gui1 guo2	to go home (to one's native country); to return from abroad	15
华侨[華僑]	Hua2 qiao2	overseas Chinese; (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]	15
消化不良[消化不良]	xiao1 hua4 bu4 liang2	indigestion	2
害羞[害羞]	hai4 xiu1	shy; embarrassed; bashful	4
碗[碗]	wan3	bowl; cup; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]	18
减肥[減肥]	jian3 fei2	to lose weight	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep03/100 words - 10 min
食量[食量]	shi2 liang4	quantity of food	3
曲[曲]	qu1	bent; crooked; wrong	6
曲[曲]	qu3	tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]	6
龙[龍]	long2	dragon; CL:條|条[tiao2]; imperial	25
榜[榜]	bang3	notice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees	2
象[象]	xiang4	elephant; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; shape; form; appearance; to imitate	3
队[隊]	dui4	squadron; team; group; CL:個|个[ge4]	12
通通[通通]	tong1 tong1	all; entire; complete	10
少爷[少爺]	shao4 ye5	son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific)	2
老公[老公]	lao3 gong1	(coll.) husband	32
实惠[實惠]	shi2 hui4	tangible benefit; material advantages; cheap; economical; advantageous (deal); substantial (discount)	2
饭店[飯店]	fan4 dian4	restaurant; hotel; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]	4
划算[划算]	hua2 suan4	to calculate; to weigh (pros and cons); to view as profitable; worthwhile; value for money; cost-effective	1
布[布]	bu4	cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known	19
移开[移開]	yi2 kai1	to move away	1
客房[客房]	ke4 fang2	guest room	1
装潢[裝潢]	zhuang1 huang2	to mount (a picture); to dress; to adorn; decoration; packaging	1
娘家[娘家]	niang2 jia5	married woman's parents' home	2
运气[運氣]	yun4 qi5	luck (good or bad)	3
奶奶[奶奶]	nai3 nai5	(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; CL:位[wei4]; (coll.) boobies; breasts	2
花瓶[花瓶]	hua1 ping2	flower vase; fig. just a pretty face; CL:對|对[dui4]	1
铺[鋪]	pu1	to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker	2
铺[鋪]	pu4	plank bed; place to sleep; shop; store; (old) relay station	2
毯子[毯子]	tan3 zi5	blanket; CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1],床[chuang2],面[mian4]	1
当兵[當兵]	dang1 bing1	to serve in the army; to be a soldier	1
班长[班長]	ban1 zhang3	class monitor; squad leader; team leader; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
当做[當做]	dang4 zuo4	to treat as; to regard as; to look upon as	23
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep03/125 words - 13 min
凑合[湊合]	cou4 he5	to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad	2
妥[妥]	tuo3	suitable; adequate; ready; settled	2
妥当[妥當]	tuo3 dang5	appropriate; proper; ready	2
包住[包住]	bao1 zhu4	to envelop; to wrap; to enclose	2
白白[白白]	bai2 bai2	in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white	3
胖[胖]	pang4	fat; plump	7
红豆[紅豆]	hong2 dou4	azuki bean; red bean	1
汤[湯]	tang1	soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled	35
烧焦[燒焦]	shao1 jiao1	to burn; to scorch; burned; burning; scorched; charred	2
楼梯[樓梯]	lou2 ti1	stair; staircase; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
为止[為止]	wei2 zhi3	until; (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止)	6
有缘[有緣]	you3 yuan2	related; brought together by fate	10
互相[互相]	hu4 xiang1	each other; mutually; mutual	15
照应[照應]	zhao4 ying4	to correlate with; to correspond to	3
照应[照應]	zhao4 ying5	to look after; to take care of; to attend to	3
加州[加州]	Jia1 zhou1	California	3
大地[大地]	da4 di4	earth; mother earth	2
震[震]	zhen4	to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳	2
罹难[罹難]	li2 nan4	to die in an accident or disaster; to be killed	2
再四[再四]	zai4 si4	repeatedly; over and over again	2
生还者[生還者]	sheng1 huan2 zhe3	survivor	4
眼神[眼神]	yan3 shen2	expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect)	5
讲到[講到]	jiang3 dao4	to talk about sth	2
自信[自信]	zi4 xin4	to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence	9
晚安[晚安]	wan3 an1	Good night!; Good evening!	30
分担[分擔]	fen1 dan1	to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)	3
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep03/150 words - 16 min
手工[手工]	shou3 gong1	handwork; manual	6
良心[良心]	liang2 xin1	conscience	2
坏人[壞人]	huai4 ren2	bad person; villain	12
同一[同一]	tong2 yi1	identical; the same	13
屋檐[屋簷]	wu1 yan2	eaves; roof (i.e. home)	3
身为[身為]	shen1 wei2	in the capacity of; as	8
一家之主[一家之主]	yi1 jia1 zhi1 zhu3	master of the house; family head	1
必[必]	bi4	certainly; must; will; necessarily	3
须要[須要]	xu1 yao4	must; have to	1
前头[前頭]	qian2 tou5	in front; at the head; ahead; above	1
宝玉[寶玉]	bao3 yu4	precious jade; treasures	2
捧[捧]	peng3	to clasp; to cup the hands; to hold up with both hands; to offer (esp. in cupped hands); to praise; to flatter	1
手心[手心]	shou3 xin1	palm (of one's hand); control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand)	2
委屈[委屈]	wei3 qu5	to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance	6
交往[交往]	jiao1 wang3	to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date; (interpersonal) relationship; association; contact	29
否则[否則]	fou3 ze2	if not; otherwise; else; or else	10
咏春拳[詠春拳]	yong3 chun1 quan2	Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art)	3
面[麵]	mian4	flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless	23
父亲[父親]	fu4 qin1	father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]	20
设定[設定]	she4 ding4	to set; to set up; to install; setting; preferences	1
锁定[鎖定]	suo3 ding4	to lock (a door); to close with a latch; to lock into place; a lock; a latch; to lock a computer file (to prevent it being overwritten); to lock (denying access to a computer system or device or files, e.g. by password-protection); to focus attention on; to target	1
画面[畫面]	hua4 mian4	scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view	3
何方[何方]	he2 fang1	where?	1
蒹[蒹]	jian1	reed	1
葭[葭]	jia1	reed; Phragmites communis	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep03/175 words - 17 min
苍苍[蒼蒼]	cang1 cang1	ash gray; vast and hazy; flourishing	1
白露[白露]	Bai2 lu4	Bailu or White Dew, 15th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 8th-22nd September	1
霜[霜]	shuang1	frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting; (skin) cream	1
所谓[所謂]	suo3 wei4	so-called; what is called	2
伊人[伊人]	yi1 ren2	(literary) that person (usually female); she; one's intended	1
一方[一方]	yi1 fang1	a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region	3
溯[溯]	su4	to go upstream; to trace the source	2
洄[洄]	hui2	eddying; whirling (of water); to go against the current	1
阻[阻]	zu3	to hinder; to block; to obstruct	1
且[且]	qie3	and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)	1
游[遊]	you2	to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel	1
文[文]	wen2	language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67	7
老师[老師]	lao3 shi1	teacher; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	11
宛[宛]	wan3	winding; as if	1
中央[中央]	zhong1 yang1	central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state)	2
反常[反常]	fan3 chang2	unusual; abnormal	2
错过[錯過]	cuo4 guo4	to miss (train, opportunity etc)	7
精[精]	jing1	essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)	3
采[採]	cai3	to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather	3
戏[戲]	xi4	trick; drama; play; show; CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]	1
游手好闲[遊手好閑]	you2 shou3 hao4 xian2	to idle about	1
聚众[聚眾]	ju4 zhong4	to gather a crowd; to muster	1
滋事[滋事]	zi1 shi4	to cause trouble; to provoke a dispute	1
蚂蚁[螞蟻]	ma3 yi3	ant	2
桌[桌]	zhuo1	table; desk; classifier for tables of guests at a banquet etc	7
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep03/200 words - 22 min
实力[實力]	shi2 li4	strength	4
同行[同行]	tong2 hang2	person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry	2
交易员[交易員]	jiao1 yi4 yuan2	dealer; trader	1
船[船]	chuan2	boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]	3
斤[斤]	jin1	catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g	1
铁[鐵]	tie3	iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)	3
错怪[錯怪]	cuo4 guai4	to blame sb wrongly	3
益[益]	yi4	benefit; profit; advantage; beneficial; to increase; to add; all the more	9
航[航]	hang2	boat; ship; craft; to navigate; to sail; to fly	7
艘[艘]	sou1	classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sao1]	1
建议[建議]	jian4 yi4	to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation; CL:個|个[ge4],點|点[dian3]	5
行情[行情]	hang2 qing2	market price; quotation of market price; the current market situation	5
懂得[懂得]	dong3 de5	to understand; to know; to comprehend	9
珍惜[珍惜]	zhen1 xi1	to treasure; to value; to cherish	6
桌面[桌面]	zhuo1 mian4	desktop; tabletop	1
填[填]	tian2	to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in	3
讨人厌[討人厭]	tao3 ren2 yan4	horrid	3
基本[基本]	ji1 ben3	basic; fundamental; main; elementary	6
章[章]	zhang1	chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order	21
好奇[好奇]	hao4 qi2	inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity	5
料事如神[料事如神]	liao4 shi4 ru2 shen2	to prophesy with supernatural accuracy (idiom); to have an incredible foresight	1
加码[加碼]	jia1 ma3	to ratchet up; to raise (expectations etc); to increase (a quota, a position in the market etc); to up the ante; (computing) to encode	7
红利[紅利]	hong2 li4	bonus; dividend	1
上限[上限]	shang4 xian4	upper bound	2
惜[惜]	xi1	to cherish; to begrudge; to pity; Taiwan pr. [xi2]	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep03/225 words - 24 min
整夜[整夜]	zheng3 ye4	the whole night; all through the night	1
黑眼圈[黑眼圈]	hei1 yan3 quan1	dark circles (under one's eyes); black eye	2
多重[多重]	duo1 chong2	multi- (faceted, cultural, ethnic etc)	1
诚意[誠意]	cheng2 yi4	sincerity; good faith	3
试用[試用]	shi4 yong4	to try sth out; to be on probation	2
期满[期滿]	qi1 man3	to expire; to run out; to come to an end	2
考试[考試]	kao3 shi4	to take an exam; exam; CL:次[ci4]	11
出席[出席]	chu1 xi2	to attend; to participate; present	1
经营[經營]	jing1 ying2	to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate	4
今晚[今晚]	jin1 wan3	tonight	4
全职[全職]	quan2 zhi2	full-time job	2
拉拢[拉攏]	la1 long3	to rope in; fig. to involve sb; to entice	1
教育[教育]	jiao4 yu4	to educate; to teach; education	3
学院[學院]	xue2 yuan4	college; educational institute; school; faculty; CL:所[suo3]	3
大楼[大樓]	da4 lou2	building (a relatively large, multi-storey one); CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]	3
地下[地下]	di4 xia4	underground; subterranean; covert	3
停车场[停車場]	ting2 che1 chang3	parking lot; car park	1
入口[入口]	ru4 kou3	entrance; to import	1
图书馆[圖書館]	tu2 shu1 guan3	library; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]	3
博爱[博愛]	bo2 ai4	universal fraternity (or brotherhood); universal love	1
进修[進修]	jin4 xiu1	to undertake advanced studies; to take a refresher course	3
推广[推廣]	tui1 guang3	to extend; to spread; to popularize; generalization; promotion (of a product etc)	2
科技[科技]	ke1 ji4	science and technology	4
机械[機械]	ji1 xie4	machine; machinery; mechanical; (old) cunning; scheming	1
工程[工程]	gong1 cheng2	engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep03/250 words - 28 min
出国[出國]	chu1 guo2	to go abroad; to leave the country; emigration	47
研讨会[研討會]	yan2 tao3 hui4	discussion forum; seminar	1
慢用[慢用]	man4 yong4	same as 慢慢吃[man4 man4 chi1]	3
要点[要點]	yao4 dian3	main point; essential	2
龙虾[龍蝦]	long2 xia1	lobster	2
报[報]	bao4	to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge; CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]	5
公[公]	gong1	public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)	1
账[賬]	zhang4	account; bill; debt; CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3]	7
掏腰包[掏腰包]	tao1 yao1 bao1	to dip into one's pocket; to pay out of pocket; to foot the bill	1
价值[價值]	jia4 zhi2	value; worth; fig. values (ethical, cultural etc); CL:個|个[ge4]	3
阳春面[陽春麵]	yang2 chun1 mian4	plain noodles in broth	5
投资[投資]	tou2 zi1	investment; to invest	20
天天[天天]	tian1 tian1	every day	7
餐[餐]	can1	meal; to eat; classifier for meals	6
鲍鱼[鮑魚]	bao4 yu2	abalone	2
敬[敬]	jing4	to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer	2
好不容易[好不容易]	hao3 bu4 rong2 yi4	with great difficulty; very difficult	9
签呈[簽呈]	qian1 cheng2	petition (submitted to a superior)	1
内容[內容]	nei4 rong2	content; substance; details; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]	4
人才[人才]	ren2 cai2	talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks	2
料[料]	liao4	material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess	4
平常[平常]	ping2 chang2	ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily	9
泡[泡]	pao4	bubble; foam; blister (i.e. skin bubble); to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to shilly-shally; to hang about; to pick up (a girl); to get off with (a sexual partner); classifier for occurrences of an action; classifier for number of infusions	11
茶包[茶包]	cha2 bao1	tea bag; (slang) trouble (loanword)	1
扣[扣]	kou4	to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) code	8
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep03/275 words - 30 min
吝啬[吝嗇]	lin4 se4	stingy; mean; miserly	1
阴谋[陰謀]	yin1 mou2	plot; conspiracy	1
借口[借口]	jie4 kou3	to use as an excuse; on the pretext; excuse; pretext	4
羊[羊]	yang2	sheep; goat; CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]	2
虎口[虎口]	hu3 kou3	tiger's den; dangerous place; the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand	1
陪酒[陪酒]	pei2 jiu3	to drink along (with sb)	1
豆腐[豆腐]	dou4 fu5	tofu; bean curd	4
折断[折斷]	zhe2 duan4	to snap sth off; to break	1
打架[打架]	da3 jia4	to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows; CL:場|场[chang2]	7
喝酒[喝酒]	he1 jiu3	to drink (alcohol)	13
大事[大事]	da4 shi4	major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]	9
通过[通過]	tong1 guo4	by means of; through; via; to pass through; to get through; to adopt; to pass (a bill or inspection etc); to switch over	3
主管[主管]	zhu3 guan3	in charge; responsible for; person in charge; manager	4
海[海]	hai3	ocean; sea; CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous	4
呼呼[呼呼]	hu1 hu1	(onom.) sound of the wind or the breathing of sb who is sound asleep	3
口号[口號]	kou3 hao4	slogan; catchphrase; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
口袋[口袋]	kou3 dai4	pocket; bag; sack; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
鱿鱼[魷魚]	you2 yu2	squid	5
仔[仔]	zi3	meticulous; (of domestic animals or fowls) young	1
仔细[仔細]	zi3 xi4	careful; attentive; cautious	7
细[細]	xi4	thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal	1
挑选[挑選]	tiao1 xuan3	to choose; to select	1
出发[出發]	chu1 fa1	to set off; to start (on a journey)	12
大大[大大]	da4 da4	greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle	2
伤脑筋[傷腦筋]	shang1 nao3 jin1	to be a real headache; to find sth a real headache; to beat one's brains	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep03/300 words - 34 min
模仿[模仿]	mo2 fang3	to imitate; to copy; to emulate; to mimic; model	1
敬礼[敬禮]	jing4 li3	to salute; salute	2
散[散]	san3	scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine	2
散[散]	san4	to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack	2
掌嘴[掌嘴]	zhang3 zui3	to slap	1
馊主意[餿主意]	sou1 zhu3 yi5	rotten idea	1
买单[買單]	mai3 dan1	to pay the restaurant bill	3
不定[不定]	bu4 ding4	indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious	3
用来[用來]	yong4 lai2	to be used for	4
短视[短視]	duan3 shi4	to lack foresight	2
利[利]	li4	sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit	4
无情[無情]	wu2 qing2	pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless	2
职员[職員]	zhi2 yuan2	office worker; staff member; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	2
良[良]	liang2	good; very; very much	2
叫车[叫車]	jiao4 che1	to call a cab (by phone); to request a ride (via an app)	1
匡[匡]	kuang1	to rectify	3
威[威]	wei1	power; might; prestige	4
有种[有種]	you3 zhong3	to have guts; to have courage; to be brave	5
包包[包包]	bao1 bao1	bag or purse etc; small bump or pimple; hillock	16
上辈子[上輩子]	shang4 bei4 zi5	one's ancestors; past generations; a former incarnation	2
结[結]	jie2	knot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel)	5
仇[仇]	chou2	hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc)	1
醉[醉]	zui4	intoxicated	7
后门[後門]	hou4 men2	the back door; fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or pressure); anus	1
免得[免得]	mian3 de5	so as not to; so as to avoid	4
掂量[掂量]	dian1 liang5	to weigh in the hand; to consider; to ponder	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep03/325 words - 40 min
梦想[夢想]	meng4 xiang3	(fig.) to dream of; dream	10
财神爷[財神爺]	cai2 shen2 ye2	god of wealth; very wealthy man	2
外星人[外星人]	wai4 xing1 ren2	space alien; extraterrestrial	5
大餐[大餐]	da4 can1	great meal; banquet	3
舍不得[捨不得]	she3 bu5 de5	to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge	11
下班[下班]	xia4 ban1	to finish work; to get off work	14
闻到[聞到]	wen2 dao4	to smell; to sniff sth out; to perceive by smelling	3
烧饼[燒餅]	shao1 bing5	baked sesame seed-coated cake	2
豆浆[豆漿]	dou4 jiang1	soy milk	1
抹布[抹布]	ma1 bu4	cleaning rag; also pr. [mo3 bu4]	1
镜子[鏡子]	jing4 zi5	mirror; CL:面[mian4],個|个[ge4]	12
扛[扛]	kang2	to carry on one's shoulder; (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)	8
表情[表情]	biao3 qing2	(facial) expression; to express one's feelings; expression	10
不该[不該]	bu4 gai1	should not; to owe nothing	14
主动[主動]	zhu3 dong4	to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]; drive (of gears and shafts etc)	7
阻止[阻止]	zu3 zhi3	to prevent; to block	13
隔岸观火[隔岸觀火]	ge2 an4 guan1 huo3	to watch the fires burning across the river; to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)	1
专长[專長]	zhuan1 chang2	specialty; special knowledge or ability	1
短处[短處]	duan3 chu4	shortcoming; defect; fault; one's weak points	1
女朋友[女朋友]	nu:3 peng2 you5	girlfriend	28
卸妆[卸妝]	xie4 zhuang1	to remove makeup; (old) to take off formal dress and ornaments	1
皮肤[皮膚]	pi2 fu1	skin; CL:層|层[ceng2],塊|块[kuai4]	3
室[室]	shi4	room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy	13
缺[缺]	que1	deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	12
一早[一早]	yi1 zao3	early in the morning; at dawn	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep03/331 words - 41 min
深刻[深刻]	shen1 ke4	profound; deep; deep-going	2
咦[咦]	yi2	expression of surprise	1
小狗[小狗]	xiao3 gou3	pup; puppy	7
恶作剧[惡作劇]	e4 zuo4 ju4	mischief; mischievous; practical joke; prank	2
滑[滑]	hua2	to slip; to slide; smooth; slippery; cunning	2
健康[健康]	jian4 kang1	health; healthy	11
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep04/25 words - 4 min
喝醉[喝醉]	he1 zui4	to get drunk	12
附身[附身]	fu4 shen1	to enter a body; to possess	1
跑腿[跑腿]	pao3 tui3	to run errands	3
推辞[推辭]	tui1 ci2	to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)	1
饶[饒]	rao2	rich; abundant; exuberant; to add for free; to throw in as bonus; to spare; to forgive; despite; although	1
一说[一說]	yi1 shuo1	an expression of opinion; according to some	2
背后[背後]	bei4 hou4	behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back	5
妙[妙]	miao4	clever; wonderful	2
任务[任務]	ren4 wu5	mission; assignment; task; duty; role; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]	2
达成[達成]	da2 cheng2	to reach (an agreement); to accomplish	4
计较[計較]	ji4 jiao4	to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem	5
助理[助理]	zhu4 li3	assistant	3
贵人[貴人]	gui4 ren2	nobility; person of high rank	7
职[職]	zhi2	office; duty	1
环境[環境]	huan2 jing4	environment; circumstances; surroundings; CL:個|个[ge4]; ambient	4
胡[胡]	hu2	non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])	15
菁[菁]	jing1	leek flower; lush; luxuriant	48
鱼缸[魚缸]	yu2 gang1	fish tank; fishbowl; aquarium	2
目标[目標]	mu4 biao1	target; goal; objective; CL:個|个[ge4]	8
突破[突破]	tu1 po4	to break through; to make a breakthrough; to surmount or break the back of (a task etc); (of ball sports) to break through a defense	4
前天[前天]	qian2 tian1	the day before yesterday	1
见识[見識]	jian4 shi5	to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight	2
招牌[招牌]	zhao1 pai5	signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business	4
招募[招募]	zhao1 mu4	to recruit; to enlist	1
集资[集資]	ji2 zi1	to raise money; to accumulate funds	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep04/50 words - 7 min
轻松[輕鬆]	qing1 song1	light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously	2
掌声[掌聲]	zhang3 sheng1	applause; CL:陣|阵[zhen4]	2
鼓励[鼓勵]	gu3 li4	to encourage	6
超级[超級]	chao1 ji2	super-; ultra-; hyper-	6
波[波]	bo1	wave; ripple; storm; surge	2
赚得[賺得]	zhuan4 de2	to earn	1
高额[高額]	gao1 e2	high quota; large amount	1
择日[擇日]	ze2 ri4	to fix a date (for an event); to select an auspicious date	1
派对[派對]	pai4 dui4	party (loanword)	4
快要[快要]	kuai4 yao4	almost; nearly; almost all	15
业[業]	ye4	line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already	43
涨停板[漲停板]	zhang3 ting2 ban3	daily upper limit on the price of a stock	9
融[融]	rong2	to melt; to thaw; to blend; to merge; to be in harmony	4
融资[融資]	rong2 zi1	financing	2
天下[天下]	tian1 xia4	land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule	3
鞋子[鞋子]	xie2 zi5	shoe	7
袜子[襪子]	wa4 zi5	socks; stockings; CL:隻|只[zhi1],對|对[dui4],雙|双[shuang1]	1
丢掉[丟掉]	diu1 diao4	to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away	3
擦[擦]	ca1	to wipe; to erase; rubbing (brush stroke in painting); to clean; to polish	17
手帕[手帕]	shou3 pa4	handkerchief; CL:方[fang1]	1
宿舍[宿舍]	su4 she4	dormitory; dorm room; living quarters; hostel; CL:間|间[jian1]	1
小学[小學]	xiao3 xue2	elementary school; primary school; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
拖鞋[拖鞋]	tuo1 xie2	slippers; sandals; flip-flops; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]	1
鞋[鞋]	xie2	shoe; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]	5
码[碼]	ma3	weight; number; code; to pile; to stack; classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc	3
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep04/75 words - 14 min
取名[取名]	qu3 ming2	to name; to be named; to christen; to seek fame	1
取[取]	qu3	to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	1
约会[約會]	yue1 hui4	appointment; engagement; date; CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4]; to arrange to meet	5
小偷[小偷]	xiao3 tou1	thief	3
气喘[氣喘]	qi4 chuan3	to gasp for breath; asthma	15
手里[手裡]	shou3 li3	in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands	1
在外[在外]	zai4 wai4	outer; excluded	2
太空[太空]	tai4 kong1	outer space	2
缺氧[缺氧]	que1 yang3	lacking oxygen; anaerobic	1
差点[差點]	cha4 dian3	almost; nearly	9
氧气[氧氣]	yang3 qi4	oxygen	2
瓶[瓶]	ping2	bottle; vase; pitcher; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for wine and liquids	3
匪[匪]	fei3	bandit; (literary) not	9
发作[發作]	fa1 zuo4	to flare up; to break out	5
凡事[凡事]	fan2 shi4	everything	3
方面[方面]	fang1 mian4	respect; aspect; field; side; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
美好[美好]	mei3 hao3	beautiful; fine	7
过敏性[過敏性]	guo4 min3 xing4	hypersensitive; allergic reaction; anaphylaxis	3
遗传[遺傳]	yi2 chuan2	heredity; to inherit (a trait); to pass on (to one's offspring)	2
有关[有關]	you3 guan1	to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning	9
新型[新型]	xin1 xing2	new type; new kind	1
相框[相框]	xiang4 kuang4	photo frame	3
老板娘[老闆娘]	lao3 ban3 niang2	female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife	6
挣扎[掙扎]	zheng1 zha2	to struggle	1
钱包[錢包]	qian2 bao1	purse; wallet	5
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep04/100 words - 17 min
走着瞧[走著瞧]	zou3 zhe5 qiao2	wait and see (who is right)	1
砸[砸]	za2	to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle	2
正义[正義]	zheng4 yi4	justice; righteousness; just; righteous	3
青年[青年]	qing1 nian2	youth; youthful years; young person; the young	5
称呼[稱呼]	cheng1 hu5	to call; to address as; appellation	2
夹[夾]	jia1	to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jia2]	4
发育[發育]	fa1 yu4	to develop; to mature; growth; development; (sexually) mature	2
青少年[青少年]	qing1 shao4 nian2	adolescent; youth; teenager	1
哪像[哪像]	na3 xiang4	unlike; in contrast to	4
横[橫]	heng2	horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent	1
不光[不光]	bu4 guang1	not the only one; not only	1
点菜[點菜]	dian3 cai4	to order dishes (in a restaurant)	1
接吻[接吻]	jie1 wen3	to kiss	3
地心引力[地心引力]	di4 xin1 yin3 li4	earth's gravity	1
重心[重心]	zhong4 xin1	center of gravity; central core; main part	4
稳[穩]	wen3	settled; steady; stable	7
导致[導致]	dao3 zhi4	to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about	3
腿[腿]	tui3	leg; CL:條|条[tiao2]	7
软[軟]	ruan3	soft; flexible	2
不支[不支]	bu4 zhi1	to be unable to endure	1
胡思乱想[胡思亂想]	hu2 si1 luan4 xiang3	to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild	10
脑袋[腦袋]	nao3 dai4	head; skull; brains; mental capability; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]	9
停止[停止]	ting2 zhi3	to stop; to halt; to cease	4
转动[轉動]	zhuan3 dong4	to turn sth around; to swivel	1
转动[轉動]	zhuan4 dong4	to rotate (about an axis); to revolve; to turn; to move in a circle; to gyrate	1
霹雳[霹靂]	pi1 li4	clap of thunder; thunderbolt; (slang) awesome; shocking; terrifying	10
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep04/125 words - 23 min
长得[長得]	zhang3 de5	to look (pretty, the same etc)	6
类型[類型]	lei4 xing2	type; category; genre; form; style	3
呸[呸]	pei1	pah!; bah!; pooh!; to spit (in contempt)	1
皮包[皮包]	pi2 bao1	handbag; briefcase	2
塞[塞]	sai1	to stop up; to squeeze in; to stuff; cork; stopper	2
厚[厚]	hou4	thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress	3
奇[奇]	qi2	strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually	1
隆[隆]	long2	grand; intense; prosperous; to swell; to bulge	3
玩笑[玩笑]	wan2 xiao4	to joke; joke; jest	4
好歹[好歹]	hao3 dai3	good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever	2
找回[找回]	zhao3 hui2	to retrieve	3
低[低]	di1	low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline	2
一家人[一家人]	yi1 jia1 ren2	household; the whole family	8
老是[老是]	lao3 shi5	always	10
摸黑[摸黑]	mo1 hei1	to grope about in the dark	1
开灯[開燈]	kai1 deng1	to turn on the light	1
遭殃[遭殃]	zao1 yang1	to suffer a calamity	1
守则[守則]	shou3 ze2	rules; regulations	3
零用钱[零用錢]	ling2 yong4 qian2	pocket money; allowance; spending money	3
电影[電影]	dian4 ying3	movie; film; CL:部[bu4],片[pian4],幕[mu4],場|场[chang3]	14
什么的[什麼的]	shen2 me5 de5	and so on; and what not	6
星期[星期]	xing1 qi1	week; CL:個|个[ge4]; day of the week; Sunday	4
认定[認定]	ren4 ding4	to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with	1
牵手[牽手]	qian1 shou3	to hold hands	6
正值[正值]	zheng4 zhi2	just at the time of; honest; upright; (math.) positive value	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep04/150 words - 25 min
青春期[青春期]	qing1 chun1 qi1	puberty; adolescence	1
正式[正式]	zheng4 shi4	formal; official	6
恋爱[戀愛]	lian4 ai4	(romantic) love; CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3]; in love; to have an affair	20
建立[建立]	jian4 li4	to establish; to set up; to found	2
友情[友情]	you3 qing2	friendly feelings; friendship	2
基础[基礎]	ji1 chu3	base; foundation; basis; underlying; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
了解[了解]	liao3 jie3	to understand; to realize; to find out	20
彼此[彼此]	bi3 ci3	each other; one another	18
嗜好[嗜好]	shi4 hao4	hobby; indulgence; habit; addiction	2
家庭[家庭]	jia1 ting2	family; household; CL:戶|户[hu4],個|个[ge4]	8
瞬间[瞬間]	shun4 jian1	in an instant; in a flash	3
冲动[衝動]	chong1 dong4	to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge	8
接触[接觸]	jie1 chu4	to touch; to contact; access; in touch with	5
产生[產生]	chan3 sheng1	to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate; to appear; appearance; emergence; generation; production; yield	5
电力[電力]	dian4 li4	electrical power; electricity	2
火花[火花]	huo3 hua1	spark; sparkle	2
四射[四射]	si4 she4	to radiate all around	2
听来[聽來]	ting1 lai2	to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc); to ring (true); to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression); to hear from somewhere	1
五十[五十]	wu3 shi2	fifty	3
娶[娶]	qu3	to take a wife; to marry (a woman)	4
相亲[相親]	xiang1 qin1	blind date; arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiang4 qin1]); to be deeply attached to each other	20
巴不得[巴不得]	ba1 bu5 de5	(coll.) to be eager for; to long for; to look forward to	1
时光机[時光機]	shi2 guang1 ji1	time machine	4
破例[破例]	po4 li4	to make an exception	1
加油[加油]	jia1 you2	to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas; (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on	37
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep04/175 words - 29 min
裙子[裙子]	qun2 zi5	skirt; CL:條|条[tiao2]	4
拉链[拉鏈]	la1 lian4	zipper	1
静电[靜電]	jing4 dian4	static electricity	2
科学[科學]	ke1 xue2	science; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational; CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]	6
弟[弟]	di4	younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)	4
初[初]	chu1	at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic	3
吻[吻]	wen3	kiss; to kiss; mouth	3
不得[不得]	bu4 de2	must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot	2
原本[原本]	yuan2 ben3	originally; original	11
不屑[不屑]	bu4 xie4	to disdain to do sth; to think sth not worth doing; to feel it beneath one's dignity	1
主意[主意]	zhu3 yi5	plan; idea; decision; CL:個|个[ge4]; Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]	3
不当[不當]	bu4 dang4	unsuitable; improper; inappropriate	3
作对[作對]	zuo4 dui4	to set oneself against; to oppose; to make a pair	1
思想[思想]	si1 xiang3	thought; thinking; idea; ideology; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
负面[負面]	fu4 mian4	negative; the negative side	1
广播[廣播]	guang3 bo1	broadcast; CL:個|个[ge4]; broadcasting; to broadcast; (formal) to propagate; to publicize	2
时分[時分]	shi2 fen1	time; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支	5
主题[主題]	zhu3 ti2	theme; subject	3
经常[經常]	jing1 chang2	frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily	2
淑[淑]	shu1	warm and virtuous; (used in given names); Taiwan pr. [shu2]	10
桦[樺]	hua4	birch tree; Betula japonica	1
最新[最新]	zui4 xin1	latest; newest	2
回国[回國]	hui2 guo2	to return to one's home country	6
何苦[何苦]	he2 ku3	why bother?; is it worth the trouble?	3
一往情深[一往情深]	yi1 wang3 qing2 shen1	deeply attached; devoted	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep04/200 words - 33 min
爱情[愛情]	ai4 qing2	romance; love (romantic); CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4]	60
难舍难分[難捨難分]	nan2 she3 nan2 fen1	loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate	1
何必[何必]	he2 bi4	there is no need; why should	6
温存[溫存]	wen1 cun2	tender; affectionate; tenderness	1
伤心[傷心]	shang1 xin1	to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt	4
难免[難免]	nan2 mian3	hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably	4
歌词[歌詞]	ge1 ci2	song lyric; lyrics	3
感动[感動]	gan3 dong4	to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving	8
感触[感觸]	gan3 chu4	one's thoughts and feelings; emotional stirring; moved; touched	2
特殊[特殊]	te4 shu1	special; particular; unusual; extraordinary	5
意义[意義]	yi4 yi4	sense; meaning; significance; importance; CL:個|个[ge4]	11
旋律[旋律]	xuan2 lu:4	melody; rhythm	1
此刻[此刻]	ci3 ke4	this moment; now; at present	2
地球[地球]	di4 qiu2	the earth; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
表面[表面]	biao3 mian4	surface; face; outside; appearance	3
五月[五月]	Wu3 yue4	May; fifth month (of the lunar year)	2
外国人[外國人]	wai4 guo2 ren2	foreigner	1
月球[月球]	yue4 qiu2	the moon	1
贵重[貴重]	gui4 zhong4	precious	1
好意[好意]	hao3 yi4	good intention; kindness	6
秒[秒]	miao3	second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (coll.) instantly	5
代替[代替]	dai4 ti4	to replace; to take the place of	4
愿[願]	yuan4	to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing	4
服输[服輸]	fu2 shu1	to concede; to admit defeat; to admit sth is wrong after insisting it is right	1
咬[咬]	yao3	to bite; to nip	8
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep04/225 words - 38 min
钢[鋼]	gang1	steel	7
华[華]	hua2	magnificent; splendid; flowery	14
寿[壽]	shou4	long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary	2
88[88]	ba1 ba1	(Internet slang) bye-bye (alternative for 拜拜[bai2 bai2])	5
请客[請客]	qing3 ke4	to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner	6
续[續]	xu4	to continue; to replenish	1
摊[攤]	tan1	to spread out; vendor's stand	5
锋[鋒]	feng1	point of a spear; edge of a tool; vanguard; forward (in sports team)	1
抢走[搶走]	qiang3 zou3	to snatch (esp related to a robbery)	3
蝉联[蟬聯]	chan2 lian2	to continue in a post; (to hold a post) several times in succession; (to win a title) in successive years; to stay at number one; to defend a championship	1
巴结[巴結]	ba1 jie5	to fawn on; to curry favor with; to make up to	1
脸色[臉色]	lian3 se4	complexion; look	3
稀罕[稀罕]	xi1 han5	rare; uncommon; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish; Taiwan pr. [xi1 han3]	1
妆[妝]	zhuang1	(of a woman) to adorn oneself; makeup; adornment; trousseau; stage makeup and costume	1
浓[濃]	nong2	concentrated; dense; strong (smell etc)	2
美的[美的]	Mei3 di2	Midea (brand)	2
人缘[人緣]	ren2 yuan2	relations with other people	3
指定[指定]	zhi3 ding4	to appoint; to assign; to indicate clearly and with certainty; designated	4
轻[輕]	qing1	light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage	3
热心[熱心]	re4 xin1	enthusiasm; zeal; zealous; zest; enthusiastic; ardent; warmhearted	3
善良[善良]	shan4 liang2	good and honest; kindhearted	7
心动[心動]	xin1 dong4	heartbeat; heart rate; (fig.) emotionally affected; aroused (of desire, emotion, interest etc)	3
春[春]	chun1	spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life	2
年龄[年齡]	nian2 ling2	(a person's) age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]	2
伯[伯]	bo2	father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]	8
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep04/238 words - 41 min
续弦[續弦]	xu4 xian2	to remarry (of a widow); second wife; qin and se 琴瑟[qin2 se4], two string instruments as a symbol of marital harmony	1
则[則]	ze2	(conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; standard; norm; principle; to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items	5
一鸣惊人[一鳴驚人]	yi1 ming2 jing1 ren2	to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity	1
临时[臨時]	lin2 shi2	as the time draws near; at the last moment; temporary; interim; ad hoc	3
挡箭牌[擋箭牌]	dang3 jian4 pai2	shield; (fig.) excuse	1
气死[氣死]	qi4 si3	to infuriate; to be furious; to die from an excess of anger	1
幸灾乐祸[幸災樂禍]	xing4 zai1 le4 huo4	lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune; Schadenfreude	1
姿势[姿勢]	zi1 shi4	posture; position	5
揉[揉]	rou2	to knead; to massage; to rub	1
振作[振作]	zhen4 zuo4	to bestir oneself; to pull oneself together; to cheer up; to uplift; to stimulate	6
扭[扭]	niu3	to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips	2
一口[一口]	yi1 kou3	readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite	8
甜[甜]	tian2	sweet	10
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep05/25 words - 5 min
嘴唇[嘴唇]	zui3 chun2	lip; CL:片[pian4]	5
疑似[疑似]	yi2 si4	to be suspected to be; deceptive; plausible but fallacious	1
高于[高於]	gao1 yu2	greater than; to exceed	1
穿越时空[穿越時空]	chuan1 yue4 shi2 kong1	to travel through time	14
成真[成真]	cheng2 zhen1	to come true	2
专家[專家]	zhuan1 jia1	expert; specialist; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
联系[聯繫]	lian2 xi4	connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch	5
留成[留成]	liu2 cheng2	to retain a portion (of profits etc)	1
讯号[訊號]	xun4 hao4	signal	4
男生[男生]	nan2 sheng1	schoolboy; male student; boy; guy (young adult male)	23
睫毛[睫毛]	jie2 mao2	eyelashes	1
气味[氣味]	qi4 wei4	odor; scent	1
脑子[腦子]	nao3 zi5	brains; mind; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
重复[重複]	chong2 fu4	to repeat; to duplicate; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
错误[錯誤]	cuo4 wu4	error; mistake; CL:個|个[ge4]; mistaken; false; wrong	12
莫名[莫名]	mo4 ming2	indescribable; ineffable	3
矛盾[矛盾]	mao2 dun4	contradiction; CL:個|个[ge4]; conflicting views; contradictory	3
不在乎[不在乎]	bu4 zai4 hu5	not to care	7
弟弟[弟弟]	di4 di5	younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	8
自以为是[自以為是]	zi4 yi3 wei2 shi4	to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated	1
家伙[傢伙]	jia1 huo5	variant of 家伙[jia1 huo5]	9
谈恋爱[談戀愛]	tan2 lian4 ai4	to court; to go steady; to be dating	16
求婚[求婚]	qiu2 hun1	to propose marriage	6
大嘴巴[大嘴巴]	da4 zui3 ba5	bigmouth; blabbermouth	2
小小[小小]	xiao3 xiao3	very small; very few; very minor	9
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep05/50 words - 8 min
肚腩[肚腩]	du4 nan3	belly	1
奶[奶]	nai3	breast; milk; to breastfeed	2
鼓鼓[鼓鼓]	gu3 gu3	bulging; bursting	1
甘之如饴[甘之如飴]	gan1 zhi1 ru2 yi2	lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly; a glutton for punishment	1
提早[提早]	ti2 zao3	ahead of schedule; sooner than planned; to bring forward (to an earlier time)	2
练习[練習]	lian4 xi2	to practice; exercise; drill; practice; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
婚[婚]	hun1	to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife	3
拍手[拍手]	pai1 shou3	to clap one's hands	2
黑熊[黑熊]	hei1 xiong2	Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus)	1
公平[公平]	gong1 ping2	fair; impartial	6
多余[多餘]	duo1 yu2	superfluous; unnecessary; surplus	2
隔壁[隔壁]	ge2 bi4	next door; neighbor	10
位子[位子]	wei4 zi5	place; seat	4
比不上[比不上]	bi3 bu4 shang4	can't compare with	3
珍贵[珍貴]	zhen1 gui4	precious	5
天上[天上]	tian1 shang4	celestial; heavenly	2
烟灰缸[煙灰缸]	yan1 hui1 gang1	ashtray	4
抢劫[搶劫]	qiang3 jie2	to rob; looting	13
治安[治安]	zhi4 an1	law and order; public security	1
反手[反手]	fan3 shou3	to turn a hand over; to put one's hand behind one's back; fig. easily done	1
肩[肩]	jian1	shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)	1
重重[重重]	chong2 chong2	layer upon layer; one after another	3
地上[地上]	di4 shang5	on the ground; on the floor	2
夸张[誇張]	kua1 zhang1	to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous	2
加油添醋[加油添醋]	jia1 you2 tian1 cu4	to add interest (to a story); to sex up	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep05/75 words - 14 min
戴上[戴上]	dai4 shang5	to put on (hat etc)	4
恩[恩]	en1	favor; grace; kindness	74
念书[念書]	nian4 shu1	to read; to study	39
飞机[飛機]	fei1 ji1	airplane; CL:架[jia4]	13
十几[十幾]	shi2 ji3	more than ten; a dozen or more	1
百分之百[百分之百]	bai3 fen1 zhi1 bai3	a hundred percent; out and out; absolutely	1
写信[寫信]	xie3 xin4	to write a letter	4
封[封]	feng1	to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters	5
勾[勾]	gou1	to attract; to arouse; to tick; to strike out; to delineate; to collude; variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook	10
水饺[水餃]	shui3 jiao3	boiled dumpling	3
饺子[餃子]	jiao3 zi5	dumpling; pot-sticker; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]	1
顺着[順著]	shun4 zhe5	to follow; following; along	2
包子[包子]	bao1 zi5	steamed stuffed bun; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
圆[圓]	yuan2	circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)	7
无所谓[無所謂]	wu2 suo3 wei4	to be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be	6
嘴巴[嘴巴]	zui3 ba5	mouth; CL:張|张[zhang1]; slap in the face; CL:個|个[ge4]	6
刁[刁]	diao1	artful; wicked	2
主厨[主廚]	zhu3 chu2	chef; to be the chef	1
平安[平安]	ping2 an1	safe and sound; well; without mishap; quiet and safe; at peace	4
出口[出口]	chu1 kou3	an exit; CL:個|个[ge4]; to speak; to export; (of a ship) to leave port	1
斗嘴[鬥嘴]	dou4 zui3	to quarrel; to bicker; glib repartee	5
牙齿[牙齒]	ya2 chi3	tooth; dental; CL:顆|颗[ke1]	1
舌头[舌頭]	she2 tou5	tongue; CL:個|个[ge4]; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information	1
多事[多事]	duo1 shi4	meddlesome; eventful	2
完整[完整]	wan2 zheng3	complete; intact	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep05/100 words - 18 min
无忧无虑[無憂無慮]	wu2 you1 wu2 lu:4	carefree and without worries (idiom)	2
生日[生日]	sheng1 ri4	birthday; CL:個|个[ge4]	17
羡慕[羨慕]	xian4 mu4	to envy; to admire	10
尊敬[尊敬]	zun1 jing4	to respect; to revere	2
知识[知識]	zhi1 shi5	knowledge; CL:門|门[men2]; intellectual	3
难不倒[難不倒]	nan2 bu4 dao3	not to pose a problem for sb; cannot stump sb	2
体质[體質]	ti3 zhi4	constitution	2
家族[家族]	jia1 zu2	family; clan	1
病史[病史]	bing4 shi3	medical history	1
气喘病[氣喘病]	qi4 chuan3 bing4	asthma	1
征信社[徵信社]	zheng1 xin4 she4	(Tw) private investigator; credit bureau	2
委托[委託]	wei3 tuo1	to entrust; to trust; to commission	3
身份[身份]	shen1 fen4	identity; status; capacity; dignity; position; rank	10
由于[由於]	you2 yu2	due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because	1
资讯[資訊]	zi1 xun4	information	1
确认[確認]	que4 ren4	to confirm; to verify; confirmation	8
尽力[盡力]	jin4 li4	to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort	4
相关[相關]	xiang1 guan1	related; relevant; pertinent; to be interrelated; (statistics) correlation	1
尾款[尾款]	wei3 kuan3	balance (money remaining due)	2
明细[明細]	ming2 xi4	clear and detailed; definite; details (are as follows:)	2
寄[寄]	ji4	to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc)	10
电子信箱[電子信箱]	dian4 zi3 xin4 xiang1	electronic mailbox; e-mail address	1
代[代]	dai4	to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon	4
寻[尋]	xun2	to search; to look for; to seek	2
生父[生父]	sheng1 fu4	biological father	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep05/125 words - 22 min
案件[案件]	an4 jian4	case; instance; CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1],起[qi3]	2
电脑[電腦]	dian4 nao3	computer; CL:臺|台[tai2]	2
狡辩[狡辯]	jiao3 bian4	to quibble	1
剥夺[剝奪]	bo1 duo2	to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property)	2
权利[權利]	quan2 li4	power; right; privilege	4
指名[指名]	zhi3 ming2	to mention by name; to designate; designated	2
热门[熱門]	re4 men2	popular; hot; in vogue	1
保险[保險]	bao3 xian3	insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to; CL:份[fen4]	2
类[類]	lei4	kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble	2
商[商]	shang1	commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)	3
银[銀]	yin2	silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency	1
合并[合併]	he2 bing4	to merge; to annex	1
多亏[多虧]	duo1 kui1	thanks to; luckily	5
私人[私人]	si1 ren2	private; personal; interpersonal; sb with whom one has a close personal relationship; a member of one's clique	1
赞助[贊助]	zan4 zhu4	to support; to assist; to sponsor	1
况且[況且]	kuang4 qie3	moreover; besides; in addition; furthermore	4
买进[買進]	mai3 jin4	to purchase; to buy in (goods)	6
未免[未免]	wei4 mian3	unavoidably; can't help; really; rather	1
抵[抵]	di3	to press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to equal; to balance; to make up for; to mortgage; to arrive at; to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense)	2
额[額]	e2	forehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount	4
交割[交割]	jiao1 ge1	delivery (commerce)	10
壁纸[壁紙]	bi4 zhi3	wallpaper	2
打进[打進]	da3 jin4	to breach; to invade	1
要害[要害]	yao4 hai4	vital part; (fig.) key point; crucial	2
眼红[眼紅]	yan3 hong2	to covet; envious; jealous; green with envy; infuriated; furious	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep05/150 words - 25 min
扯[扯]	che3	to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey	5
厘清[釐清]	li2 qing1	to clarify (the facts); clarification	1
归属[歸屬]	gui1 shu3	to belong to; to be affiliated to; to fall under the jurisdiction of; a place where one feels that one belongs; one's final destination (where one need look no further)	2
白纸黑字[白紙黑字]	bai2 zhi3 hei1 zi4	(written) in black and white	1
楚[楚]	chu3	distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)	3
看错[看錯]	kan4 cuo4	to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for sb else); to misread (a document)	3
歉[歉]	qian4	to apologize; to regret; deficient	1
听错[聽錯]	ting1 cuo4	to mishear	5
认错[認錯]	ren4 cuo4	to admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake	2
录音[錄音]	lu4 yin1	to record (sound); sound recording; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
金刚[金剛]	jin1 gang1	diamond; (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon); guardian deity (in Buddhist iconography)	4
扫地[掃地]	sao3 di4	to sweep the floor; to reach rock bottom; to be at an all-time low	1
阿姨[阿姨]	a1 yi2	maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child); CL:個|个[ge4]	158
有钱[有錢]	you3 qian2	well-off; wealthy	13
惨[慘]	can3	miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy	5
尿急[尿急]	niao4 ji2	urinary urgency	1
嫁祸[嫁禍]	jia4 huo4	to impute; to shift the blame onto someone else	2
证据[證據]	zheng4 ju4	evidence; proof; testimony	6
根据[根據]	gen1 ju4	according to; based on; basis; foundation; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
可靠[可靠]	ke3 kao4	reliable	1
差别[差別]	cha1 bie2	difference; distinction; disparity	3
何况[何況]	he2 kuang4	let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more	8
跌幅[跌幅]	die1 fu2	decline (in value); extent of a drop	2
加上[加上]	jia1 shang4	plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that	7
近几年[近幾年]	jin4 ji3 nian2	in recent years	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep05/175 words - 29 min
并不[並不]	bing4 bu4	not at all; emphatically not	1
理想[理想]	li3 xiang3	an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect	1
结局[結局]	jie2 ju2	conclusion; ending	2
资深[資深]	zi1 shen1	veteran (journalist etc); senior; highly experienced	1
主力[主力]	zhu3 li4	main force; main strength of an army	2
信用[信用]	xin4 yong4	to trust; credit (commerce); trustworthiness; creditworthiness	3
捧上天[捧上天]	peng3 shang4 tian1	to praise to the skies	1
老大[老大]	lao3 da4	old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang	1
打拼[打拼]	da3 pin1	to work hard; to try to make a living	2
晓得[曉得]	xiao3 de5	to know	1
争宠[爭寵]	zheng1 chong3	to strive for favor	1
邀功[邀功]	yao1 gong1	to take the credit for sb's achievement	2
看不过去[看不過去]	kan4 bu5 guo4 qu5	cannot stand by idly and watch; unable to put up with it any longer	1
事实[事實]	shi4 shi2	fact; CL:個|个[ge4]	6
过错[過錯]	guo4 cuo4	mistake; fault; responsibility (for a fault)	1
建设性[建設性]	jian4 she4 xing4	constructive; constructiveness	1
发言[發言]	fa1 yan2	to make a speech; statement; utterance; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
滚蛋[滾蛋]	gun3 dan4	get out of here!; beat it!	1
拼命[拼命]	pin1 ming4	to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it	3
保[保]	bao3	to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old)	5
振[振]	zhen4	to shake; to flap; to vibrate; to resonate; to rise up with spirit; to rouse oneself	8
旧金山[舊金山]	Jiu4 jin1 shan1	San Francisco, California	1
奇迹[奇跡]	qi2 ji4	miracle; miraculous; wonder; marvel	4
码头[碼頭]	ma3 tou2	dock; pier; wharf; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
工人[工人]	gong1 ren2	worker; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2]	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep05/200 words - 33 min
死里逃生[死裡逃生]	si3 li3 tao2 sheng1	mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape; to survive by the skin of one's teeth	1
震灾[震災]	zhen4 zai1	earthquake damage	1
燃[燃]	ran2	to burn; to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes)	1
专注[專注]	zhuan1 zhu4	concentrated; single-mindedly devoted to	1
搞不好[搞不好]	gao3 bu5 hao3	(coll.) maybe; perhaps	5
吉他[吉他]	ji2 ta1	guitar (loanword); CL:把[ba3]	47
少来[少來]	shao3 lai2	refrain (from doing sth); (coll.) Come on!; Give me a break!; Save it!	2
某人[某人]	mou3 ren2	someone; a certain person; some people; I (self-address after one's surname)	3
表演[表演]	biao3 yan3	play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate; CL:場|场[chang3]	1
缺席[缺席]	que1 xi2	absence; absent	3
忘掉[忘掉]	wang4 diao4	to forget	2
排解[排解]	pai2 jie3	to mediate; to reconcile; to make peace; to intervene	1
突然间[突然間]	tu1 ran2 jian1	suddenly	4
尽管[儘管]	jin3 guan3	despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating	5
匙[匙]	chi2	spoon	1
糖[糖]	tang2	sugar; sweets; candy; CL:顆|颗[ke1],塊|块[kuai4]	7
不加[不加]	bu4 jia1	without; not; un-	2
奶精[奶精]	nai3 jing1	non-dairy creamer	3
三温暖[三溫暖]	san1 wen1 nuan3	sauna (loanword) (Tw)	2
何止[何止]	he2 zhi3	far more than; not just	3
简直[簡直]	jian3 zhi2	simply; at all; practically	8
心脏病[心臟病]	xin1 zang4 bing4	heart disease	1
举杯[舉杯]	ju3 bei1	to toast sb (with wine etc); to drink a toast	2
墓[墓]	mu4	grave; tomb; mausoleum	4
在座[在座]	zai4 zuo4	to be present	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep05/225 words - 37 min
大哥[大哥]	da4 ge1	eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss	5
权益[權益]	quan2 yi4	rights; interests; rights and benefits	1
尊重[尊重]	zun1 zhong4	to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper	7
出手[出手]	chu1 shou3	to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task	9
带种[帶種]	dai4 zhong3	(coll.) to have character; to have guts; plucky	2
不要脸[不要臉]	bu4 yao4 lian3	to have no sense of shame; shameless	1
单挑[單挑]	dan1 tiao1	to pick; to choose; to fight a duel	13
江湖[江湖]	jiang1 hu2	rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld	1
规矩[規矩]	gui1 ju5	lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved	3
搞错[搞錯]	gao3 cuo4	mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken	7
屁事[屁事]	pi4 shi4	(vulgar) trifling matter; mere trifle; goddamn thing; goddamn business	2
猪狗不如[豬狗不如]	zhu1 gou3 bu4 ru2	worse than a dog or pig; lower than low	1
丫头[丫頭]	ya1 tou5	girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment)	1
撤[撤]	che4	to remove; to take away; to withdraw	2
呼吸[呼吸]	hu1 xi1	to breathe	5
警笛[警笛]	jing3 di2	siren	1
收拾[收拾]	shou1 shi5	to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb	6
台北市[台北市]	Tai2 bei3 shi4	Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan	2
政府[政府]	zheng4 fu3	government; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
姓名[姓名]	xing4 ming2	surname and given name; full name	8
雅致[雅致]	ya3 zhi4	elegant; refined; in good taste	1
挑衅[挑釁]	tiao3 xin4	to provoke; provocation	2
急诊室[急診室]	ji2 zhen3 shi4	emergency room	1
学长[學長]	xue2 zhang3	senior or older male schoolmate	2
乱跑[亂跑]	luan4 pao3	to run around all over the place	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep05/250 words - 40 min
拳[拳]	quan2	fist; boxing	10
准[准]	zhun3	to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of	11
准[準]	zhun3	accurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-	11
并肩[並肩]	bing4 jian1	alongside; shoulder to shoulder; side by side; abreast	1
作战[作戰]	zuo4 zhan4	combat; to fight	1
战友[戰友]	zhan4 you3	comrade-in-arms; battle companion	1
大名[大名]	da4 ming2	famous name; your distinguished name; one's formal personal name	2
久仰[久仰]	jiu3 yang3	honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you.; It's an honor to meet you at last.	2
过瘾[過癮]	guo4 yin3	to satisfy a craving; to get a kick out of sth; gratifying; immensely enjoyable; satisfying; fulfilling	3
咚[咚]	dong1	boom (of a drum)	1
哒[噠]	da1	(phonetic); command to a horse; clatter (of horses' hoofs)	1
赐[賜]	ci4	to confer; to bestow; to grant	1
到此一游[到此一遊]	dao4 ci3 yi1 you2	to travel (somewhere); (vandalism) "was here"	1
肿[腫]	zhong3	to swell; swelling; swollen	3
猪头[豬頭]	zhu1 tou2	pig head; (coll.) fool; jerk	1
保守[保守]	bao3 shou3	conservative; to guard; to keep	3
估计[估計]	gu1 ji4	to estimate; to reckon; CL:個|个[ge4]; (coll.) to suppose	3
弹[彈]	dan4	crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball	17
弹[彈]	tan2	to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials)	17
爱护[愛護]	ai4 hu4	to cherish; to treasure; to take care of; to love and protect	2
逞[逞]	cheng3	to show off; to flaunt; to carry out or succeed in a scheme; to indulge; to give free rein to	1
斗[鬥]	dou4	to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together	1
狠[狠]	hen3	ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很[hen3]	1
借过[借過]	jie4 guo4	excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)	7
粗[粗]	cu1	coarse; rough; thick (for cylindrical objects); unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude	4
力[力]	li4	power; force; strength; ability; strenuously	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep05/260 words - 41 min
玛[瑪]	ma3	agate; cornelian	1
莉[莉]	li4	jasmine	4
重来[重來]	chong2 lai2	to start over; to do sth all over again	1
星星[星星]	xing1 xing5	star in the sky	2
无敌[無敵]	wu2 di2	unequalled; without rival; a paragon	1
道谢[道謝]	dao4 xie4	to express thanks	3
有份[有份]	you3 fen4	to have a share of (responsibility etc); to be concerned; to be involved	1
开场[開場]	kai1 chang3	to begin; to open; to start; beginning of an event	1
奇妙[奇妙]	qi2 miao4	fantastic; wonderful	1
说情[說情]	shuo1 qing2	to intercede; to plead for sb else	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep06/25 words - 4 min
做生意[做生意]	zuo4 sheng1 yi4	to do business	2
坏蛋[壞蛋]	huai4 dan4	bad egg; scoundrel; bastard	2
溜走[溜走]	liu1 zou3	to slip away; to leave secretly	1
黄金[黃金]	huang2 jin1	gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time)	28
宝[寶]	bao3	jewel; gem; treasure; precious	34
礼拜六[禮拜六]	Li3 bai4 liu4	Saturday	2
拍档[拍檔]	pai1 dang4	partner	1
总之[總之]	zong3 zhi1	in a word; in short; in brief	9
节目[節目]	jie2 mu4	program; item (on a program); CL:臺|台[tai2],個|个[ge4],套[tao4]	2
主持[主持]	zhu3 chi2	to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor	2
默契[默契]	mo4 qi4	tacit understanding; mutual understanding; rapport; connected at a deep level with each other; (of team members) well coordinated; tight	3
社团[社團]	she4 tuan2	association; society; group; union; club; organization	2
社[社]	she4	society; group; club; agency; (old) god of the land	16
同班同学[同班同學]	tong2 ban1 tong2 xue2	classmate	1
那时候[那時候]	na4 shi2 hou5	at that time	17
加入[加入]	jia1 ru4	to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in	13
音[音]	yin1	sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)	2
感[感]	gan3	to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~	3
手指[手指]	shou3 zhi3	finger; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]	1
灵活[靈活]	ling2 huo2	flexible; nimble; agile	3
主要[主要]	zhu3 yao4	main; principal; major; primary	3
打工[打工]	da3 gong1	to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation	6
当家[當家]	dang1 jia1	to manage the household; to be the one in charge of the family; to call the shots; to be in charge	1
卡[卡]	ka3	to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4]; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]); cassette	4
参考[參考]	can1 kao3	consultation; reference; to consult; to refer	5
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep06/50 words - 9 min
问路[問路]	wen4 lu4	to ask for directions; to ask the way (to some place)	1
同学[同學]	tong2 xue2	to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]	9
热情[熱情]	re4 qing2	cordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate; passionately	3
接近[接近]	jie1 jin4	to approach; to get close to	8
满员[滿員]	man3 yuan2	full complement; at full strength; no vacancies	1
思考[思考]	si1 kao3	to reflect on; to ponder over	4
弹奏[彈奏]	tan2 zou4	to play (musical instrument, esp. string)	2
技巧[技巧]	ji4 qiao3	skill; technique	2
跆拳道[跆拳道]	tai2 quan2 dao4	taekwondo (Korean martial art)	1
小鸡[小雞]	xiao3 ji1	chick	3
咕[咕]	gu1	(onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc	4
鸭[鴨]	ya1	duck; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (slang) male prostitute	1
呱呱[呱呱]	gua1 gua1	(onom.) sound of frogs, ducks etc	1
胆量[膽量]	dan3 liang4	courage; boldness; guts	2
陪伴[陪伴]	pei2 ban4	to accompany	4
度过[度過]	du4 guo4	to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through	4
童年[童年]	tong2 nian2	childhood	2
儿歌[兒歌]	er2 ge1	nursery rhyme	1
报名表[報名表]	bao4 ming2 biao3	application form; registration form; CL:張|张[zhang1]	1
预算[預算]	yu4 suan4	budget	1
学生[學生]	xue2 sheng5	student; schoolchild	7
行动[行動]	xing2 dong4	operation; action; CL:個|个[ge4]; to move about; mobile	3
称[稱]	cheng1	to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise	1
拍照[拍照]	pai1 zhao4	to take a picture	16
明信片[明信片]	ming2 xin4 pian4	postcard	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep06/75 words - 13 min
基金[基金]	ji1 jin1	fund	2
头脑[頭腦]	tou2 nao3	brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss	3
洋[洋]	yang2	ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin	1
墨水[墨水]	mo4 shui3	ink; CL:瓶[ping2]	1
规划[規劃]	gui1 hua4	to plan (how to do sth); planning; plan; program	7
计划[計劃]	ji4 hua4	plan; project; program; to plan; to map out; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]	8
提起[提起]	ti2 qi3	to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc)	4
随口[隨口]	sui2 kou3	(speak) without thinking the matter through	1
眉间[眉間]	mei2 jian1	the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows; glabella	1
开阔[開闊]	kai1 kuo4	wide; open (spaces); to open up	1
面相[面相]	mian4 xiang4	facial features; appearence; physiognomy	2
宽[寬]	kuan1	lenient; wide; broad	1
海外[海外]	hai3 wai4	overseas; abroad	1
空想[空想]	kong1 xiang3	daydream; fantasy; to fantasize	1
算命[算命]	suan4 ming4	fortune-telling; to tell fortune	2
一下子[一下子]	yi1 xia4 zi5	in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden	4
说风凉话[說風涼話]	shuo1 feng1 liang2 hua4	to sneer; to make cynical remarks; sarcastic talk	1
难不成[難不成]	nan2 bu4 cheng2	Is it possible that ... ?	2
侯[侯]	hou2	marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman or high official	1
损[損]	sun3	to decrease; to lose; to damage; to harm; (coll.) to speak sarcastically; to deride; caustic; mean; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷨)	1
吵醒[吵醒]	chao3 xing3	to wake sb up with a noise	1
瞒[瞞]	man2	to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark	5
嫁妆[嫁妝]	jia4 zhuang5	dowry	7
标[標]	biao1	mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units	1
结余[結餘]	jie2 yu2	balance; cash surplus	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep06/100 words - 19 min
任天堂[任天堂]	Ren4 tian1 tang2	Nintendo	1
补贴[補貼]	bu3 tie1	to subsidize; subsidy; allowance; to supplement (one's salary etc); benefit	1
拉长[拉長]	la1 chang2	to lengthen; to pull sth out longer	1
出钱[出錢]	chu1 qian2	to pay	1
摔坏[摔壞]	shuai1 huai4	to drop and break	1
难受[難受]	nan2 shou4	to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear	11
憋[憋]	bie1	to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath)	2
不孝[不孝]	bu4 xiao4	unfilial	2
烦恼[煩惱]	fan2 nao3	to be worried; to be distressed; worries	17
负担[負擔]	fu4 dan1	burden; to bear a burden	1
逊[遜]	xun4	to abdicate; modest; yielding; unpretentious; inferior to; (slang) to suck	3
妄想[妄想]	wang4 xiang3	to attempt vainly; a vain attempt; delusion	1
吵闹[吵鬧]	chao3 nao4	noisy; raucous; to shout and scream	1
孤单[孤單]	gu1 dan1	lone; lonely; loneliness	6
寂寞[寂寞]	ji4 mo4	lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent	4
困难[困難]	kun4 nan5	difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation	14
心思[心思]	xin1 si5	mind; thoughts; inclination; mood	2
安慰[安慰]	an1 wei4	to comfort; to console; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
禁不起[禁不起]	jin1 bu5 qi3	to be unable to stand	1
以身相许[以身相許]	yi3 shen1 xiang1 xu3	to give one's heart to; to devote one's life to	1
乐观[樂觀]	le4 guan1	optimistic; hopeful	4
总长[總長]	zong3 chang2	total length	1
原则[原則]	yuan2 ze2	principle; doctrine; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
坚守[堅守]	jian1 shou3	to hold fast to; to stick to	1
倩[倩]	qian4	pretty; winsome; to ask for sb's help; son-in-law (old)	12
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep06/125 words - 21 min
聂[聶]	nie4	to whisper	2
轻飘飘[輕飄飄]	qing1 piao1 piao1	light as a feather	1
飘[飄]	piao1	to float	4
电梯[電梯]	dian4 ti1	elevator; escalator; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4]	6
志[誌]	zhi4	sign; mark; to record; to write a footnote	3
祸[禍]	huo4	disaster; misfortune; calamity	3
揽[攬]	lan3	to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass	3
天底下[天底下]	tian1 di3 xia5	in this world; under the sun	2
傻瓜[傻瓜]	sha3 gua1	idiot; fool	15
天才[天才]	tian1 cai2	talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted	2
一线[一線]	yi1 xian4	front line	1
隔[隔]	ge2	to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of	2
办不到[辦不到]	ban4 bu5 dao4	impossible; can't be done; no can do; unable to accomplish	3
节[節]	jie2	festival; holiday; node; joint; section; segment; part; to economize; to save; to abridge; moral integrity; classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
哀[哀]	ai1	sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole	1
尤其[尤其]	you2 qi2	especially; particularly	3
密闭[密閉]	mi4 bi4	sealed; airtight	1
事关[事關]	shi4 guan1	to concern; on (some topic); about; concerning; to have importance for	1
当事人[當事人]	dang1 shi4 ren2	persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)	3
名节[名節]	ming2 jie2	reputation and integrity	1
清白[清白]	qing1 bai2	pure; innocent	2
暧昧关系[曖昧關係]	ai4 mei4 guan1 xi4	shady relationship; affair; adulterous relationship	1
再造[再造]	zai4 zao4	to give a new lease of life; to reconstruct; to reform; to rework; to recycle; to reproduce (copies, or offspring); restoration; restructuring	1
谣言[謠言]	yao2 yan2	rumor	2
火大[火大]	huo3 da4	to get mad; to be very angry	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep06/150 words - 25 min
搭[搭]	da1	to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡[da1]	7
同班[同班]	tong2 ban1	to be in the same class; to be in the same squad; classmate	1
指[指]	zhi3	finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end	5
大富翁[大富翁]	Da4 fu4 weng1	Monopoly (game); known as 地產大亨|地产大亨[Di4 chan3 Da4 heng1] in Taiwan	1
纸钞[紙鈔]	zhi3 chao1	banknote	1
还债[還債]	huan2 zhai4	to settle a debt	4
多种[多種]	duo1 zhong3	many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi-	2
操[操]	cao1	to grasp; to hold; to operate; to manage; to control; to steer; to exercise; to drill (practice); to play; to speak (a language)	5
短期[短期]	duan3 qi1	short term; short-term	2
总而言之[總而言之]	zong3 er2 yan2 zhi1	in short; in a word; in brief	4
毛[毛]	mao2	hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])	1
确实[確實]	que4 shi2	indeed; really; reliable; real; true	17
萧[蕭]	xiao1	miserable; desolate; dreary; Chinese mugwort	2
兮[兮]	xi1	(particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)	1
易[易]	yi4	easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"	2
寒[寒]	han2	cold; poor; to tremble	2
何许人[何許人]	he2 xu3 ren2	(literary) what kind of person	1
水底[水底]	shui3 di3	underwater	1
身子[身子]	shen1 zi5	body; pregnancy; health	2
公斤[公斤]	gong1 jin1	kilogram (kg)	2
水泥[水泥]	shui3 ni2	cement; CL:袋[dai4]	1
绑[綁]	bang3	to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap	3
闯[闖]	chuang3	to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships)	2
假装[假裝]	jia3 zhuang1	to feign; to pretend	4
承诺[承諾]	cheng2 nuo4	to promise; to undertake to do something; commitment	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep06/175 words - 30 min
保龄球[保齡球]	bao3 ling2 qiu2	ten-pin bowling (loanword); bowling ball	9
高尔夫球[高爾夫球]	gao1 er3 fu1 qiu2	golf; golf ball	1
网球[網球]	wang3 qiu2	tennis; tennis ball; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
进球[進球]	jin4 qiu2	to score a goal; goal (sport)	1
做错[做錯]	zuo4 cuo4	to make an error	6
轻轻[輕輕]	qing1 qing1	lightly; softly	2
全数[全數]	quan2 shu4	the entire sum; the whole amount	1
加倍[加倍]	jia1 bei4	to double; to redouble	5
奉还[奉還]	feng4 huan2	to return with thanks; to give back (honorific)	3
词[詞]	ci2	word; statement; speech; lyrics; CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4]; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Song4 chao2]; CL:首[shou3]	1
报仇[報仇]	bao4 chou2	to take revenge; to avenge	1
报恩[報恩]	bao4 en1	to pay a debt of gratitude; to repay a kindness	1
讨债[討債]	tao3 zhai4	to demand repayment	1
大气[大氣]	da4 qi4	atmosphere (surrounding the earth); imposing; impressive; stylish	1
咱们[咱們]	zan2 men5	we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [za2 men5]	3
局[局]	ju2	office; situation; classifier for games: match, set, round etc	4
输赢[輸贏]	shu1 ying2	win or loss; outcome	1
一笔勾销[一筆勾銷]	yi1 bi3 gou1 xiao1	to write off at one stroke	4
拿下[拿下]	na2 xia4	to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc)	3
纪念品[紀念品]	ji4 nian4 pin3	souvenir	3
涵义[涵義]	han2 yi4	content; meaning; connotation; implication	1
或是[或是]	huo4 shi4	or; either one or the other	11
总得[總得]	zong3 dei3	must; have to; be bound to	2
试试看[試試看]	shi4 shi4 kan4	to give it a try	7
笑容[笑容]	xiao4 rong2	smile; smiling expression; CL:副[fu4]	11
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep06/200 words - 36 min
关头[關頭]	guan1 tou2	juncture; moment	1
轻易[輕易]	qing1 yi4	easily; lightly; rashly	7
愿赌服输[願賭服輸]	yuan4 du3 fu2 shu1	lit. if you agree to bet you must accept to lose; fig. you bet, you pay	3
提议[提議]	ti2 yi4	proposal; suggestion; to propose; to suggest	3
双赢[雙贏]	shuang1 ying2	profitable to both sides; a win-win situation	1
回事[回事]	hui2 shi4	(old) to report to one's master	1
了断[了斷]	liao3 duan4	to bring to a conclusion; to settle (a dispute); to do away with (oneself); to break off (a relationship); resolution (of a problem)	1
耍[耍]	shua3	to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc)	4
气魄[氣魄]	qi4 po4	spirit; boldness; positive outlook; imposing attitude	1
佩服[佩服]	pei4 fu2	to admire	3
愉快[愉快]	yu2 kuai4	cheerful; cheerily; delightful; pleasant; pleasantly; pleasing; happy; delighted	2
改天[改天]	gai3 tian1	another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check	3
切磋[切磋]	qie1 cuo1	to compare notes; to learn from one another; to swap pointers	1
球[球]	qiu2	ball; sphere; globe; CL:個|个[ge4]; ball game; match; CL:場|场[chang3]	6
技[技]	ji4	skill	3
慢走[慢走]	man4 zou3	Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care!	4
食[食]	shi2	to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse	3
洁[潔]	jie2	clean	12
小费[小費]	xiao3 fei4	tip; gratuity	2
严格来说[嚴格來說]	yan2 ge2 lai2 shuo1	strictly speaking	2
一身[一身]	yi1 shen1	whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes	4
冷汗[冷汗]	leng3 han4	cold sweat	4
办到[辦到]	ban4 dao4	to accomplish; to get sth done	2
打的[打的]	da3 di1	(coll.) to take a taxi; to go by taxi	4
死定[死定]	si3 ding4	to be screwed; to be toast	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep06/225 words - 38 min
解[解]	jie3	to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection	1
运用[運用]	yun4 yong4	to use; to put to use	1
物理学[物理學]	wu4 li3 xue2	physics	1
重力[重力]	zhong4 li4	gravity	1
角度[角度]	jiao3 du4	angle; point of view	4
摩擦[摩擦]	mo2 ca1	friction; rubbing; chafing; fig. disharmony; conflict; also written 磨擦	1
系数[係數]	xi4 shu4	coefficient; factor; modulus; ratio	1
抛物线[拋物線]	pao1 wu4 xian4	parabola	2
自大[自大]	zi4 da4	arrogant	1
赴汤蹈火[赴湯蹈火]	fu4 tang1 dao3 huo3	to go through water and tread on fire (idiom); not afraid of any difficulty	2
在所不辞[在所不辭]	zai4 suo3 bu4 ci2	not to refuse to (idiom); not to hesitate to	2
干杯[乾杯]	gan1 bei1	to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup	5
一眼看穿[一眼看穿]	yi1 yan3 kan4 chuan1	to see through something at first glance (idiom)	1
秘密[秘密]	mi4 mi4	secret; CL:個|个[ge4]	34
不只[不只]	bu4 zhi3	not only; not merely	10
姐妹[姐妹]	jie3 mei4	sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc)	4
嫌弃[嫌棄]	xian2 qi4	to avoid sb (out of dislike); to turn one's back on sb; to ignore	7
不至于[不至於]	bu4 zhi4 yu2	unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as	1
基地[基地]	ji1 di4	base (of operations); industrial or military base; al-Qaeda	4
猪[豬]	zhu1	hog; pig; swine; CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2]	9
晦气[晦氣]	hui4 qi4	bad luck; unlucky; calamitous; wretched	1
脚面[腳面]	jiao3 mian4	instep (upper surface of the foot)	1
出狱[出獄]	chu1 yu4	to be released from prison	1
小事[小事]	xiao3 shi4	trifle; trivial matter; CL:點|点[dian3]	9
伯父[伯父]	bo2 fu4	father's elder brother; term of respect for older man; CL:個|个[ge4]	6
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep06/250 words - 40 min
放在心上[放在心上]	fang4 zai4 xin1 shang4	to care about; to take seriously; to take to heart	6
保住[保住]	bao3 zhu4	to preserve; to save	2
招待[招待]	zhao1 dai4	to receive (guests); to entertain; reception	3
相识[相識]	xiang1 shi2	to get to know each other; acquaintance	2
过程[過程]	guo4 cheng2	course of events; process; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
拍电影[拍電影]	pai1 dian4 ying3	to make a movie	1
遇[遇]	yu4	to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance	13
流氓[流氓]	liu2 mang2	rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior	1
大亨[大亨]	da4 heng1	big shot; top gun; superstar; VIP	1
周润发[周潤發]	Zhou1 Run4 fa1	Chow Yun-Fat (1955-), Hong Kong TV and film star	1
钟楚红[鐘楚紅]	Zhong1 Chu3 hong2	Cherie Chung (1960-), Hong Kong actress	1
异口同声[異口同聲]	yi4 kou3 tong2 sheng1	different mouths, same voice; to speak in unison (idiom)	1
必备[必備]	bi4 bei4	essential	1
桥段[橋段]	qiao2 duan4	scene (in a movie etc); bridging element (in a performance)	1
感冒[感冒]	gan3 mao4	to catch cold; (common) cold; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand	43
糖浆[糖漿]	tang2 jiang1	syrup	3
录影带[錄影帶]	lu4 ying3 dai4	videotape (Tw); CL:盤|盘[pan2]	2
之所以[之所以]	zhi1 suo3 yi3	the reason why	6
现实[現實]	xian4 shi2	reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested	9
主角[主角]	zhu3 jue2	leading role; lead	5
善后[善後]	shan4 hou4	to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations	1
绕口令[繞口令]	rao4 kou3 ling4	tongue-twister	1
逃[逃]	tao2	to escape; to run away; to flee	2
劫[劫]	jie2	to rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 劫波[jie2 bo1]	3
乐[樂]	le4	happy; cheerful; to laugh	1
乐[樂]	yue4	music	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep06/256 words - 42 min
篮球[籃球]	lan2 qiu2	basketball; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]	4
麦[麥]	mai4	wheat; barley; oats	1
乔丹[喬丹]	Qiao2 dan1	Jordan (name)	1
柯[柯]	ke1	tree branch; stem; ax handle	6
莱[萊]	lai2	name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album	4
退休[退休]	tui4 xiu1	to retire; retirement (from work)	3
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep07/25 words - 5 min
后卫[後衛]	hou4 wei4	rear guard; backfield; fullback	1
花招[花招]	hua1 zhao1	trick; maneuver; razzle-dazzle; (martial arts) fancy move; flourish	1
一堆[一堆]	yi1 dui1	pile	3
自吹自擂[自吹自擂]	zi4 chui1 zi4 lei2	to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)	1
罚球[罰球]	fa2 qiu2	penalty shot; penalty kick (in sports)	1
难得[難得]	nan2 de2	seldom; rare; hard to come by	8
酷[酷]	ku4	ruthless; strong (e.g. of wine); (loanword) cool; hip	7
主人[主人]	zhu3 ren2	master; host; owner; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
动物[動物]	dong4 wu4	animal; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個|个[ge4]	1
暗号[暗號]	an4 hao4	secret signal (sign); countersign; password	2
沈[沈]	chen2	variant of 沉[chen2]	2
大卫[大衛]	Da4 wei4	David (name); Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), French neoclassical painter	12
度假[度假]	du4 jia4	to go on holidays; to spend one's vacation	1
扭扭捏捏[扭扭捏捏]	niu3 niu3 nie1 nie1	affecting shyness or embarrassment; coy; mincing (walk, manner of speech); mannered	1
健谈[健談]	jian4 tan2	entertaining in conversation	1
大大方方[大大方方]	da4 da4 fang1 fang1	confident; calm; natural; poised	1
家世[家世]	jia1 shi4	family background	6
大姑[大姑]	da4 gu1	father's oldest sister; husband's older sister; sister-in-law	1
小姑[小姑]	xiao3 gu1	husband's younger sister; sister-in-law	1
家长[家長]	jia1 zhang3	head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child	2
年头[年頭]	nian2 tou2	start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest	1
上个月[上個月]	shang4 ge4 yue4	last month	2
头发[頭髮]	tou2 fa5	hair (on the head)	11
扎[扎]	zha1	to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; jug (a classifier for liquids such as beer)	1
马尾[馬尾]	ma3 wei3	ponytail (hairstyle); horse's tail; slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants)	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep07/50 words - 9 min
洋装[洋裝]	yang2 zhuang1	Western-style dress	2
领巾[領巾]	ling3 jin1	neckcloth; neckerchief	2
项链[項鏈]	xiang4 lian4	necklace; CL:條|条[tiao2]	8
合[合]	he2	to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale; old variant of 盒[he2]	5
搅和[攪和]	jiao3 huo5	to mix; to blend; (fig.) to spoil; to mess up things; to run around with (sb); to get involved with; to mix (with other people)	2
半工半读[半工半讀]	ban4 gong1 ban4 du2	part work, part study; work-study program	2
研究所[研究所]	yan2 jiu1 suo3	research institute; graduate studies; graduate school; CL:個|个[ge4]	12
暂时[暫時]	zan4 shi2	temporary; provisional; for the time being	13
保管[保管]	bao3 guan3	to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely; custodian; curator	4
寒酸[寒酸]	han2 suan1	wretched; poverty-stricken; unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)	1
笑话[笑話]	xiao4 hua4	joke; jest; CL:個|个[ge4]; to laugh at; to mock	4
动静[動靜]	dong4 jing4	(detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness	1
外婆[外婆]	wai4 po2	(coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother	24
小鸟[小鳥]	xiao3 niao3	penis (kiddie term)	2
猫头鹰[貓頭鷹]	mao1 tou2 ying1	owl	1
鳄鱼[鱷魚]	e4 yu2	alligator; crocodile	2
蜥蜴[蜥蜴]	xi1 yi4	lizard	2
耍嘴皮子[耍嘴皮子]	shua3 zui3 pi2 zi5	to talk glibly; to talk big; to be all talk	1
偏见[偏見]	pian1 jian4	prejudice	1
英文[英文]	Ying1 wen2	English (language)	18
考[考]	kao3	to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father	5
托福[托福]	tuo1 fu2	(old) thanks to your lucky influence (polite reply to health inquiries)	1
拖累[拖累]	tuo1 lei3	to encumber; to be a burden on; to implicate	8
朋[朋]	peng2	friend	1
道路[道路]	dao4 lu4	road; path; way; CL:條|条[tiao2]	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep07/75 words - 12 min
破费[破費]	po4 fei4	to spend (money or time)	2
残害[殘害]	can2 hai4	to injure; to devastate; to slaughter	1
耳朵[耳朵]	er3 duo5	ear; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4],對|对[dui4]; handle (on a cup)	1
上手[上手]	shang4 shou3	to obtain; to master; overhand (serve etc); seat of honor	1
阵痛[陣痛]	zhen4 tong4	labor pains	2
期[期]	qi1	a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qi2]	3
难产[難產]	nan2 chan3	difficult birth; (fig.) difficult to achieve	1
无所不知[無所不知]	wu2 suo3 bu4 zhi1	omniscient	1
跟进[跟進]	gen1 jin4	to follow; to follow up	38
好感[好感]	hao3 gan3	good opinion; favorable impression	2
看出[看出]	kan4 chu1	to make out; to see	1
插[插]	cha1	to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose	1
谈到[談到]	tan2 dao4	to refer to; to speak about; to talk about	1
插嘴[插嘴]	cha1 zui3	to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation	1
没收[沒收]	mo4 shou1	to confiscate; to seize	3
严[嚴]	yan2	tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father	4
礼[禮]	li3	gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy	2
大家闺秀[大家閨秀]	da4 jia1 gui1 xiu4	girl from a wealthy family; unmarried daughter of a noble house	1
拜访[拜訪]	bai4 fang3	to pay a visit; to call on	6
良辰吉日[良辰吉日]	liang2 chen2 ji2 ri4	fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity	1
违背[違背]	wei2 bei4	to go against; to be contrary to; to violate	2
勇敢[勇敢]	yong3 gan3	brave; courageous	18
争取[爭取]	zheng1 qu3	to fight for; to strive for; to win over	3
体贴[體貼]	ti3 tie1	considerate (of other people's needs)	4
闹翻[鬧翻]	nao4 fan1	to have a falling out; to have a big argument	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep07/100 words - 18 min
秀[秀]	xiu4	handsome; refined; elegant; graceful; superior; show (loanword); CL:場|场[chang2]; (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of crops) to produce ears	3
生疏[生疏]	sheng1 shu1	unfamiliar; strange; out of practice; not accustomed	1
到手[到手]	dao4 shou3	to take possession of; to get hold of	3
鼓掌[鼓掌]	gu3 zhang3	to applaud; to clap	1
王牌[王牌]	wang2 pai2	trump card	1
出马[出馬]	chu1 ma3	to set out (on a campaign); to stand for election; to throw one's cap in the ring	2
难题[難題]	nan2 ti2	difficult problem	3
大难不死[大難不死]	da4 nan4 bu4 si3	to just escape from calamity	1
罩[罩]	zhao4	cover; fish trap (basket); shade	1
得道[得道]	de2 dao4	to achieve the Dao; to become an immortal	1
鸡犬升天[雞犬升天]	ji1 quan3 sheng1 tian1	lit. poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom); fig. to ride on sb else's success; Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too; Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it	1
成语[成語]	cheng2 yu3	Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage; CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]	1
幽默[幽默]	you1 mo4	(loanword) humor; humorous	2
幸好[幸好]	xing4 hao3	fortunately	7
墙头草[牆頭草]	qiang2 tou2 cao3	sb who goes whichever way the wind blows; sb with no mind of one's own; easily swayed person; opportunist	2
见风转舵[見風轉舵]	jian4 feng1 zhuan3 duo4	lit. see the wind and set the helm (idiom); fig. to act pragmatically; to be flexible and take advantage of the situation	2
赞同[贊同]	zan4 tong2	to approve of; to endorse; (vote) in favor	2
跌倒[跌倒]	die1 dao3	to tumble; to fall; fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)	6
经验[經驗]	jing1 yan4	experience; to experience	5
细心[細心]	xi4 xin1	careful; attentive	1
账号[賬號]	zhang4 hao4	account; username	4
死缠烂打[死纏爛打]	si3 chan2 lan4 da3	(coll.) to pester; to harass	1
黄河[黃河]	Huang2 He2	Yellow River or Huang He	1
不死心[不死心]	bu4 si3 xin1	unwilling to give up; unresigned	1
妻子[妻子]	qi1 zi5	wife; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep07/125 words - 22 min
早逝[早逝]	zao3 shi4	early demise; untimely death	1
聊天[聊天]	liao2 tian1	to chat; to gossip	5
乐意[樂意]	le4 yi4	to be willing to do sth; to be ready to do sth; to be happy to do sth; content; satisfied	2
硬朗[硬朗]	ying4 lang3	robust; healthy	1
太太[太太]	tai4 tai5	married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	10
另[另]	ling4	other; another; separate; separately	4
宽心[寬心]	kuan1 xin1	relieved; comforted; to relieve anxieties; at ease; relaxed; reassuring; happy	1
在天之灵[在天之靈]	zai4 tian1 zhi1 ling2	soul and spirit of the deceased	1
保佑[保佑]	bao3 you4	to bless and protect; blessing	2
早日[早日]	zao3 ri4	soon; shortly; on a day quite soon; promptly	3
归宿[歸宿]	gui1 su4	place to return to; home; final destination; ending	1
相爱[相愛]	xiang1 ai4	to love each other	21
白头到老[白頭到老]	bai2 tou2 dao4 lao3	(to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part	1
独自[獨自]	du2 zi4	alone	5
伟大[偉大]	wei3 da4	huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)	8
灵感[靈感]	ling2 gan3	inspiration; insight; a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor	1
红娘[紅娘]	hong2 niang2	matchmaker	3
看法[看法]	kan4 fa3	way of looking at a thing; view; opinion; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
动人[動人]	dong4 ren2	touching; moving	1
卫生[衛生]	wei4 sheng1	health; hygiene; sanitation	1
纸[紙]	zhi3	paper; CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]; classifier for documents, letter etc	5
屑[屑]	xie4	bits; fragments; crumbs; filings; trifling; trivial; to condescend to	1
想来[想來]	xiang3 lai2	it may be assumed that	2
谱[譜]	pu3	chart; list; table; register; score (music); spectrum (physics); to set to music	2
闹场[鬧場]	nao4 chang3	gongs and drums overture to a Chinese opera; to create a disturbance	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep07/150 words - 25 min
利益[利益]	li4 yi4	benefit; (in sb's) interest; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
成本[成本]	cheng2 ben3	(manufacturing, production etc) costs	2
不划算[不划算]	bu4 hua2 suan4	it isn't worth it; not cost-effective; not profitable; too expensive	1
全盛[全盛]	quan2 sheng4	flourishing; at the peak; in full bloom	1
时期[時期]	shi2 qi1	period; phase; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
转型[轉型]	zhuan3 xing2	transformation; to transform	1
流行音乐[流行音樂]	liu2 xing2 yin1 yue4	pop music	1
竞争[競爭]	jing4 zheng1	to compete; competition	2
回忆[回憶]	hui2 yi4	to recall; memories; CL:個|个[ge4]	18
某种[某種]	mou3 zhong3	some kind (of)	1
程度[程度]	cheng2 du4	degree (level or extent); level; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
象征[象徵]	xiang4 zheng1	emblem; symbol; token; badge; to symbolize; to signify; to stand for	1
青春[青春]	qing1 chun1	youth; youthfulness	3
妥协[妥協]	tuo3 xie2	to compromise; to reach terms; a compromise	1
策略[策略]	ce4 lu:e4	strategy; tactics; crafty; adroit	1
灰尘[灰塵]	hui1 chen2	dust	1
过敏[過敏]	guo4 min3	oversensitive; allergic; allergy	2
熬夜[熬夜]	ao2 ye4	to stay up late or all night	7
腰[腰]	yao1	waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins	2
闪[閃]	shan3	to dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it; shaken (by a fall); to sprain; to pull a muscle; lightning; spark; a flash; to flash (across one's mind); to leave behind; (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine	1
抗议[抗議]	kang4 yi4	to protest; protest	2
扫描[掃描]	sao3 miao2	to scan	3
周刊[週刊]	zhou1 kan1	weekly publication; weekly	2
总编[總編]	zong3 bian1	chief editor (of newspaper); abbr. for 總編輯|总编辑	2
敝[敝]	bi4	my (polite); poor; ruined; shabby; worn out; defeated	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep07/175 words - 27 min
专题[專題]	zhuan1 ti2	specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc); article, report or program etc on a specific topic	1
它们[它們]	ta1 men5	they (for inanimate objects)	7
封面[封面]	feng1 mian4	cover (of a publication)	2
明星[明星]	ming2 xing1	star; celebrity	6
谦虚[謙虛]	qian1 xu1	modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks	1
无论[無論]	wu2 lun4	no matter what or how; regardless of whether...	5
质感[質感]	zhi4 gan3	realism (in art); sense of reality; texture; tactile quality	2
细致[細緻]	xi4 zhi4	delicate; fine; careful; meticulous; painstaking	1
论[論]	lun4	opinion; view; theory; doctrine; to discuss; to talk about; to regard; to consider; per; by the (kilometer, hour etc)	3
拍摄[拍攝]	pai1 she4	to film; to shoot (a picture)	1
穿上[穿上]	chuan1 shang5	to put on (clothes etc)	3
毙[斃]	bi4	to die; to shoot dead; to reject; to fall forward; (suffix) to death	2
上班族[上班族]	shang4 ban1 zu2	office workers (as social group)	1
反倒[反倒]	fan3 dao4	but on the contrary; but expectedly	1
模特儿[模特兒]	mo2 te4 r5	(fashion) model (loanword)	8
人选[人選]	ren2 xuan3	choice of person; candidate	1
男装[男裝]	nan2 zhuang1	men's clothes	1
现成[現成]	xian4 cheng2	ready-made; readily available	1
楼上[樓上]	lou2 shang4	upstairs	2
说服[說服]	shuo1 fu2	to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]	7
歌曲[歌曲]	ge1 qu3	song	1
升[升]	sheng1	to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗[dou3]	1
发行[發行]	fa1 xing2	to publish; to issue (stocks, currency etc); to release; to distribute (a film)	1
温柔[溫柔]	wen1 rou2	gentle and soft; tender	16
亲爱[親愛]	qin1 ai4	dear; beloved; darling	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep07/200 words - 31 min
听众[聽眾]	ting1 zhong4	audience; listeners	1
经历[經歷]	jing1 li4	experience; CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]; to experience; to go through	3
里头[裡頭]	li3 tou5	inside; interior	4
刻骨铭心[刻骨銘心]	ke4 gu3 ming2 xin1	lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom); fig. etched in one's memory; unforgettable	1
敲门[敲門]	qiao1 men2	to knock on a door	6
敲[敲]	qiao1	to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge	2
窗户[窗戶]	chuang1 hu5	window; CL:個|个[ge4],扇[shan4]	2
关上[關上]	guan1 shang4	to close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)	1
房门[房門]	fang2 men2	door of a room	1
功[功]	gong1	meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)	3
杂志[雜誌]	za2 zhi4	magazine; CL:本[ben3],份[fen4],期[qi1]	8
帅气[帥氣]	shuai4 qi5	handsome; smart; dashing; elegant	1
拍[拍]	pai1	to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music)	16
小气鬼[小氣鬼]	xiao3 qi4 gui3	miser; penny-pincher	2
凉水[涼水]	liang2 shui3	cool water; unboiled water	1
身材[身材]	shen1 cai2	stature; build (height and weight); figure	6
某某[某某]	mou3 mou3	so-and-so; such-and-such	1
嚣张[囂張]	xiao1 zhang1	rampant; unbridled; arrogant; aggressive	1
给面子[給面子]	gei3 mian4 zi5	to show deference or praise publicly	1
搬出去[搬出去]	ban1 chu1 qu4	to move out (vacate); to shift sth out	3
墙[牆]	qiang2	wall; CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]	1
窗[窗]	chuang1	shutter; window; CL:扇[shan4]	2
音乐[音樂]	yin1 yue4	music; CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4]	6
糗[糗]	qiu3	dry rations (for a journey); (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking); (coll.) embarrassing; embarrassment	1
豆花[豆花]	dou4 hua1	jellied tofu; soft bean curd	6
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep07/225 words - 35 min
腹肌[腹肌]	fu4 ji1	abdominal muscle	1
健身[健身]	jian4 shen1	to exercise; to keep fit; to work out; physical exercise	1
力求[力求]	li4 qiu2	to make every effort to; striving to do one's best	1
镜[鏡]	jing4	mirror; lens	1
训练[訓練]	xun4 lian4	to train; to drill; training; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
端[端]	duan1	end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; regular	1
厨房[廚房]	chu2 fang2	kitchen; CL:間|间[jian1]	6
鸡汤[雞湯]	ji1 tang1	chicken stock; chicken soup; (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives)	1
接到[接到]	jie1 dao4	to receive (letter etc)	5
生病[生病]	sheng1 bing4	to fall ill	17
不情之请[不情之請]	bu4 qing2 zhi1 qing3	my presumptuous request (humble expr.); if I may be so bold to ask a favor	1
多谢[多謝]	duo1 xie4	many thanks; thanks a lot	2
烫[燙]	tang4	to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot	8
好端端[好端端]	hao3 duan1 duan1	perfectly all right; without rhyme or reason	2
邻居[鄰居]	lin2 ju1	neighbor; next door; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
母[母]	mu3	mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female	1
棉被[棉被]	mian2 bei4	comforter; quilt; CL:條|条[tiao2],面[mian4]	5
食物[食物]	shi2 wu4	food; CL:種|种[zhong3]	3
着凉[著涼]	zhao2 liang2	to catch cold; Taiwan pr. [zhao1 liang2]	6
刻[刻]	ke4	quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals	18
闲[閒]	xian2	variant of 閑|闲, idle; unoccupied; leisure; free time	3
急着[急著]	ji2 zhe5	urgently	2
拯救[拯救]	zheng3 jiu4	to save; to rescue	1
精力[精力]	jing1 li4	energy	1
一一[一一]	yi1 yi1	one by one; one after another	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep07/250 words - 42 min
天下第一[天下第一]	tian1 xia4 di4 yi1	first under heaven; number one in the country	1
好喝[好喝]	hao3 he1	tasty (drinks)	7
姜[姜]	jiang1	variant of 薑|姜[jiang1]	34
傅[傅]	fu4	tutor	6
培[培]	pei2	to bank up with earth; to cultivate (lit. or fig.); to train (people)	6
梅[梅]	mei2	plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)	7
偷偷[偷偷]	tou1 tou1	stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly	11
堪称[堪稱]	kan1 cheng1	can be rated as; can be said to be	1
星[星]	xing1	star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount	3
切[切]	qie1	to cut; to slice; tangent (math)	3
切[切]	qie4	definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; close to; eager; to correspond to; see also 反切[fan3 qie4]	3
健[健]	jian4	healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen; to be good at; to be strong in	3
康[康]	kang1	healthy; peaceful; abundant	2
把手[把手]	ba3 shou5	handle; grip; knob	3
伸出[伸出]	shen1 chu1	to extend	1
情书[情書]	qing2 shu1	love letter	1
心意[心意]	xin1 yi4	regard; kindly feelings; intention	12
凉[涼]	liang2	cool; cold	4
充电器[充電器]	chong1 dian4 qi4	battery charger	1
没电[沒電]	mei2 dian4	discharged; flat; dead (of batteries)	1
响[響]	xiang3	echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises	2
连接[連接]	lian2 jie1	to link; to join; to attach; connection; a link (on web page)	4
停留[停留]	ting2 liu2	to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over	1
煮[煮]	zhu3	to cook; to boil	13
有用[有用]	you3 yong4	useful	4
吹[吹]	chui1	to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through	8
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep08/25 words - 6 min
运动[運動]	yun4 dong4	to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign; CL:場|场[chang3]	2
来得及[來得及]	lai2 de5 ji2	there's still time; able to do sth in time	4
星期六[星期六]	Xing1 qi1 liu4	Saturday	2
周[周]	zhou1	to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially	6
周[週]	zhou1	week; weekly; variant of 周[zhou1]	6
偷懒[偷懶]	tou1 lan3	to goof off; to be lazy	2
集体[集體]	ji2 ti3	collective (decision); joint (effort); a group; a team; en masse; as a group	1
合法[合法]	he2 fa3	lawful; legitimate; legal	1
满满[滿滿]	man3 man3	full; closely packed	1
非[非]	fei1	to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; to reproach or blame; (colloquial) to insist on; simply must	1
武器[武器]	wu3 qi4	weapon; arms; CL:種|种[zhong3]	5
练[練]	lian4	to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise	5
大力[大力]	da4 li4	energetically; vigorously	1
水手[水手]	shui3 shou3	mariner; sailor; seaman	1
卜[卜]	bu3	to divine; to forecast or estimate; (of a place to live etc) to choose	1
菠菜[菠菜]	bo1 cai4	spinach; CL:棵[ke1]	1
时尚[時尚]	shi2 shang4	fashion; fad; fashionable	1
山[山]	shan1	mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain; CL:座[zuo4]; bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons; gable	5
动物园[動物園]	dong4 wu4 yuan2	zoo; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
旺[旺]	wang4	prosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming; (of fire) roaring	3
转行[轉行]	zhuan3 hang2	to change profession	1
签名[簽名]	qian1 ming2	to sign (one's name with a pen etc); to autograph; signature	1
一律[一律]	yi1 lu:4	same; uniformly; all; without exception	1
鼻孔[鼻孔]	bi2 kong3	nostril; CL:隻|只[zhi1]	1
奖[獎]	jiang3	prize; award; encouragement; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep08/50 words - 10 min
五度[五度]	wu3 du4	five degrees; fifth (basic musical interval, doh to soh)	1
电视[電視]	dian4 shi4	television; TV; CL:臺|台[tai2],個|个[ge4]	4
一言为定[一言為定]	yi1 yan2 wei2 ding4	one word and it's settled (idiom); It's a deal!; That's settled then.	1
撇开[撇開]	pie1 kai1	to disregard; to leave aside	1
强健[強健]	qiang2 jian4	sturdy	1
二头肌[二頭肌]	er4 tou2 ji1	biceps muscle	1
明显[明顯]	ming2 xian3	clear; distinct; obvious	3
流行[流行]	liu2 xing2	(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable	5
裤子[褲子]	ku4 zi5	trousers; pants; CL:條|条[tiao2]	2
宽松[寬鬆]	kuan1 song1	to relax (policy); relaxed	1
有型[有型]	you3 xing2	stylish	1
备胎[備胎]	bei4 tai1	spare tire; (slang) fallback guy (or girl)	1
原文[原文]	yuan2 wen2	original text	1
提神[提神]	ti2 shen2	to freshen up; to be cautious or vigilant; to watch out; stimulant to enhance mental performance; stay-awake drug; agrypnotic	1
待遇[待遇]	dai4 yu4	treatment; pay; salary; status; rank	3
苦[苦]	ku3	bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly	5
三合一[三合一]	san1 he2 yi1	three in one; triple	1
游泳[游泳]	you2 yong3	swimming; to swim	4
硬要[硬要]	ying4 yao4	firmly set on doing sth; to insist on doing; determined in one's course of action	1
捞[撈]	lao1	to fish up; to dredge up	1
上岸[上岸]	shang4 an4	to go ashore; to climb ashore	1
忽然[忽然]	hu1 ran2	suddenly; all of a sudden	1
行程[行程]	xing2 cheng2	journey; course of a journey; distance traveled; trajectory; itinerary; route; course (of history); stroke (of a piston); (Tw) (computing) process	4
邀请[邀請]	yao1 qing3	to invite; invitation; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
不自在[不自在]	bu4 zi4 zai5	uneasiness; feel uncomfortable	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep08/75 words - 14 min
壮[壯]	zhuang4	to strengthen; strong; robust	1
胆[膽]	dan3	gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)	1
跟屁虫[跟屁蟲]	gen1 pi4 chong2	lit. bum beetle; sb who tags along; shadow; sycophant	1
作客[作客]	zuo4 ke4	to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn	1
穿着[穿著]	chuan1 zhuo2	attire; clothes; dress	1
心理[心理]	xin1 li3	mental; psychological	3
提前[提前]	ti2 qian2	to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance	3
聚会[聚會]	ju4 hui4	party; gathering; to meet; to get together	2
联考[聯考]	lian2 kao3	entrance examination	3
莲雾[蓮霧]	lian2 wu4	wax apple (a reddish pear-shaped fruit)	1
箱[箱]	xiang1	box; trunk; chest	2
柳丁[柳丁]	liu3 ding1	orange (fruit) (Tw)	1
芭乐[芭樂]	ba1 le4	guava (loanword from Taiwanese)	1
腌[醃]	yan1	to salt; to pickle; to cure (meat); to marinate	1
酸菜[酸菜]	suan1 cai4	pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage	1
南部[南部]	nan2 bu4	southern part	2
土产[土產]	tu3 chan3	produced locally; local product (with distinctive native features)	1
叔叔[叔叔]	shu1 shu5	father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5]; CL:個|个[ge4]	40
不带[不帶]	bu4 dai4	not to have; without; un-	2
同事[同事]	tong2 shi4	colleague; co-worker; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	11
刀[刀]	dao1	knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; CL:把[ba3]; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs	1
油锅[油鍋]	you2 guo1	a deep fryer	1
收下[收下]	shou1 xia4	to accept; to receive	3
读书[讀書]	du2 shu1	to read a book; to study; to attend school	3
现场[現場]	xian4 chang3	the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep08/100 words - 22 min
迷[迷]	mi2	to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused	3
成员[成員]	cheng2 yuan2	member	1
非你莫属[非你莫屬]	fei1 ni3 mo4 shu3	it's yours exclusively (idiom); you are the one; only you deserve it; only you can do it	1
呆[呆]	dai1	foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay	5
落[落]	luo4	to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement	5
留作[留作]	liu2 zuo4	to set aside for; to keep as	1
东山[東山]	Dong1 shan1	Dongshan county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian; Tungshan township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan	1
纪[紀]	ji4	order; discipline; age; era; period; to chronicle	2
瞎[瞎]	xia1	blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose	3
跟不上[跟不上]	gen1 bu5 shang4	not able to keep up with	2
时代[時代]	shi2 dai4	age; era; epoch; period (in one's life); CL:個|个[ge4]	4
分头[分頭]	fen1 tou2	separately; severally; parted hair	4
代沟[代溝]	dai4 gou1	generation gap	1
造型师[造型師]	zao4 xing2 shi1	stylist (fashion); cartoon character designer	1
闭上[閉上]	bi4 shang5	to close; to shut up	1
滴[滴]	di1	a drop; to drip	1
摄影[攝影]	she4 ying3	to take a photograph; photography; to shoot (a movie)	1
照相馆[照相館]	zhao4 xiang4 guan3	photo studio	1
僵硬[僵硬]	jiang1 ying4	stiff; rigid	2
摄影师[攝影師]	she4 ying3 shi1	photographer; cameraman	2
绝招[絕招]	jue2 zhao1	unique skill; unexpected tricky move (as a last resort); masterstroke; finishing blow	1
放松[放鬆]	fang4 song1	to loosen; to relax	1
摆[擺]	bai3	to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum	8
装扮[裝扮]	zhuang1 ban4	to decorate; to adorn; to dress up; to disguise oneself	1
偶像[偶像]	ou3 xiang4	idol	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep08/125 words - 30 min
配角[配角]	pei4 jue2	supporting role (in play, film etc); minor role; to play a secondary role (in business etc); to play second fiddle	1
下不为例[下不為例]	xia4 bu4 wei2 li4	not to be repeated; not to be taken as a precedent; just this once	1
留念[留念]	liu2 nian4	to keep as a souvenir; to recall fondly	1
活泼[活潑]	huo2 po5	lively; vivacious; brisk; active; (chemistry) reactive	1
宁[寧]	ning2	peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)	1
宁[寧]	ning4	would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]	1
臣[臣]	chen2	state official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign); Kangxi radical 131	1
黑山[黑山]	Hei1 shan1	Montenegro, former Yugoslavia; Heishan county in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning	1
妖[妖]	yao1	goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom; demon	1
杂志社[雜誌社]	za2 zhi4 she4	magazine publisher	1
诉求[訴求]	su4 qiu2	to appeal; to demand (an answer); requirement; demand; claim; appeal; (marketing) message	1
无缘[無緣]	wu2 yuan2	to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc	1
偶尔[偶爾]	ou3 er3	occasionally; once in a while; sometimes	5
悲哀[悲哀]	bei1 ai1	grieved; sorrowful	4
上相[上相]	shang4 xiang4	photogenic; (old) high official	1
井[井]	jing3	a well; CL:口[kou3]; neat; orderly	2
法子[法子]	fa3 zi5	way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5]	2
时髦[時髦]	shi2 mao2	in vogue; fashionable	1
梳[梳]	shu1	a comb; to comb	1
发胶[髮膠]	fa4 jiao1	hair gel	1
整齐[整齊]	zheng3 qi2	orderly; neat; even; tidy	1
栋[棟]	dong4	classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old)	3
偷听[偷聽]	tou1 ting1	to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly)	2
胃[胃]	wei4	stomach; CL:個|个[ge4]	6
单手[單手]	dan1 shou3	one hand; single-handed	2
转圈[轉圈]	zhuan4 quan1	to rotate; to twirl; to run around; to encircle; rotation; (coll.) to speak indirectly; to beat about the bush	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep08/150 words - 35 min
按摩[按摩]	an4 mo2	massage; to massage	3
交替[交替]	jiao1 ti4	to replace; alternately; in turn	2
伴手礼[伴手禮]	ban4 shou3 li3	gift given when visiting sb (esp. a local specialty brought back from one's travels, or a special product of one's own country taken overseas) (Tw)	1
伴[伴]	ban4	partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany	3
门铃[門鈴]	men2 ling2	doorbell	1
燕窝[燕窩]	yan4 wo1	edible bird's nest	1
光顾[光顧]	guang1 gu4	to visit (as a customer)	1
筷子[筷子]	kuai4 zi5	chopsticks; CL:對|对[dui4],根[gen1],把[ba3],雙|双[shuang1]	2
过年[過年]	guo4 nian2	to celebrate the Chinese New Year	10
丰盛[豐盛]	feng1 sheng4	rich; sumptuous	4
家常菜[家常菜]	jia1 chang2 cai4	home cooking	1
不合[不合]	bu4 he2	to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out	2
胃口[胃口]	wei4 kou3	appetite; liking	4
伸长[伸長]	shen1 chang2	to stretch; to extend	1
他国[他國]	ta1 guo2	another country	1
延误[延誤]	yan2 wu5	to delay; to be held up; to miss (an opportunity); delay; holdup	1
绍兴[紹興]	Shao4 xing1	Shaoxing prefecture level city in Zhejiang	2
醉鸡[醉雞]	zui4 ji1	chicken in rice wine; also translated drunken chicken	6
尝[嘗]	chang2	to taste; to try; to experience; already; ever; once	6
令堂[令堂]	ling4 tang2	(honorific) your mother	1
鸡肉[雞肉]	ji1 rou4	chicken meat	1
蒸[蒸]	zheng1	to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old)	2
冰块[冰塊]	bing1 kuai4	ice cube; ice chunk	1
肉质[肉質]	rou4 zhi4	quality of meat; succulent (botany)	1
爽脆[爽脆]	shuang3 cui4	sharp and clear; frank; straightfoward; quick; brisk; crisp and tasty	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep08/175 words - 38 min
省去[省去]	sheng3 qu4	to omit; to dispense with; to make unnecesary; to save (time, trouble etc)	1
工[工]	gong1	work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor	5
法[法]	fa3	law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist	3
口感[口感]	kou3 gan3	taste; texture (of food); how food feels in the mouth	1
有所[有所]	you3 suo3	somewhat; to some extent	2
陈绍[陳紹]	chen2 Shao4	old Shaoxing wine	1
作法[作法]	zuo4 fa3	course of action; method of doing sth; practice; modus operandi	1
乍[乍]	zha4	at first; suddenly; abruptly; to spread; (of hair) to stand on end; bristling	1
讲究[講究]	jiang3 jiu5	to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen	2
也就是说[也就是說]	ye3 jiu4 shi4 shuo1	in other words; that is to say; so; thus	3
允许[允許]	yun3 xu3	to permit; to allow	4
比如[比如]	bi3 ru2	for example; for instance; such as	1
存款[存款]	cun2 kuan3	to deposit money (in a bank etc); bank savings; bank deposit	4
稳定[穩定]	wen3 ding4	steady; stable; stability; to stabilize; to pacify	3
吃苦[吃苦]	chi1 ku3	to bear hardships	2
一方面[一方面]	yi1 fang1 mian4	on the one hand	2
期间[期間]	qi1 jian1	period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
本科[本科]	ben3 ke1	undergraduate course; undergraduate (attributive)	1
加强[加強]	jia1 qiang2	to reinforce; to strengthen; to increase	1
语文[語文]	yu3 wen2	literature and language; (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)	1
通电话[通電話]	tong1 dian4 hua4	to phone sb up	5
白天[白天]	bai2 tian1	daytime; during the day; day; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
学习[學習]	xue2 xi2	to learn; to study	2
归[歸]	gui1	to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor	2
着想[著想]	zhuo2 xiang3	to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs); also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]	9
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep08/192 words - 44 min
不敢当[不敢當]	bu4 gan3 dang1	lit. I dare not (accept the honor); fig. I don't deserve your praise; you flatter me	1
问好[問好]	wen4 hao3	to say hello to; to send one's regards to	1
缓和[緩和]	huan3 he2	to ease (tension); to alleviate; to moderate; to allay; to make more mild	1
气氛[氣氛]	qi4 fen1	atmosphere; mood	1
香菇[香菇]	xiang1 gu1	shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom	1
转送[轉送]	zhuan3 song4	to pass (sth) on (to sb else); to transfer sb (to another hospital etc)	1
冷淡[冷淡]	leng3 dan4	cold; indifferent	6
难堪[難堪]	nan2 kan1	hard to take; embarrassed	5
就事论事[就事論事]	jiu4 shi4 lun4 shi4	to discuss sth on its own merits; to judge the matter as it stands	2
稳重[穩重]	wen3 zhong4	steady; earnest; staid	1
迎合[迎合]	ying2 he2	to cater to; to pander to	1
标准[標準]	biao1 zhun3	(an official) standard; norm; criterion; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
眼中[眼中]	yan3 zhong1	in one's eyes	2
屋子[屋子]	wu1 zi5	house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]	3
应付[應付]	ying4 fu5	to deal with; to cope	5
优秀[優秀]	you1 xiu4	outstanding; excellent	10
盈[盈]	ying2	full; filled; surplus	11
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep09/25 words - 6 min
斯文[斯文]	si1 wen2	refined; educate; cultured; intellectual; polite; gentle	2
留学生[留學生]	liu2 xue2 sheng1	student studying abroad; (foreign) exchange student; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	1
中午[中午]	zhong1 wu3	noon; midday; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
情侣[情侶]	qing2 lu:3	sweethearts; lovers	1
骗人[騙人]	pian4 ren2	to cheat sb; a scam	6
一天到晚[一天到晚]	yi1 tian1 dao4 wan3	all day long; the whole day	2
仇人[仇人]	chou2 ren2	foe; one's personal enemy	1
情人[情人]	qing2 ren2	lover; sweetheart	4
挺身而出[挺身而出]	ting3 shen1 er2 chu1	to step forward bravely	1
自然而然[自然而然]	zi4 ran2 er2 ran2	involuntary; automatically	2
想起[想起]	xiang3 qi3	to recall; to think of; to call to mind	5
陷入[陷入]	xian4 ru4	to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)	2
有意识[有意識]	you3 yi4 shi2	conscious	3
一边[一邊]	yi1 bian1	one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while	6
心中[心中]	xin1 zhong1	central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart	7
伤痕[傷痕]	shang1 hen2	scar; bruise	2
悔恨[悔恨]	hui3 hen4	remorse; repentance	2
尽[儘]	jin3	to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to	6
感到[感到]	gan3 dao4	to feel; to sense; to have the feeling that; to think that; to move; to affect	5
万分[萬分]	wan4 fen1	very much; extremely; one ten thousandth part	1
沮丧[沮喪]	ju3 sang4	dispirited; dejected; dismayed	1
风雨飘摇[風雨飄搖]	feng1 yu3 piao1 yao2	tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom); (of a situation) unstable	1
下雨[下雨]	xia4 yu3	to rain	5
婶[嬸]	shen3	wife of father's younger brother	1
婆[婆]	po2	grandmother; matron; mother-in-law; (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep09/50 words - 11 min
打雷[打雷]	da3 lei2	to rumble with thunder; clap of thunder	13
过夜[過夜]	guo4 ye4	to spend the night; overnight	4
告状[告狀]	gao4 zhuang4	to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc); to bring a lawsuit	1
乱来[亂來]	luan4 lai2	to act recklessly; to mess around	2
明珠[明珠]	ming2 zhu1	pearl; jewel (of great value)	1
正人君子[正人君子]	zheng4 ren2 jun1 zi5	upright gentleman; man of honor	1
打发[打發]	da3 fa5	to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc)	2
网络[網絡]	wang3 luo4	network (computing, telecommunications, transport etc)	3
对了[對了]	dui4 le5	Correct!; Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way, ...	2
小孩子[小孩子]	xiao3 hai2 zi5	child	3
形象[形象]	xing2 xiang4	image; form; figure; CL:個|个[ge4]; visualization; vivid	3
像话[像話]	xiang4 hua4	proper	1
撞击[撞擊]	zhuang4 ji1	to strike; to hit; to ram	1
声波[聲波]	sheng1 bo1	sound wave	1
噪音[噪音]	zao4 yin1	rumble; noise; static (in a signal)	1
幼稚园[幼稚園]	you4 zhi4 yuan2	kindergarten (Tw)	1
放学[放學]	fang4 xue2	to dismiss students at the end of the school day	1
校[校]	jiao4	to proofread; to check; to compare	2
校[校]	xiao4	school; military officer; CL:所[suo3]	2
发烧[發燒]	fa1 shao1	to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever	6
班上[班上]	ban1 shang4	(in the) class	1
一号[一號]	yi1 hao4	first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship)	4
转移[轉移]	zhuan3 yi2	to shift; to divert or distract (attention etc); to change; to transform; metastasis (medicine); to evacuate (people)	3
注意力[注意力]	zhu4 yi4 li4	attention	2
二号[二號]	er4 hao4	2nd day of the month	2
惠[惠]	hui4	favor; benefit; to bestow; (literary) benevolence; (honorific)	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep09/75 words - 19 min
复[復]	fu4	to go and return; to return; to resume; to return to a normal or original state; to repeat; again; to recover; to restore; to turn over; to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter; to retaliate; to carry out	2
停电[停電]	ting2 dian4	to have a power failure; power cut	1
手电筒[手電筒]	shou3 dian4 tong3	flashlight; electric hand torch	1
客厅[客廳]	ke4 ting1	drawing room (room for arriving guests); living room; CL:間|间[jian1]	4
蜡烛[蠟燭]	la4 zhu2	candle; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]	10
克服[克服]	ke4 fu2	(try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure	4
季[季]	ji4	season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields	9
春天[春天]	chun1 tian1	spring (season); CL:個|个[ge4]	2
为何[為何]	wei4 he2	why	6
调[調]	diao4	to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody	11
调[調]	tiao2	to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite	11
过头[過頭]	guo4 tou2	to overdo it; to overstep the limit; excessively; above one's head; overhead	5
尝试[嘗試]	chang2 shi4	to try; to attempt; CL:次[ci4]	6
露[露]	lou4	to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose	5
露[露]	lu4	dew; syrup; nectar; outdoors (not under cover); to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose	5
痕迹[痕跡]	hen2 ji4	vestige; mark; trace	7
总算[總算]	zong3 suan4	at long last; finally; on the whole	11
杰[傑]	jie2	hero; heroic; outstanding person; prominent; distinguished	1
游戏[遊戲]	you2 xi4	game; CL:場|场[chang3]; to play	5
广播电台[廣播電台]	guang3 bo1 dian4 tai2	radio station	1
刷牙[刷牙]	shua1 ya2	to brush one's teeth	2
洗脸[洗臉]	xi3 lian3	to wash your face	1
心跳[心跳]	xin1 tiao4	heartbeat; pulse	3
叫醒[叫醒]	jiao4 xing3	to awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse	2
浪漫[浪漫]	lang4 man4	romantic	3
沙发[沙發]	sha1 fa1	sofa (loanword); CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]; (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post	2
遮[遮]	zhe1	to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep09/100 words - 23 min
捂住[摀住]	wu3 zhu4	to cover; to bury one's face	1
汽水[汽水]	qi4 shui3	soda; pop	1
进阶[進階]	jin4 jie1	advanced	1
版[版]	ban3	a register; block of printing; edition; version; page	1
治疗[治療]	zhi4 liao2	to treat (an illness); medical treatment; therapy	1
哪儿[哪兒]	na3 r5	where?; wherever; anywhere	3
新婚[新婚]	xin1 hun1	newly wed	2
夫妻[夫妻]	fu1 qi1	husband and wife; married couple	4
姐夫[姐夫]	jie3 fu5	(coll.) older sister's husband	1
走运[走運]	zou3 yun4	to have good luck; lucky; in luck	1
刘[劉]	Liu2	surname Liu	10
慧[慧]	hui4	intelligent	9
眉头[眉頭]	mei2 tou2	brows	2
皱[皺]	zhou4	to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease	3
名单[名單]	ming2 dan1	list of names	1
水土不服[水土不服]	shui3 tu3 bu4 fu2	not acclimatized	2
治[治]	zhi4	to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research	1
秘诀[秘訣]	mi4 jue2	secret know-how; key (to longevity); secret (of happiness); recipe (for success)	2
中招[中招]	zhong4 zhao1	to get infected; to fall into sb's trap	1
太虚[太虛]	tai4 xu1	great emptiness; the void; heaven; the skies; universe; cosmos; original essence of the cosmos	1
睡着[睡著]	shui4 zhao2	to fall asleep	12
孤男寡女[孤男寡女]	gu1 nan2 gua3 nu:3	a single man and a single woman; bachelors; a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)	1
嚷嚷[嚷嚷]	rang1 rang5	to argue noisily; to shout; to make widely known; to reproach	2
补充[補充]	bu3 chong1	to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
维他命[維他命]	wei2 ta1 ming4	vitamin (loanword)	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep09/125 words - 33 min
挤[擠]	ji3	to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule)	5
汁[汁]	zhi1	juice	2
握[握]	wo4	to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); to master; classifier: a handful	1
柠檬汁[檸檬汁]	ning2 meng2 zhi1	lemon juice	3
责[責]	ze2	duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame	3
肺[肺]	fei4	lung; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
复苏[復甦]	fu4 su1	to recover (health, economic); to resuscitate; anabiosis	2
术[術]	shu4	method; technique	5
宝宝[寶寶]	bao3 bao3	darling; baby	12
安静[安靜]	an1 jing4	quiet; peaceful; calm	7
趁机[趁機]	chen4 ji1	to seize an opportunity; to take advantage of situation	2
闲事[閑事]	xian2 shi4	other people's business	1
以来[以來]	yi3 lai2	since (a previous event)	9
温暖[溫暖]	wen1 nuan3	warm	6
酸[酸]	suan1	sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid	6
有效[有效]	you3 xiao4	effective; in effect; valid	1
剩[剩]	sheng4	to remain; to be left; to have as remainder	7
感冒药[感冒藥]	gan3 mao4 yao4	medicine for colds	3
退烧[退燒]	tui4 shao1	to reduce fever	2
听不懂[聽不懂]	ting1 bu5 dong3	unable to make sense of what one is hearing	4
气话[氣話]	qi4 hua4	angry words; sth said in the moment of anger	1
姜汁[薑汁]	jiang1 zhi1	ginger ale	2
筛子[篩子]	shai1 zi5	sieve; CL:面[mian4]	1
渣[渣]	zha1	slag (in mining or smelting); dregs	2
挤压[擠壓]	ji3 ya1	to squeeze; to press; to extrude	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep09/150 words - 39 min
汤匙[湯匙]	tang1 chi2	soup spoon; tablespoon; CL:把[ba3]	1
黑糖[黑糖]	hei1 tang2	unrefined sugar; brown sugar	1
泡泡[泡泡]	pao4 pao5	bubbles	1
分钟[分鐘]	fen1 zhong1	minute	3
新鲜[新鮮]	xin1 xian1	fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon	1
柠檬[檸檬]	ning2 meng2	lemon	1
一向[一向]	yi1 xiang4	always (previously); a period of time in the recent past	4
脆弱[脆弱]	cui4 ruo4	weak; frail	5
一面[一面]	yi1 mian4	one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face	7
大老远[大老遠]	da4 lao3 yuan3	very far away	2
背包[背包]	bei1 bao1	knapsack; rucksack; infantry pack; field pack; blanket roll; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
猜想[猜想]	cai1 xiang3	to guess; to conjecture; to suppose; to suspect	1
痊愈[痊癒]	quan2 yu4	to recover completely (from illness or injury)	1
闷[悶]	men4	bored; depressed; melancholy; sealed; airtight; tightly closed	5
开动[開動]	kai1 dong4	to start; to set in motion; to move; to march; to dig in (eating); to tuck in (eating)	3
早安[早安]	zao3 an1	Good morning!	9
特地[特地]	te4 di4	specially; for a special purpose	6
熬[熬]	ao2	to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure	2
粥[粥]	zhou1	congee; gruel; porridge; CL:碗[wan3]	2
营养[營養]	ying2 yang3	nutrition; nourishment; CL:種|种[zhong3]	2
骨[骨]	gu3	bone	1
醒来[醒來]	xing3 lai2	to waken	3
银丝卷[銀絲捲]	yin2 si1 juan3	yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over	1
层面[層面]	ceng2 mian4	aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc); (geology) bedding plane	1
馒头[饅頭]	man2 tou5	steamed roll; steamed bun; steamed bread; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep09/167 words - 40 min
管用[管用]	guan3 yong4	efficacious; useful	1
大肆[大肆]	da4 si4	wantonly; without restraint (of enemy or malefactor); unbridled	1
搜刮[搜刮]	sou1 gua1	to rake in (money); to plunder; to milk people dry	1
埋[埋]	mai2	to bury	2
埋[埋]	man2	to blame	2
水桶[水桶]	shui3 tong3	bucket	1
脸盆[臉盆]	lian3 pen2	washbowl; basin for washing hands and face; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
装满[裝滿]	zhuang1 man3	to fill up	1
室内[室內]	shi4 nei4	indoor	1
湿度[濕度]	shi1 du4	humidity level	1
吸[吸]	xi1	to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale	4
干燥[乾燥]	gan1 zao4	to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc); desiccation; dull; uninteresting; arid	1
科学家[科學家]	ke1 xue2 jia1	scientist; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
保重[保重]	bao3 zhong4	to take care of oneself	2
我去[我去]	wo3 qu4	(slang) dang!; shoot!	5
上课[上課]	shang4 ke4	to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class	9
贴心[貼心]	tie1 xin1	intimate; close; considerate	3
影子[影子]	ying3 zi5	shadow; reflection; (fig.) hint; indication; influence; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep10/25 words - 10 min
驾照[駕照]	jia4 zhao4	driver's license	2
摇晃[搖晃]	yao2 huang4	to rock; to shake; to sway	1
晃[晃]	huang3	to dazzle; to flash past	5
晃[晃]	huang4	to sway; to shake; to wander about	5
驾驶[駕駛]	jia4 shi3	to pilot (ship, airplane etc); to drive	2
载人[載人]	zai4 ren2	to carry a passenger; (of spaceships etc) manned; also pr. [zai3 ren2]	1
糟[糟]	zao1	dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined	4
凹凸不平[凹凸不平]	ao1 tu1 bu4 ping2	uneven (surface); bumpy (road)	1
减速[減速]	jian3 su4	to reduce speed; to slow down; to take it easy	1
觉[覺]	jiao4	a nap; a sleep; CL:場|场[chang2]	4
觉[覺]	jue2	to feel; to find that; thinking; awake; aware	4
后座[後座]	hou4 zuo4	back seat; pillion	1
自言自语[自言自語]	zi4 yan2 zi4 yu3	to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize	1
神经[神經]	shen2 jing1	nerve; mental state; (coll.) unhinged; nutjob	2
红灯[紅燈]	hong2 deng1	red light	1
装傻[裝傻]	zhuang1 sha3	to act stupid; to pretend to be naive	1
睡醒[睡醒]	shui4 xing3	to wake up	1
梦到[夢到]	meng4 dao4	to dream of; to dream about	1
尴尬[尷尬]	gan1 ga4	awkward; embarrassed	4
早日康复[早日康復]	zao3 ri4 kang1 fu4	Get well soon!; to recover health quickly	1
神智[神智]	shen2 zhi4	mind; wisdom; consciousness	1
迷迷糊糊[迷迷糊糊]	mi2 mi2 hu1 hu1	in a daze; bewildered	1
昏昏沉沉[昏昏沉沉]	hun1 hun1 chen2 chen2	dizzy	1
赔罪[賠罪]	pei2 zui4	to apologize	1
家教[家教]	jia1 jiao4	family education; upbringing; to bring sb up; private tutor	8
严重性[嚴重性]	yan2 zhong4 xing4	seriousness	2
呈报[呈報]	cheng2 bao4	to (submit a) report	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep10/50 words - 15 min
处罚[處罰]	chu3 fa2	to penalize; to punish	1
内部[內部]	nei4 bu4	interior; inside (part, section); internal	2
征信[徵信]	zheng1 xin4	to examine the reliability; reliable; credit reporting	1
实[實]	shi2	real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely	8
停业[停業]	ting2 ye4	to cease trading (temporarily or permanently); to close down	1
失业[失業]	shi1 ye4	unemployment; to lose one's job	1
不足[不足]	bu4 zu2	insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not	1
款项[款項]	kuan3 xiang4	funds; a sum of money; CL:宗[zong1]	1
打瞌睡[打瞌睡]	da3 ke1 shui4	to doze off	1
看书[看書]	kan4 shu1	to read; to study	2
睁[睜]	zheng1	to open (one's eyes)	2
闭[閉]	bi4	to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct	3
闯祸[闖禍]	chuang3 huo4	to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble	2
案子[案子]	an4 zi5	long table; counter; case; law case; legal case; judicial case	1
会要[會要]	hui4 yao4	dynastic records of imperial China	2
挖[挖]	wa1	to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	4
疏忽[疏忽]	shu1 hu5	to neglect; to overlook; negligence; carelessness	4
人情[人情]	ren2 qing2	human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn	4
地址[地址]	di4 zhi3	address; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
小朋友[小朋友]	xiao3 peng2 you3	child; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
顺[順]	shun4	to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable	16
恶意[惡意]	e4 yi4	malice; evil intention	3
吃香喝辣[吃香喝辣]	chi1 xiang1 he1 la4	lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom); fig. to live well	1
花天酒地[花天酒地]	hua1 tian1 jiu3 di4	to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures; life of debauchery	1
母子[母子]	mu3 zi3	mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies); principal and interest	3
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep10/75 words - 21 min
只怕[只怕]	zhi3 pa4	I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely	2
法律[法律]	fa3 lu:4	law; CL:條|条[tiao2], 套[tao4], 個|个[ge4]	3
纠纷[糾紛]	jiu1 fen1	dispute	2
人头[人頭]	ren2 tou2	person; number of people; (per) capita; (a person's) head; (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account)	3
丈夫[丈夫]	zhang4 fu5	husband; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
帮凶[幫兇]	bang1 xiong1	variant of 幫凶|帮凶[bang1 xiong1]	1
只管[只管]	zhi3 guan3	solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply; by all means; please feel free; do not hesitate (to ask for sth)	1
鼓吹[鼓吹]	gu3 chui1	to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote	1
死活[死活]	si3 huo2	life or death; fate; no matter what; anyway; for the life of me	2
天良[天良]	tian1 liang2	conscience	1
吸血鬼[吸血鬼]	xi1 xue4 gui3	leech; bloodsucking vermin; vampire (translated European notion); fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers	2
淋湿[淋濕]	lin2 shi1	to get soaked	1
胸口[胸口]	xiong1 kou3	pit of the stomach	2
义不容辞[義不容辭]	yi4 bu4 rong2 ci2	not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom); incumbent; bounden (duty)	1
以下[以下]	yi3 xia4	that level or lower; that amount or less; the following	1
测验[測驗]	ce4 yan4	test; to test; CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4]	2
总分[總分]	zong3 fen1	overall score; total points	1
超过[超過]	chao1 guo4	to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip	4
眼时[眼時]	yan3 shi2	at present; nowadays	2
途中[途中]	tu2 zhong1	en route	3
或[或]	huo4	maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or	7
睁开[睜開]	zheng1 kai1	to open (one's eyes)	3
泼[潑]	po1	to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish	1
湿[濕]	shi1	moist; wet	4
泼水[潑水]	po1 shui3	to sprinkle; to spill water	3
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep10/100 words - 28 min
上演[上演]	shang4 yan3	to screen (a movie); to stage (a play); a screening; a staging	2
长发[長髮]	chang2 fa4	long hair	1
碧眼[碧眼]	bi4 yan3	blue eyes	1
符合[符合]	fu2 he2	in keeping with; in accordance with; tallying with; in line with; to agree with; to accord with; to conform to; to correspond with; to manage; to handle	2
项[項]	xiang4	back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc	2
进退[進退]	jin4 tui4	to advance or retreat; knowing when to come and when to leave; a sense of propriety	1
谦和[謙和]	qian1 he2	meek; modest; amiable	1
树敌[樹敵]	shu4 di2	to antagonize people; to make an enemy of sb	1
动怒[動怒]	dong4 nu4	to get angry	1
发脾气[發脾氣]	fa1 pi2 qi4	to get angry	2
在乎[在乎]	zai4 hu5	to care about; equivalent of 在於|在于[zai4 yu2]	11
吃饱[吃飽]	chi1 bao3	to eat one's fill	6
营业[營業]	ying2 ye4	to do business; to trade	3
书店[書店]	shu1 dian4	bookstore; CL:家[jia1]	3
天气[天氣]	tian1 qi4	weather	7
加点[加點]	jia1 dian3	to work extra hours; to do overtime	1
蜂蜜[蜂蜜]	feng1 mi4	honey	1
润[潤]	run4	to moisten; to lubricate; to embellish; moist; glossy; sleek	1
喉[喉]	hou2	throat; larynx	1
红茶[紅茶]	hong2 cha2	black tea; CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]	6
内疚[內疚]	nei4 jiu4	guilty conscience; to feel a twinge of guilt	1
从前[從前]	cong2 qian2	previously; formerly; once upon a time	1
文法[文法]	wen2 fa3	grammar	1
复习[複習]	fu4 xi2	variant of 復習|复习[fu4 xi2]	1
论文[論文]	lun4 wen2	paper; treatise; thesis; CL:篇[pian1]; to discuss a paper or thesis (old)	3
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep10/125 words - 30 min
说谎[說謊]	shuo1 huang3	to lie; to tell an untruth	13
那儿[那兒]	na4 r5	there	1
明确[明確]	ming2 que4	clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite	2
迷糊[迷糊]	mi2 hu5	muddle-headed; dazed; only half conscious	1
的款[的款]	di2 kuan3	reliable funds	1
按时[按時]	an4 shi2	on time; before deadline; on schedule	1
汇入[匯入]	hui4 ru4	to flow into; to converge (of river); (computing) to import (data)	1
要钱[要錢]	yao4 qian2	to charge; to demand payment	2
了结[了結]	liao3 jie2	to settle; to finish; to conclude; to wind up	1
惹麻烦[惹麻煩]	re3 ma2 fan5	to create difficulties; to invite trouble; to be troublesome	2
教训[教訓]	jiao4 xun5	lesson; moral; to chide sb; to lecture sb	3
几分[幾分]	ji3 fen1	somewhat; a bit	1
姿色[姿色]	zi1 se4	good looks (of a woman)	1
接单[接單]	jie1 dan1	to take a customer's order; (of a taxi driver) to accept a booking; (of a delivery rider) to accept a delivery job	1
心知肚明[心知肚明]	xin1 zhi1 du4 ming2	to be well aware	1
息怒[息怒]	xi1 nu4	to calm down; to quell one's anger	1
户[戶]	hu4	a household; door; family	1
懒得[懶得]	lan3 de2	not to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to	2
肩膀[肩膀]	jian1 bang3	shoulder	4
拖下水[拖下水]	tuo1 xia4 shui3	lit. to pull sb into the water; to involve sb in a messy business; to get sb into trouble	1
要不[要不]	yao4 bu4	otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...)	5
老子[老子]	lao3 zi5	father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)	1
少管闲事[少管閒事]	shao3 guan3 xian2 shi4	Mind your own business!; Don't interfere!	2
好心[好心]	hao3 xin1	kindness; good intentions	5
万一[萬一]	wan4 yi1	just in case; if by any chance; contingency	12
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep10/150 words - 33 min
途径[途徑]	tu2 jing4	way; channel	2
即使[即使]	ji2 shi3	even if; even though	5
抱怨[抱怨]	bao4 yuan4	to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied	1
后妈[後媽]	hou4 ma1	(coll.) stepmother	1
怀胎[懷胎]	huai2 tai1	to become pregnant; to carry a child in the womb	2
母亲[母親]	mu3 qin1	mother; also pr. [mu3 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]	12
取代[取代]	qu3 dai4	to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution	6
告[告]	gao4	to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue	7
士[士]	shi4	member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker	1
忍[忍]	ren3	to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself	8
孰[孰]	shu2	who; which; what	1
容忍[容忍]	rong2 ren3	to put up with; to tolerate	1
孔[孔]	kong3	hole; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for cave dwellings	1
夫子[夫子]	fu1 zi3	Master; (old form of address for teachers, scholars); pedant	1
不平[不平]	bu4 ping2	uneven; injustice; unfairness; wrong; grievance; indignant; dissatisfied	1
无理取闹[無理取鬧]	wu2 li3 qu3 nao4	to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative	1
这不[這不]	zhe4 bu5	(coll.) As a matter of fact, ... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted)	4
稀奇[稀奇]	xi1 qi2	rare; strange	1
传遍[傳遍]	chuan2 bian4	to spread widely	1
吓跑[嚇跑]	xia4 pao3	to scare away	4
追究[追究]	zhui1 jiu1	to investigate; to look into	2
示[示]	shi4	to show; to reveal	1
理智[理智]	li3 zhi4	reason; intellect; rationality; rational	2
作风[作風]	zuo4 feng1	style; style of work; way	2
大快人心[大快人心]	da4 kuai4 ren2 xin1	to the satisfaction of everyone	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep10/175 words - 40 min
顺眼[順眼]	shun4 yan3	pleasing to the eye; nice to look at	1
成就[成就]	cheng2 jiu4	accomplishment; success; achievement; CL:個|个[ge4]; to achieve (a result); to create; to bring about	1
美色[美色]	mei3 se4	charm; loveliness (of a woman)	1
美丽[美麗]	mei3 li4	beautiful	1
一口气[一口氣]	yi1 kou3 qi4	one breath; in one breath; at a stretch	2
匾额[匾額]	bian3 e2	a horizontal inscribed board	1
找出[找出]	zhao3 chu1	to find; to search out	2
和解[和解]	he2 jie3	to settle (a dispute out of court); to reconcile; settlement; conciliation; to become reconciled	2
大丈夫能屈能伸[大丈夫能屈能伸]	da4 zhang4 fu5 neng2 qu1 neng2 shen1	A leader can submit or can stand tall as required.; ready to give and take; flexible	1
买卖[買賣]	mai3 mai4	buying and selling; business; business transactions; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]	1
慎[慎]	shen4	careful; cautious	2
思[思]	si1	to think; to consider	1
明辨[明辨]	ming2 bian4	to discern; to distinguish clearly	1
正中[正中]	zheng4 zhong1	middle; center; right in the middle or center; nub	1
吃不下[吃不下]	chi1 bu5 xia4	not feel like eating; be unable to eat any more	1
过人[過人]	guo4 ren2	to surpass others; outstanding; (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent	1
经济基础[經濟基礎]	jing1 ji4 ji1 chu3	socio-economic base; economic foundation	1
安稳[安穩]	an1 wen3	smooth and steady	1
告白[告白]	gao4 bai2	to announce publicly; to explain oneself; to reveal one's feelings; to confess; to declare one's love	19
半斤八两[半斤八兩]	ban4 jin1 ba1 liang3	not much to choose between the two; tweedledum and tweedledee	1
困扰[困擾]	kun4 rao3	to perplex; to disturb; to cause complications	7
不堪一击[不堪一擊]	bu4 kan1 yi1 ji1	to be unable to withstand a single blow; to collapse at the first blow	1
萎靡[萎靡]	wei3 mi3	dispirited; depressed	1
或许[或許]	huo4 xu3	perhaps; maybe	20
吉他谱[吉他譜]	ji2 ta1 pu3	guitar tablature	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep10/178 words - 41 min
欣赏[欣賞]	xin1 shang3	to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire	2
指法[指法]	zhi3 fa3	(music) fingering; (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles; (keyboard) typing technique; (dance) hand movements; (painting) finger method	1
义务[義務]	yi4 wu4	duty; obligation; CL:項|项[xiang4]; volunteer (work etc)	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep11/25 words - 10 min
劈腿[劈腿]	pi3 tui3	to do the splits (gymnastics); (Tw) two-timing (in romantic relationships); Taiwan pr. [pi1 tui3]	3
弯腰[彎腰]	wan1 yao1	to stoop	1
劈[劈]	pi1	to hack; to chop; to split open; (of lightning) to strike	1
分开[分開]	fen1 kai1	to separate; to part	19
洗碗[洗碗]	xi3 wan3	to wash the dishes	2
真爱[真愛]	zhen1 ai4	true love	8
独一无二[獨一無二]	du2 yi1 wu2 er4	unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled; nothing compares with it	5
轻声细语[輕聲細語]	qing1 sheng1 xi4 yu3	to speak softly; to whisper (idiom)	1
萍[萍]	ping2	duckweed	3
太后[太后]	tai4 hou4	Empress Dowager	1
桃花[桃花]	tao2 hua1	peach blossom; (fig.) love affair	3
点心[點心]	dian3 xin5	light refreshments; pastry; dimsum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert	4
脑[腦]	nao3	brain; mind; head; essence	3
容量[容量]	rong2 liang4	capacity; volume; quantitative (science)	1
不大[不大]	bu4 da4	not very; not too; not often	2
顺路[順路]	shun4 lu4	by the way; while out doing sth else; conveniently	1
前途[前途]	qian2 tu2	prospects; future outlook; journey	5
转交[轉交]	zhuan3 jiao1	to pass on to sb; to carry and give to sb else	1
外人[外人]	wai4 ren2	outsider; foreigner; stranger	3
据我所知[據我所知]	ju4 wo3 suo3 zhi1	as far as I know; to the best of my knowledge	1
干涉[干涉]	gan1 she4	to interfere; to meddle; interference	8
温[溫]	wen1	warm; lukewarm; temperature; to warm up; mild; soft; tender; to review (a lesson etc); fever (TCM); old variant of 瘟[wen1]	1
吞[吞]	tun1	to swallow; to take	2
优柔寡断[優柔寡斷]	you1 rou2 gua3 duan4	indecisive; irresolute	1
强势[強勢]	qiang2 shi4	strong; powerful; (linguistics) emphatic; intensive	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep11/50 words - 15 min
苦心[苦心]	ku3 xin1	painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble; laborious at pains	2
单独[單獨]	dan1 du2	alone; by oneself; on one's own	2
浩瀚[浩瀚]	hao4 han4	vast (of ocean); boundless	1
河[河]	he2	river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]	2
这儿[這兒]	zhe4 r5	here	1
充满[充滿]	chong1 man3	full of; brimming with; very full; permeated	1
生命[生命]	sheng1 ming4	life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature; CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2]	11
收听[收聽]	shou1 ting1	to listen to (a radio broadcast)	1
今夜[今夜]	jin1 ye4	tonight; this evening	1
星辰[星辰]	xing1 chen2	stars	1
倪[倪]	ni2	(literary) small child; limit; bound; extremity; to differentiate; origin; cause	1
蓓[蓓]	bei4	(flower) bud	4
台北[台北]	Tai2 bei3	Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan	9
纶[綸]	lun2	to classify; to twist silk; silk thread	1
来信[來信]	lai2 xin4	incoming letter; send a letter here	1
点播[點播]	dian3 bo1	webcast; to request item for broadcast on radio program; dibble seeding; spot seeding	1
收音机[收音機]	shou1 yin1 ji1	radio; CL:臺|台[tai2]	1
婉约[婉約]	wan3 yue1	graceful and subdued (style)	1
试着[試著]	shi4 zhe5	(coll.) to try to	2
坚持下去[堅持下去]	jian1 chi2 xia4 qu4	to press on	2
传真[傳真]	chuan2 zhen1	fax; facsimile	2
分享[分享]	fen1 xiang3	to share (let others have some of sth good)	3
一夕[一夕]	yi1 xi1	overnight; instantly; very quickly	2
脱胎换骨[脫胎換骨]	tuo1 tai1 huan4 gu3	to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist; to turn over a new leaf; fig. to change wholly; to create from other material (story, artwork etc)	2
玉[玉]	yu4	jade	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep11/75 words - 19 min
琢[琢]	zhuo2	to cut (gems)	1
成器[成器]	cheng2 qi4	to make sth of oneself; to become a person who is worthy of respect	1
丝[絲]	si1	silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; CL:條|条[tiao2]; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc	5
传给[傳給]	chuan2 gei3	to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; to pass to (in football etc)	3
广播节目[廣播節目]	guang3 bo1 jie2 mu4	radio program; broadcast schedule	2
认领[認領]	ren4 ling3	to claim (as one's property); to adopt (a child); to accept (an illegitimate child as one's own)	1
主持人[主持人]	zhu3 chi2 ren2	TV or radio presenter; host; anchor	2
您好[您好]	nin2 hao3	hello (polite)	2
解答[解答]	jie3 da2	answer; explanation; solution (to a math equation)	2
排队[排隊]	pai2 dui4	to line up	1
说到底[說到底]	shuo1 dao4 di3	in the final analysis; in the end	2
放屁[放屁]	fang4 pi4	to fart; to break wind; to talk nonsense; Utter rubbish!	1
胃痛[胃痛]	wei4 tong4	stomachache	3
穴道[穴道]	xue2 dao4	acupuncture point; acupoint	1
绝不[絕不]	jue2 bu4	in no way; not in the least; absolutely not	1
真命[真命]	zhen1 ming4	to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc); ordained by heaven	1
学姐[學姐]	xue2 jie3	senior or older female schoolmate	3
神秘[神秘]	shen2 mi4	mysterious; mystery	5
半夜[半夜]	ban4 ye4	midnight; in the middle of the night	8
削[削]	xiao1	to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)	10
削[削]	xue1	to pare; to reduce; to remove; Taiwan pr. [xue4]	10
苹果[蘋果]	ping2 guo3	apple; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]	15
巧合[巧合]	qiao3 he2	coincidence; coincidental; to coincide	5
力量[力量]	li4 liang5	power; force; strength	5
心仪[心儀]	xin1 yi2	to admire	1
当真[當真]	dang4 zhen1	to take seriously; serious; No joking, really!	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep11/100 words - 33 min
救命[救命]	jiu4 ming4	to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me!	5
命中注定[命中註定]	ming4 zhong1 zhu4 ding4	decreed by fate (idiom); destined; fated	5
不管怎样[不管怎樣]	bu4 guan3 zen3 yang4	in any case; no matter what	6
因此[因此]	yin1 ci3	thus; consequently; as a result	3
熟悉[熟悉]	shu2 xi1	to be familiar with; to know well	1
感激[感激]	gan3 ji1	to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful	1
收回[收回]	shou1 hui2	to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke	1
不停[不停]	bu4 ting2	incessant	2
举动[舉動]	ju3 dong4	act; action; activity; move; movement	4
许[許]	xu3	to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps	12
程[程]	cheng2	rule; order; regulations; formula; journey; procedure; sequence	8
冯[馮]	ping2	to gallop; to assist; to attack; to wade; great; old variant of 憑|凭[ping2]	1
善于[善於]	shan4 yu2	to be good at; to be adept at	1
表达[表達]	biao3 da2	to express; to convey	6
捏[捏]	nie1	to pinch (with one's fingers); to knead; to make up	2
已久[已久]	yi3 jiu3	already a long time	1
关掉[關掉]	guan1 diao4	to switch off; to shut off	1
闹钟[鬧鐘]	nao4 zhong1	alarm clock	1
害臊[害臊]	hai4 sao4	to be bashful; to feel ashamed	3
昨晚[昨晚]	zuo2 wan3	yesterday evening; last night	4
贤慧[賢慧]	xian2 hui4	(of a wife) wise and kind; perfect in her traditional roles	1
一大早[一大早]	yi1 da4 zao3	at dawn; at first light; first thing in the morning	6
诡异[詭異]	gui3 yi4	strange; weird	4
公有[公有]	gong1 you3	publicly owned; communal; held in common	1
失火[失火]	shi1 huo3	to catch fire; on fire; fire (alarm)	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep11/125 words - 37 min
星星之火[星星之火]	xing1 xing5 zhi1 huo3	a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect	1
燎原[燎原]	liao2 yuan2	to start a prairie fire	1
历史[歷史]	li4 shi3	history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]	15
灭火[滅火]	mie4 huo3	to extinguish a fire; firefighting	1
在场[在場]	zai4 chang3	to be present; to be on the scene	3
苦主[苦主]	ku3 zhu3	victim's family (esp. in murder case)	1
小声[小聲]	xiao3 sheng1	in a low voice; (speak) in whispers	2
朝着[朝著]	chao2 zhe5	facing; advancing (towards)	1
迈进[邁進]	mai4 jin4	to step in; to stride forward; to forge ahead	2
失败[失敗]	shi1 bai4	to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]	3
桥梁[橋梁]	qiao2 liang2	bridge (lit. and fig.)	2
观察[觀察]	guan1 cha2	to observe; to watch; to survey; to examine; observation; view; perspective; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
上海[上海]	Shang4 hai3	Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hu4]	2
滩[灘]	tan1	beach; shoal; rapids; CL:片[pian4]; classifier for liquids: pool, puddle	1
比方[比方]	bi3 fang5	analogy; instance; for instance	1
三部曲[三部曲]	san1 bu4 qu3	trilogy	3
第一步[第一步]	di4 yi1 bu4	step one; first step	1
想像[想像]	xiang3 xiang4	to imagine; to conceive of; to visualize; imagination	4
哈利[哈利]	Ha1 li4	Harry	3
莎[莎]	sha1	katydid (family Tettigoniidae); phonetic "sha" used in transliteration	3
跟踪[跟蹤]	gen1 zong1	to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking	1
狂[狂]	kuang2	mad; wild; violent	1
一举一动[一舉一動]	yi1 ju3 yi1 dong4	every movement; each and every move	2
危急[危急]	wei1 ji2	critical; desperate (situation)	2
解救[解救]	jie3 jiu4	to rescue; to help out of difficulties; to save the situation	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep11/145 words - 41 min
细节[細節]	xi4 jie2	details; particulars	1
偷看[偷看]	tou1 kan4	to peep; to peek; to steal a glance	2
杜绝[杜絕]	du4 jue2	to put an end to	1
类似[類似]	lei4 si4	similar; analogous	4
彻底[徹底]	che4 di3	thorough; thoroughly; complete	5
整顿[整頓]	zheng3 dun4	to tidy up; to reorganize; to consolidate; to rectify	1
尤其是[尤其是]	you2 qi2 shi4	especially; most of all; above all; in particular	5
追踪[追蹤]	zhui1 zong1	to follow a trail; to trace; to pursue	1
以免[以免]	yi3 mian3	in order to avoid; so as not to	1
意图[意圖]	yi4 tu2	intent; intention; to intend	3
不轨[不軌]	bu4 gui3	errant	1
展现[展現]	zhan3 xian4	to come out; to emerge; to reveal; to display	1
完美[完美]	wan2 mei3	perfect; perfection; perfectly	2
百战百胜[百戰百勝]	bai3 zhan4 bai3 sheng4	to emerge victorious in every battle; to be ever-victorious	2
印章[印章]	yin4 zhang1	seal; signet; chop; stamp; CL:方[fang1]	2
身份证[身份證]	shen1 fen4 zheng4	identity card; ID	9
影本[影本]	ying3 ben3	copy (of a document); book with model calligraphy for copying	1
需[需]	xu1	to require; to need; to want; necessity; need	4
齐[齊]	qi2	neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out	5
日期[日期]	ri4 qi1	date; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep12/25 words - 3 min
横生枝节[橫生枝節]	heng2 sheng1 zhi1 jie2	to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)	1
找麻烦[找麻煩]	zhao3 ma2 fan5	to look for trouble	1
化[化]	hua4	to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]	3
消[消]	xiao1	to disappear; to vanish; to eliminate; to spend (time); have to; need	4
除非[除非]	chu2 fei1	only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless	2
挥[揮]	hui1	to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse	1
过意不去[過意不去]	guo4 yi4 bu4 qu4	to feel very apologetic	2
动手[動手]	dong4 shou3	to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch	6
上帝[上帝]	Shang4 di4	God	2
左[左]	zuo3	left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite; variant of 佐[zuo3]	1
右[右]	you4	right (-hand); the Right (politics); west (old)	2
文明[文明]	wen2 ming2	civilized; civilization; culture; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
了事[了事]	liao3 shi4	to dispose of a matter; to be done with it	3
验[驗]	yan4	to examine; to test; to check	1
法院[法院]	fa3 yuan4	court of law; court	3
证人[證人]	zheng4 ren2	witness	2
律师[律師]	lu:4 shi1	lawyer	1
绩优股[績優股]	ji4 you1 gu3	gilt-edged stock; blue chip stock	1
用钱[用錢]	yong4 qian5	variant of 佣錢|佣钱[yong4 qian5]	1
透过[透過]	tou4 guo4	to pass through; to penetrate; by means of; via	3
授权[授權]	shou4 quan2	to authorize	2
归还[歸還]	gui1 huan2	to return sth; to revert	1
垫款[墊款]	dian4 kuan3	advance (of funds)	1
账户[賬戶]	zhang4 hu4	bank account; online account	1
金钱[金錢]	jin1 qian2	money; currency	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep12/50 words - 9 min
上学[上學]	shang4 xue2	to go to school; to attend school	1
不再[不再]	bu4 zai4	no more; no longer	7
多管闲事[多管閒事]	duo1 guan3 xian2 shi4	meddling in other people's business	1
期盼[期盼]	qi1 pan4	hope and expectation; to anticipate; to look forward to; to await expectantly	1
亲情[親情]	qin1 qing2	affection; family love; love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children	2
回头[回頭]	hui2 tou2	to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by	3
遗憾[遺憾]	yi2 han4	regret; to regret; to be sorry that	5
浪子回头金不换[浪子回頭金不換]	lang4 zi3 hui2 tou2 jin1 bu4 huan4	a prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold	1
牛奶[牛奶]	niu2 nai3	cow's milk; CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]	11
举手之劳[舉手之勞]	ju3 shou3 zhi1 lao2	lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom); fig. a very slight effort	1
触动[觸動]	chu4 dong4	to touch; to stir up (trouble or emotions); to move (sb's emotions or worry)	1
人心[人心]	ren2 xin1	popular feeling; the will of the people	3
贸然[貿然]	mao4 ran2	rashly; hastily; without careful consideration	3
冷漠[冷漠]	leng3 mo4	cold and detached towards sb; lack of regard; indifference; neglect	1
不论[不論]	bu4 lun4	whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss	4
讨好[討好]	tao3 hao3	to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor	2
无动于衷[無動於衷]	wu2 dong4 yu2 zhong1	aloof; indifferent; unconcerned	1
夸[誇]	kua1	to boast; to exaggerate; to praise	1
生下[生下]	sheng1 xia4	to give birth to	13
苦衷[苦衷]	ku3 zhong1	secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties	3
孝顺[孝順]	xiao4 shun4	filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety	4
荣[榮]	rong2	glory; honor; thriving	1
疑问[疑問]	yi2 wen4	question; interrogation; doubt	1
称赞[稱讚]	cheng1 zan4	to praise; to acclaim; to commend; to compliment	1
被告[被告]	bei4 gao4	defendant	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep12/75 words - 12 min
渔民[漁民]	yu2 min2	fisherman; fisher folk	1
捕获[捕獲]	bu3 huo4	to catch; to capture; to seize	1
鲨鱼[鯊魚]	sha1 yu2	shark	1
鱼鳍[魚鰭]	yu2 qi2	fin	1
割[割]	ge1	to cut; to cut apart	1
海里[海里]	hai3 li3	nautical mile	1
自生自灭[自生自滅]	zi4 sheng1 zi4 mie4	to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)	1
人类[人類]	ren2 lei4	humanity; human race; mankind	4
斩[斬]	zhan3	to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop	1
手脚[手腳]	shou3 jiao3	hand and foot; movement of limbs; action; trick; step in a procedure (CL: 道[dao4])	2
沉[沉]	chen2	to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy	2
海底[海底]	hai3 di3	seabed; seafloor; bottom of the ocean	2
死亡[死亡]	si3 wang2	to die; death	3
提倡[提倡]	ti2 chang4	to promote; to advocate	1
残忍[殘忍]	can2 ren3	cruel; mean; merciless; ruthless	1
观念[觀念]	guan1 nian4	notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions	1
庆功[慶功]	qing4 gong1	to celebrate a heroic deed	1
肤浅[膚淺]	fu1 qian3	skin-deep; superficial; shallow	2
聚[聚]	ju4	to congregate; to assemble; to mass; to gather together; to amass; to polymerize	6
代班[代班]	dai4 ban1	(Tw) to take over sb's job; to substitute for	2
会合[會合]	hui4 he2	to meet; to rendezvous; to merge; to link up; meeting; confluence	1
不见得[不見得]	bu4 jian4 de5	not necessarily; not likely	1
内心[內心]	nei4 xin1	heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter	5
纯真[純真]	chun2 zhen1	innocent and unaffected; pure and unadulterated	1
守护[守護]	shou3 hu4	to guard; to protect	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep12/100 words - 18 min
芙蓉[芙蓉]	fu2 rong2	hibiscus; cotton rose (Hibiscus mutabilis); lotus; foo yung (Chinese dish similar to an omelet)	1
虾仁[蝦仁]	xia1 ren2	shrimp meat; shelled shrimp	1
鸡[雞]	ji1	fowl; chicken; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (slang) prostitute	5
鲷[鯛]	diao1	porgy; pagrus major	1
意大利面[意大利麵]	Yi4 da4 li4 mian4	spaghetti; pasta	2
上台[上台]	shang4 tai2	to rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater)	3
车祸[車禍]	che1 huo4	traffic accident; car crash; CL:場|场[chang2]	12
歌声[歌聲]	ge1 sheng1	singing voice; fig. original voice of a poet	1
打动[打動]	da3 dong4	to move (to pity); arousing (sympathy); touching	2
何时[何時]	he2 shi2	when	1
昔[昔]	xi1	former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]	1
分离[分離]	fen1 li2	to separate	4
离去[離去]	li2 qu4	to leave; to exit	1
再一次[再一次]	zai4 yi1 ci4	again	2
拥抱[擁抱]	yong1 bao4	to embrace; to hug	3
倾听[傾聽]	qing1 ting1	to listen attentively	2
此[此]	ci3	this; these	2
记忆[記憶]	ji4 yi4	to remember; to recall; memory; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
抹去[抹去]	mo3 qu4	to erase	2
拥有[擁有]	yong1 you3	to have; to possess	8
丰富[豐富]	feng1 fu4	to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant	2
花心[花心]	hua1 xin1	fickle (in love affairs); dissipated; unfaithful; heart of a flower (pistil and stamen)	2
专[專]	zhuan1	for a particular person, occasion, purpose; focused on one thing; special; expert; particular (to sth); concentrated; specialized	1
朝夕[朝夕]	zhao1 xi1	morning and night; all the time	1
少之又少[少之又少]	shao3 zhi1 you4 shao3	very few; very little	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep12/125 words - 23 min
怪里怪气[怪里怪氣]	guai4 li3 guai4 qi4	eccentric; odd-looking; peculiar	4
胡说[胡說]	hu2 shuo1	to talk nonsense; drivel	2
存钱[存錢]	cun2 qian2	to deposit money; to save money	2
弄错[弄錯]	nong4 cuo4	to err; to get sth wrong; to miscalculate; to misunderstand	2
家门[家門]	jia1 men2	house door; family clan	1
到家[到家]	dao4 jia1	perfect; excellent; brought to the utmost degree	3
专心[專心]	zhuan1 xin1	to concentrate; absorption; concentration; engrossed	7
监视[監視]	jian1 shi4	to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance	3
背叛[背叛]	bei4 pan4	to betray	2
盟友[盟友]	meng2 you3	ally	1
反间计[反間計]	fan3 jian4 ji4	stratagem of sowing dissension; CL:條|条[tiao2]	1
掩护[掩護]	yan3 hu4	to screen; to shield; to cover; protection; cover; CL:面[mian4]	4
中意[中意]	zhong4 yi4	to take one's fancy; to be to one's liking	1
对象[對象]	dui4 xiang4	target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend; CL:個|个[ge4]	8
常春藤[常春藤]	chang2 chun1 teng2	ivy	1
名校[名校]	ming2 xiao4	famous school	1
星期天[星期天]	Xing1 qi1 tian1	Sunday; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
放假[放假]	fang4 jia4	to have a holiday or vacation	2
架[架]	jia4	to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc	6
冰雪聪明[冰雪聰明]	bing1 xue3 cong1 ming5	exceptionally intelligent (idiom)	2
定[定]	ding4	to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order	2
中山[中山]	Zhong1 shan1	refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen; Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace; Nakayama (Japanese surname)	1
打球[打球]	da3 qiu2	to play ball; to play with a ball	4
堵[堵]	du3	to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls)	4
惩罚[懲罰]	cheng2 fa2	penalty; punishment; to punish	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep12/150 words - 30 min
凑[湊]	cou4	to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity	3
好球[好球]	hao3 qiu2	(ball sports) good shot!; nice hit!; well played!	1
弱[弱]	ruo4	weak; feeble; young; inferior; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than	1
退步[退步]	tui4 bu4	to do less well than before; to make a concession; setback; backward step; leeway; room to maneuver; fallback	2
得意[得意]	de2 yi4	proud of oneself; pleased with oneself; complacent	3
吐槽[吐槽]	tu4 cao2	(slang) to roast; to ridicule; also pr. [tu3 cao2]	1
谷底[谷底]	gu3 di3	valley floor; (fig.) lowest ebb; all-time low	2
落井下石[落井下石]	luo4 jing3 xia4 shi2	to throw stones at sb who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down	1
庆祝[慶祝]	qing4 zhu4	to celebrate	7
归队[歸隊]	gui1 dui4	to return to one's unit; to go back to one's station in life	1
打击[打擊]	da3 ji1	to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music)	3
看清[看清]	kan4 qing1	to see clearly	2
坏事[壞事]	huai4 shi4	bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things	2
搞不懂[搞不懂]	gao3 bu5 dong3	unable to make sense of (sth)	2
才华[才華]	cai2 hua2	talent; CL:份[fen4]	1
跨[跨]	kua4	to step across; to stride over; to straddle; to span	1
顾虑[顧慮]	gu4 lu:4	misgivings; apprehensions	7
珍珠[珍珠]	zhen1 zhu1	pearl; CL:顆|颗[ke1]	1
全程[全程]	quan2 cheng2	the whole distance; from beginning to end	1
语气[語氣]	yu3 qi4	tone; manner of speaking; mood; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
联想[聯想]	lian2 xiang3	to associate (cognitively); to make an associative connection; mental association; word prediction and auto-complete functions of input method editing programs	1
间接[間接]	jian4 jie1	indirect	1
搞砸[搞砸]	gao3 za2	to mess (sth) up; to foul up; to spoil	3
外表[外表]	wai4 biao3	external; outside; outward appearance	3
自视甚高[自視甚高]	zi4 shi4 shen4 gao1	to think highly of oneself (idiom); giving oneself airs; arrogant and self-important	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep12/175 words - 37 min
共[共]	gong4	common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party	4
土[土]	tu3	earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]	2
庆幸[慶幸]	qing4 xing4	to rejoice; to be glad	4
共识[共識]	gong4 shi2	common understanding; consensus	2
矽谷[矽谷]	Xi1 gu3	Silicon Valley	1
全美[全美]	quan2 Mei3	throughout the United States; the whole of America	1
企业[企業]	qi3 ye4	company; firm; enterprise; corporation; CL:家[jia1]	2
家庭主妇[家庭主婦]	jia1 ting2 zhu3 fu4	housewife	1
生产[生產]	sheng1 chan3	to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child	3
机器[機器]	ji1 qi4	machine; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4],個|个[ge4]	3
宁愿[寧願]	ning4 yuan4	would rather; better	7
形容[形容]	xing2 rong2	to describe; description; appearance; look	1
进一步[進一步]	jin4 yi1 bu4	one step further; to move forward a step; further onwards	3
开明[開明]	kai1 ming2	enlightened; open-minded; enlightenment	3
妈的[媽的]	ma1 de5	see 他媽的|他妈的[ta1 ma1 de5]	9
之外[之外]	zhi1 wai4	outside; excluding	7
主见[主見]	zhu3 jian4	one's own view; having definite opinions	1
抓走[抓走]	zhua1 zou3	to arrest	3
一团糟[一團糟]	yi1 tuan2 zao1	chaos; bungle; complete mess; shambles	2
立场[立場]	li4 chang3	position; standpoint; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
坐下[坐下]	zuo4 xia5	to sit down	4
婉[婉]	wan3	graceful; tactful	22
玲[玲]	ling2	(onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants	22
各自[各自]	ge4 zi4	each; respective; apiece	4
虫[蟲]	chong2	lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures; CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]; person with a particular undesirable characteristic	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep12/189 words - 41 min
女伴[女伴]	nu:3 ban4	female companion	1
借机[借機]	jie4 ji1	to seize the opportunity	2
当面[當面]	dang1 mian4	to sb's face; in sb's presence	4
赶走[趕走]	gan3 zou3	to drive out; to turn back	1
听从[聽從]	ting1 cong2	to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken	1
甘心[甘心]	gan1 xin1	to be willing to; to resign oneself to	4
左右[左右]	zuo3 you4	left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence	1
不已[不已]	bu4 yi3	endlessly; incessantly	1
把握[把握]	ba3 wo4	to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome)	8
闪过[閃過]	shan3 guo4	to flash through (one's mind); to dodge (away from pursuers)	1
脑海[腦海]	nao3 hai3	the mind; the brain	2
念头[念頭]	nian4 tou5	thought; idea; intention	1
谈得来[談得來]	tan2 de5 lai2	to be able to talk to; to get along with; to be congenial	1
福气[福氣]	fu2 qi5	good fortune; a blessing	5
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep13/25 words - 8 min
委婉[委婉]	wei3 wan3	tactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave; soft	1
平时[平時]	ping2 shi2	ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime	1
煮饭[煮飯]	zhu3 fan4	to cook	3
沉默[沉默]	chen2 mo4	taciturn; uncommunicative; silent	1
话说[話說]	hua4 shuo1	It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount	3
鼓起勇气[鼓起勇氣]	gu3 qi3 yong3 qi4	to summon one's courage	1
质疑[質疑]	zhi4 yi2	to call into question; to question (truth or validity)	3
说出[說出]	shuo1 chu1	to speak out; to declare (one's view)	5
心虚[心虛]	xin1 xu1	lacking in confidence; diffident; to have a guilty conscience	1
受苦[受苦]	shou4 ku3	to suffer hardship	1
把关[把關]	ba3 guan1	to guard a pass; to check on sth	1
积极[積極]	ji1 ji2	active; energetic; vigorous; positive (outlook); proactive	4
学业[學業]	xue2 ye4	studies; schoolwork	2
充实[充實]	chong1 shi2	rich; full; substantial; to enrich; to augment; to substantiate (an argument)	1
工程师[工程師]	gong1 cheng2 shi1	engineer; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]	1
认同[認同]	ren4 tong2	to approve of; to endorse; to acknowledge; to recognize; to identify oneself with	4
发自[發自]	fa1 zi4	to evolve from	1
祝福[祝福]	zhu4 fu2	blessings; to wish sb well	13
操心[操心]	cao1 xin1	to worry about	1
和好[和好]	he2 hao3	to become reconciled; on good terms with each other	1
如火[如火]	ru2 huo3	fiery	1
私底下[私底下]	si1 di3 xia5	privately; secretly; confidentially	2
形容词[形容詞]	xing2 rong2 ci2	adjective	1
助[助]	zhu4	to help; to assist	2
和事佬[和事佬]	he2 shi4 lao3	peacemaker; mediator; (derog.) fixer	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep13/50 words - 14 min
杂货店[雜貨店]	za2 huo4 dian4	grocery store; emporium	3
清单[清單]	qing1 dan1	list of items	1
酱油[醬油]	jiang4 you2	soy sauce	2
零钱[零錢]	ling2 qian2	change (of money); small change; pocket money	2
装作[裝作]	zhuang1 zuo4	to pretend; to feign; to act a part	1
看不见[看不見]	kan4 bu5 jian4	unseen; to be invisible	3
不耐烦[不耐煩]	bu4 nai4 fan2	impatience; impatient	2
报到[報到]	bao4 dao4	to report for duty; to check in; to register	1
念念不忘[念念不忘]	nian4 nian4 bu4 wang4	to keep in mind constantly (idiom)	1
蛋[蛋]	dan4	egg; CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2]; oval-shaped thing	2
贡丸[貢丸]	gong4 wan2	pork ball	1
五金[五金]	wu3 jin1	metal hardware (nuts and bolts); the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron and tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡	1
电池[電池]	dian4 chi2	battery; CL:節|节[jie2],組|组[zu3]	1
一路[一路]	yi1 lu4	the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind	2
时间轴[時間軸]	shi2 jian1 zhou2	time axis; timeline	1
直线[直線]	zhi2 xian4	straight line; sharply (rise or fall)	1
重叠[重疊]	chong2 die2	to overlap; to superimpose; to telescope; to run together; to duplicate; one over another; superposition; an overlap; redundancy; reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll)	3
相通[相通]	xiang1 tong1	interlinked; connected; communicating; in communication; accommodating	3
通道[通道]	tong1 dao4	(communications) channel; thoroughfare; passage	7
虫洞[蟲洞]	chong2 dong4	worm-hole (in cosmology and science fiction)	7
一头雾水[一頭霧水]	yi1 tou2 wu4 shui3	to be confused; to be baffled	3
穿越[穿越]	chuan1 yue4	to pass through; to traverse; to cross	9
时空[時空]	shi2 kong1	time and place; world of a particular locale and era; (physics) space-time	34
宇宙[宇宙]	yu3 zhou4	universe; cosmos	5
黑洞[黑洞]	hei1 dong4	(astronomy) black hole	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep13/75 words - 18 min
白洞[白洞]	bai2 dong4	white hole (cosmology)	1
称为[稱為]	cheng1 wei2	called; to call sth (by a name); to name	2
仅[僅]	jin3	barely; only; merely	2
现象[現象]	xian4 xiang4	phenomenon; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]; appearance	1
催[催]	cui1	to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite	2
路边[路邊]	lu4 bian1	curb; roadside; wayside	3
尊[尊]	zun1	senior; of a senior generation; to honor; to respect; honorific; classifier for cannons and statues; ancient wine vessel	1
当成[當成]	dang4 cheng2	to consider as; to take to be	4
疯子[瘋子]	feng1 zi5	madman; lunatic	3
粉丝[粉絲]	fen3 si1	bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; Chinese vermicelli; cellophane noodles; CL:把[ba3]; fan (loanword); enthusiast for sb or sth	9
面条[麵條]	mian4 tiao2	noodles	1
忠实[忠實]	zhong1 shi2	faithful	3
同好[同好]	tong2 hao4	fellow enthusiasts	1
抱抱[抱抱]	bao4 bao4	to hug; to embrace	3
巧克力[巧克力]	qiao3 ke4 li4	chocolate (loanword); CL:塊|块[kuai4]	4
满汉全席[滿漢全席]	Man3 Han4 quan2 xi2	the Manchu Han imperial feast, a legendary banquet in the Qing dynasty; (fig.) a sumptuous banquet	1
遵命[遵命]	zun1 ming4	to follow your orders; to do as you bid	1
开会[開會]	kai1 hui4	to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting	1
物理学家[物理學家]	wu4 li3 xue2 jia1	physicist	2
提出[提出]	ti2 chu1	to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash)	3
欠揍[欠揍]	qian4 zou4	to need a spanking	1
便当[便當]	bian4 dang1	convenient; handy; easy; bento (a meal in a partitioned box); lunchbox	33
新竹[新竹]	Xin1 zhu2	Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries; Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan	1
老朋友[老朋友]	lao3 peng2 you5	old friend; (slang) period; menstruation	1
量身[量身]	liang2 shen1	to take sb's measurements; to measure sb up	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep13/100 words - 24 min
火车[火車]	huo3 che1	train; CL:列[lie4],節|节[jie2],班[ban1],趟[tang4]	2
顾[顧]	gu4	to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to	4
偷吃[偷吃]	tou1 chi1	to eat on the sly; to pilfer food; to be unfaithful	1
食谱[食譜]	shi2 pu3	cookbook; recipe; diet; CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4]	2
绑住[綁住]	bang3 zhu4	to fasten; to bind	1
浑身上下[渾身上下]	hun2 shen1 shang4 xia4	all over; from head to toe	1
不对劲[不對勁]	bu4 dui4 jin4	not in good condition; wrong; fishy	2
呼叫[呼叫]	hu1 jiao4	to shout; to yell; (telecommunications) to call	1
原始[原始]	yuan2 shi3	first; original; primitive; original (document etc)	1
沿路[沿路]	yan2 lu4	along the way; the duration of a journey	1
洗手[洗手]	xi3 shou3	to wash one's hands; to go to the toilet	1
充[充]	chong1	to fill; to satisfy; to fulfill; to act in place of; substitute; sufficient; full	1
饱[飽]	bao3	to eat till full; satisfied	1
实用[實用]	shi2 yong4	practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science)	1
似乎[似乎]	si4 hu1	apparently; to seem; to appear; as if; seemingly	3
小题大作[小題大作]	xiao3 ti2 da4 zuo4	variant of 小題大做|小题大做[xiao3 ti2 da4 zuo4]	1
冰[冰]	bing1	ice; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine	6
冰箱[冰箱]	bing1 xiang1	icebox; freezer cabinet; refrigerator; CL:臺|台[tai2],個|个[ge4]	1
糊涂[糊塗]	hu2 tu5	muddled; silly; confused	2
美味[美味]	mei3 wei4	delicious; delicious food; delicacy	1
味[味]	wei4	taste; smell; classifier for drugs (in TCM)	3
弥补[彌補]	mi2 bu3	to complement; to make up for a deficiency	6
菲[菲]	fei3	poor; humble; unworthy; radish (old)	2
回电[回電]	hui2 dian4	to reply to a telegram; to wire back	3
留言[留言]	liu2 yan2	to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep13/125 words - 27 min
匆忙[匆忙]	cong1 mang2	hasty; hurried	1
头等[頭等]	tou2 deng3	first class; prime; main	1
会议室[會議室]	hui4 yi4 shi4	meeting room; conference room	1
疯狂[瘋狂]	feng1 kuang2	crazy; frantic; extreme popularity	2
任意[任意]	ren4 yi4	any; arbitrary; at will; at random	3
热忱[熱忱]	re4 chen2	zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; enthusiastic; warmhearted	1
科幻[科幻]	ke1 huan4	science fiction; abbr. for 科學幻想|科学幻想[ke1 xue2 huan4 xiang3]	1
说明[說明]	shuo1 ming2	to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
可能性[可能性]	ke3 neng2 xing4	possibility; probability	1
时空旅行[時空旅行]	shi2 kong1 lu:3 xing2	time travel	3
可行[可行]	ke3 xing2	feasible	2
莫[莫]	mo4	do not; there is none who	1
斯[斯]	si1	(phonetic); this	7
捕捉[捕捉]	bu3 zhuo1	to catch; to seize; to capture	1
放大[放大]	fang4 da4	to enlarge; to magnify	1
用功[用功]	yong4 gong1	diligent; industrious (in one's studies); to study hard; to make great effort	1
去年[去年]	qu4 nian2	last year	5
发表[發表]	fa1 biao3	to issue; to publish	1
发展[發展]	fa1 zhan3	development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand	2
而言[而言]	er2 yan2	with regard to (preceding phrase)	3
通信[通信]	tong1 xin4	to correspond (by letter etc); to communicate; communication	3
来自[來自]	lai2 zi4	to come from (a place); From: (in email header)	9
干扰[干擾]	gan1 rao3	to disturb; to interfere; perturbation; interference (physics)	3
磁[磁]	ci2	magnetic; magnetism; porcelain	4
暴[暴]	bao4	sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep13/150 words - 32 min
短波[短波]	duan3 bo1	shortwave (radio)	1
无线电[無線電]	wu2 xian4 dian4	wireless	1
静止[靜止]	jing4 zhi3	still; immobile; static; stationary	2
观测[觀測]	guan1 ce4	to observe; to survey; observation (scientific etc)	1
卫星[衛星]	wei4 xing1	satellite; moon; CL:顆|颗[ke1]	1
气象卫星[氣象衛星]	qi4 xiang4 wei4 xing1	weather satellite	1
中断[中斷]	zhong1 duan4	to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt	1
月份[月份]	yue4 fen4	month	1
多伦多[多倫多]	Duo1 lun2 duo1	Toronto, capital of Ontario, Canada	1
停摆[停擺]	ting2 bai3	(of a pendulum) to stop swinging; (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt; to be suspended; to be canceled; shutdown; (sports) lockout	1
威力[威力]	wei1 li4	might; formidable power	1
通讯[通訊]	tong1 xun4	communications; news story; dispatch; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
连结[連結]	lian2 jie2	variant of 聯結|联结[lian2 jie2]	2
探索[探索]	tan4 suo3	to explore; to probe	1
未知[未知]	wei4 zhi1	unknown	2
之类[之類]	zhi1 lei4	and so on; and such	1
贪[貪]	tan1	to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt	1
赖[賴]	lai4	to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on	1
早起[早起]	zao3 qi3	to get up early	1
下厨[下廚]	xia4 chu2	to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal); to cook	2
足以[足以]	zu2 yi3	sufficient to...; so much so that; so that	4
数字[數字]	shu4 zi4	numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc); CL:個|个[ge4]	4
代码[代碼]	dai4 ma3	code	1
午餐[午餐]	wu3 can1	lunch; luncheon; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]	2
答对[答對]	da2 dui4	(usually used in the negative) to answer or reply to sb's question	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep13/175 words - 38 min
助教[助教]	zhu4 jiao4	teaching assistant	3
稍等[稍等]	shao1 deng3	to wait a moment	4
巷[巷]	xiang4	lane; alley	1
举手[舉手]	ju3 shou3	to raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal)	1
不可思议[不可思議]	bu4 ke3 si1 yi4	inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable; unfathomable	2
顺手[順手]	shun4 shou3	easily; without trouble; while one is at it; in passing; handy	3
爱心[愛心]	ai4 xin1	compassion; kindness; care for others; love; CL:片[pian4]; charity (bazaar, golf day etc); heart (the symbol ♥)	8
情人节[情人節]	Qing2 ren2 jie2	Valentine's Day	4
叠[疊]	die2	to fold; to fold over in layers; to furl; to layer; to pile up; to repeat; to duplicate	1
尺[尺]	chi3	a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]	2
足足[足足]	zu2 zu2	fully; no less than; as much as; extremely	1
拿走[拿走]	na2 zou3	to take away	2
抽屉[抽屜]	chou1 ti5	drawer	2
虾[蝦]	xia1	shrimp; prawn	6
剥[剝]	bo1	to peel; to skin; to flay; to shuck	8
虾子[蝦子]	xia1 zi3	shrimp roe; shrimp eggs; shrimp	1
体无完肤[體無完膚]	ti3 wu2 wan2 fu1	lit. cuts and bruises all over (idiom); fig. totally refuted	1
凄惨[悽慘]	qi1 can3	plaintive; mournful; miserable	1
宁可[寧可]	ning4 ke3	preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils	2
壳[殼]	qiao4	shell; carapace; crust (earth's crust etc); also pr. [ke2]	1
咸[鹹]	xian2	salted; salty; stingy; miserly	1
盐[鹽]	yan2	salt; CL:粒[li4]	2
业务员[業務員]	ye4 wu4 yuan2	salesperson	3
挡[擋]	dang3	to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)	4
好色之徒[好色之徒]	hao4 se4 zhi1 tu2	lecher; womanizer; dirty old man	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep13/200 words - 40 min
职责[職責]	zhi2 ze2	duty; responsibility; obligation	1
所在[所在]	suo3 zai4	place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located	1
古典文学[古典文學]	gu3 dian3 wen2 xue2	classical literature	1
题[題]	ti2	topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention; CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]	2
帆[帆]	fan1	sail; Taiwan pr. [fan2], except 帆布[fan1 bu4] canvas	1
蓦然[驀然]	mo4 ran2	suddenly; sudden	1
回首[回首]	hui2 shou3	to turn around; to look back; to recollect	2
灯火[燈火]	deng1 huo3	lights	2
阑珊[闌珊]	lan2 shan1	coming to an end; waning	2
比利时[比利時]	Bi3 li4 shi2	Belgium	1
三次[三次]	san1 ci4	third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)	1
激烈[激烈]	ji1 lie4	(of competition or fighting) intense; fierce; (of pain) acute; (of an expression of opinion) impassioned; vehement; (of a course of action) drastic; extreme	1
私事[私事]	si1 shi4	personal matters	3
管不着[管不著]	guan3 bu5 zhao2	to have no right or ability to interfere in sth; it's none of your business!	1
使出[使出]	shi3 chu1	to use; to exert	1
杀手锏[殺手鐧]	sha1 shou3 jian3	(fig.) trump card	3
鼓舞[鼓舞]	gu3 wu3	heartening (news); to boost (morale); CL:個|个[ge4]	1
士气[士氣]	shi4 qi4	morale	2
刺激[刺激]	ci4 ji1	to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant	3
同仁[同仁]	tong2 ren2	variant of 同人[tong2 ren2]	3
周末[週末]	zhou1 mo4	weekend	2
举行[舉行]	ju3 xing2	to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)	1
郊外[郊外]	jiao1 wai4	outskirts	3
踏青[踏青]	ta4 qing1	lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green); spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April	1
万岁[萬歲]	wan4 sui4	Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep13/202 words - 40 min
企图[企圖]	qi3 tu2	to attempt; to try; attempt; CL:種|种[zhong3]	1
年终[年終]	nian2 zhong1	end of the year	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep14/25 words - 6 min
将会[將會]	jiang1 hui4	auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to	2
定义[定義]	ding4 yi4	definition; to define	1
活着[活著]	huo2 zhe5	alive	5
公然[公然]	gong1 ran2	openly; publicly; undisguised	1
调情[調情]	tiao2 qing2	to flirt	1
旷[曠]	kuang4	to neglect; to skip (class or work); to waste (time); vast; loose-fitting	1
怨[怨]	yuan4	to blame; to complain	2
献[獻]	xian4	to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old)	1
初恋[初戀]	chu1 lian4	first love	2
来临[來臨]	lai2 lin2	to approach; to come closer	1
有情人终成眷属[有情人終成眷屬]	you3 qing2 ren2 zhong1 cheng2 juan4 shu3	love will find a way (idiom)	2
圣[聖]	sheng4	holy; sacred; saint; sage	1
宴[宴]	yan4	feast; repose	1
证婚人[證婚人]	zheng4 hun1 ren2	wedding witness	1
驻[駐]	zhu4	to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)	1
作为[作為]	zuo4 wei2	one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be	1
后盾[後盾]	hou4 dun4	support; backing	1
不在意[不在意]	bu4 zai4 yi4	to pay no attention to; not to mind	2
虐待[虐待]	nu:e4 dai4	to mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse; mistreatment; maltreatment	2
这天[這天]	zhe4 tian1	today; this day	1
携[攜]	xie2	to carry; to take along; to bring along; to hold (hands); also pr. [xi1]	1
期中[期中]	qi1 zhong1	interim; midterm	1
抽[抽]	chou1	to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash	5
赖皮[賴皮]	lai4 pi2	shameless; (slang) rascal	1
离家出走[離家出走]	li2 jia1 chu1 zou3	to leave home (to live somewhere else)	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep14/50 words - 9 min
备[備]	bei4	to prepare; get ready; to provide or equip	1
不时之需[不時之需]	bu4 shi2 zhi1 xu1	a possible period of want or need	1
相机[相機]	xiang4 ji1	camera (abbr. for 照相機|照相机[zhao4 xiang4 ji1]); at the opportune moment; as the circumstances allow	2
直[直]	zhi2	straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters	6
血气方刚[血氣方剛]	xue4 qi4 fang1 gang1	full of sap (idiom); young and vigorous	2
良辰美景[良辰美景]	liang2 chen2 mei3 jing3	fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely	2
雷[雷]	lei2	thunder; mine (weapon); (Internet slang) terrifying; terrific	2
情不自禁[情不自禁]	qing2 bu4 zi4 jin1	unable to restrain emotions; cannot help	2
不可收拾[不可收拾]	bu4 ke3 shou1 shi2	irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless	2
虑[慮]	lu:4	to think over; to consider; anxiety	1
早晚[早晚]	zao3 wan3	morning and evening; sooner or later	3
温差[溫差]	wen1 cha1	difference in temperature	1
口渴[口渴]	kou3 ke3	thirsty	2
沙士[沙士]	sha1 shi4	sarsaparilla; root beer; SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) (loanword)	2
尿尿[尿尿]	niao4 niao4	to pee	2
尿[尿]	niao4	to urinate; urine; CL:泡[pao1]	4
肾脏[腎臟]	shen4 zang4	kidney	1
方[方]	fang1	square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter	2
肾[腎]	shen4	kidney	1
泌尿系统[泌尿系統]	mi4 niao4 xi4 tong3	urinary system	1
勇[勇]	yong3	brave	1
雨伞[雨傘]	yu3 san3	umbrella; CL:把[ba3]	1
贺[賀]	he4	to congratulate	1
屁股[屁股]	pi4 gu5	buttocks; bottom; butt; back part	2
歌厅[歌廳]	ge1 ting1	karaoke hall; singing hall (venue for concerts of popular songs)	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep14/75 words - 14 min
集[集]	ji2	to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode	3
全省[全省]	quan2 sheng3	the whole province	1
并称[並稱]	bing4 cheng1	joint name; combined name	1
深造[深造]	shen1 zao4	to pursue one's studies	3
电灯泡[電燈泡]	dian4 deng1 pao4	light bulb; (slang) unwanted third guest	2
说说[說說]	shuo1 shuo5	to say sth	3
坐车[坐車]	zuo4 che1	to take the car, bus, train etc	1
人事[人事]	ren2 shi4	personnel; human resources; human affairs; ways of the world; (euphemism) sexuality; the facts of life	1
枕头[枕頭]	zhen3 tou5	pillow	1
苦差事[苦差事]	ku3 chai1 shi5	see 苦差[ku3 chai1]	1
芳[芳]	fang1	fragrant	1
草[草]	cao3	grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]	1
鲜美[鮮美]	xian1 mei3	delicious; tasty	1
鸟语花香[鳥語花香]	niao3 yu3 hua1 xiang1	lit. birdsong and fragrant flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day	1
不惜[不惜]	bu4 xi1	not stint; not spare; not hesitate (to do sth); not scruple (to do sth)	1
木[木]	mu4	tree; wood; coffin; wooden; simple; numb; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]	1
对折[對摺]	dui4 zhe2	to sell at a 50% discount; to fold in two	1
空档[空檔]	kong4 dang4	gap (between two objects); interval of time (between events); opening in one's schedule; free time; (fig.) gap (in the market etc)	1
受不了[受不了]	shou4 bu4 liao3	unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand	3
相思[相思]	xiang1 si1	to yearn; to pine	1
卿卿我我[卿卿我我]	qing1 qing1 wo3 wo3	to bill and coo (idiom); to whisper sweet nothings to one another; to be very much in love	1
谈情说爱[談情說愛]	tan2 qing2 shuo1 ai4	to murmur endearments (idiom); to get into a romantic relationship	1
树林[樹林]	shu4 lin2	woods; grove; forest	2
移动[移動]	yi2 dong4	to move; movement; migration; mobile; portable	1
钥匙[鑰匙]	yao4 shi5	key; CL:把[ba3]	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep14/100 words - 20 min
闯进[闖進]	chuang3 jin4	to burst in	3
包括[包括]	bao1 kuo4	to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of	6
享有[享有]	xiang3 you3	to enjoy (rights, privileges etc)	1
锁[鎖]	suo3	to lock up; to lock; lock; CL:把[ba3]	2
防[防]	fang2	to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent	4
放行[放行]	fang4 xing2	to let pass	1
木炭[木炭]	mu4 tan4	charcoal	4
烤肉[烤肉]	kao3 rou4	barbecue (lit. roast meat)	1
木柴[木柴]	mu4 chai2	firewood	3
生火[生火]	sheng1 huo3	to make a fire; to light a fire	1
随机应变[隨機應變]	sui2 ji1 ying4 bian4	to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic	1
分组[分組]	fen1 zu3	to divide into groups; (computer networking) packet	1
弄脏[弄髒]	nong4 zang1	to make dirty; to defile; to smear	2
卤味[鹵味]	lu3 wei4	variant of 滷味|卤味[lu3 wei4]	2
辣[辣]	la4	hot (spicy); pungent	1
下面[下面]	xia4 mian4	below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xia4 mian5]	1
树枝[樹枝]	shu4 zhi1	branch; twig	3
出游[出遊]	chu1 you2	to go on a tour; to have an outing	1
保留[保留]	bao3 liu2	to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later	1
饿死[餓死]	e4 si3	to starve to death; to be very hungry	1
看好[看好]	kan4 hao3	optimistic (about the outcome); bullish; to think highly of; to support	3
变心[變心]	bian4 xin1	to cease to be faithful	3
扇风[扇風]	shan1 feng1	to fan oneself; to fan (sb)	1
熄[熄]	xi1	to extinguish; to put out (fire); to quench; to stop burning; to go out (of fire, lamp etc); to come to an end; to wither away; to die out; Taiwan pr. [xi2]	1
山上[山上]	Shan1 shang4	Shanshang township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep14/125 words - 24 min
气温[氣溫]	qi4 wen1	air temperature; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
暖和[暖和]	nuan3 huo5	warm; nice and warm	2
忍耐[忍耐]	ren3 nai4	to endure; to bear with; to exercise patience; to restrain oneself; patience; endurance	3
迷路[迷路]	mi2 lu4	to lose the way; lost; labyrinth; labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)	2
小路[小路]	xiao3 lu4	minor road; lane; pathway; trail	1
路标[路標]	lu4 biao1	a roadsign	1
鬼故事[鬼故事]	gui3 gu4 shi5	ghost story	1
气管[氣管]	qi4 guan3	windpipe; trachea; respiratory tract; air duct; gas pipe	1
扩张[擴張]	kuo4 zhang1	expansion; dilation; to expand (e.g. one's power or influence); to broaden	1
器[器]	qi4	device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]	1
晕倒[暈倒]	yun1 dao3	to faint; to swoon; to black out; to become unconscious	1
耽搁[耽擱]	dan1 ge5	to tarry; to delay; to stop over	1
仁至义尽[仁至義盡]	ren2 zhi4 yi4 jin4	extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom); meticulous virtue and attention to duty	1
扭伤[扭傷]	niu3 shang1	a sprain; a crick; to sprain	1
众[眾]	zhong4	many; numerous; crowd; multitude	2
百度[百度]	Bai3 du4	Baidu, Internet portal and search engine, www.baidu.com, listed as BIDU on NASDAQ since 1999	1
萦绕[縈繞]	ying2 rao4	to linger on; to hover; to encircle	1
蚊香[蚊香]	wen2 xiang1	mosquito-repellent incense or coil	1
余[餘]	yu2	extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me	3
尽早[儘早]	jin3 zao3	as early as possible	1
今生[今生]	jin1 sheng1	this life	1
知己[知己]	zhi1 ji3	to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend	1
抄[抄]	chao1	to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms	4
台词[臺詞]	tai2 ci2	an actor's lines; dialogue; Taiwanese word	1
强调[強調]	qiang2 diao4	to emphasize (a statement); to stress	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep14/150 words - 29 min
不曾[不曾]	bu4 ceng2	hasn't yet; hasn't ever	1
默默[默默]	mo4 mo4	in silence; not speaking	2
仰慕[仰慕]	yang3 mu4	to admire	1
我人[我人]	wo3 ren2	we	1
志气[志氣]	zhi4 qi4	ambition; resolve; backbone; drive; spirit	1
公平竞争[公平競爭]	gong1 ping2 jing4 zheng1	fair competition	5
纯粹[純粹]	chun2 cui4	pure; unadulterated; purely; completely	1
不为人知[不為人知]	bu4 wei2 ren2 zhi1	not known to anyone; secret; unknown	1
表白[表白]	biao3 bai2	to explain oneself; to express; to reveal one's thoughts or feelings; declaration; confession	5
发誓[發誓]	fa1 shi4	to vow; to pledge; to swear	4
决心[決心]	jue2 xin1	determination; resolution; determined; firm and resolute; to make up one's mind; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
冒冒失失[冒冒失失]	mao4 mao4 shi1 shi1	bold; forthright	2
令[令]	ling4	to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old)	2
我国[我國]	wo3 guo2	our country; China	2
高中[高中]	gao1 zhong1	senior high school; abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]	9
童子军[童子軍]	tong2 zi3 jun1	child soldiers; juvenile militia	2
方向感[方向感]	fang1 xiang4 gan3	sense of direction	1
侦查[偵查]	zhen1 cha2	to detect; to investigate	1
兵[兵]	bing1	soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
树叶[樹葉]	shu4 ye4	tree leaves	3
打滚[打滾]	da3 gun3	to roll about	1
柔弱[柔弱]	rou2 ruo4	weak; delicate	2
甜蜜[甜蜜]	tian2 mi4	sweet; happy	1
划伤[劃傷]	hua2 shang1	to damage by scratching; to gash; to lacerate	1
伤口[傷口]	shang1 kou3	wound; cut	8
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep14/171 words - 40 min
样[樣]	yang4	manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type	3
绕[繞]	rao4	to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex	2
蜘蛛[蜘蛛]	zhi1 zhu1	spider	1
惊讶[驚訝]	jing1 ya4	amazed; astonished; to surprise; amazing; astonishment; awe	1
幼稚[幼稚]	you4 zhi4	young; childish; puerile	2
做人[做人]	zuo4 ren2	to conduct oneself; to behave with integrity	3
鸡腿[雞腿]	ji1 tui3	chicken leg; drumstick; CL:根[gen1]	2
盖子[蓋子]	gai4 zi5	cover; lid; shell	1
系上[繫上]	ji4 shang5	to tie on; to buckle up; to fasten	1
坦率[坦率]	tan3 shuai4	frank (discussion); blunt; open	1
半路[半路]	ban4 lu4	halfway; midway; on the way	1
程咬金[程咬金]	Cheng2 Yao3 jin1	Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知節|程知节[Cheng2 Zhi1 jie2], Chinese general of the Tang dynasty	1
制造[製造]	zhi4 zao4	to manufacture; to make	6
情敌[情敵]	qing2 di2	rival in love	1
身手[身手]	shen1 shou3	skill; talent; agility	1
矫健[矯健]	jiao3 jian4	strong and healthy; vigorous	1
弹唱[彈唱]	tan2 chang4	to sing and play (plucked string instrument)	1
在行[在行]	zai4 hang2	to be adept at sth; to be an expert in a trade or profession	1
靖[靖]	jing4	quiet; peaceful; to make tranquil; to pacify	1
杨[楊]	yang2	poplar	1
行为[行為]	xing2 wei2	action; conduct; behavior; activity	6
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep15/25 words - 10 min
吹干[吹乾]	chui1 gan1	to blow-dry	1
半途而废[半途而廢]	ban4 tu2 er2 fei4	to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished	1
发炎[發炎]	fa1 yan2	to become inflamed; inflammation	2
纬[緯]	wei3	latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft	6
呼声[呼聲]	hu1 sheng1	a shout; fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group	1
交响乐[交響樂]	jiao1 xiang3 yue4	symphony	1
亲眼目睹[親眼目睹]	qin1 yan3 mu4 du3	to see for oneself; to see with one's own eyes	1
塌[塌]	ta1	to collapse; to droop; to settle down	3
乱动[亂動]	luan4 dong4	to fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with; to move randomly; to flail about	3
粗鲁[粗魯]	cu1 lu3	coarse; crude (in one's manner); boorish	1
本色[本色]	ben3 se4	inherent qualities; natural qualities; distinctive character; true qualities	1
胆小鬼[膽小鬼]	dan3 xiao3 gui3	coward	1
奉陪[奉陪]	feng4 pei2	(honorific) to accompany; to keep sb company	1
恐龙[恐龍]	kong3 long2	dinosaur; CL:頭|头[tou2]; (slang) ugly person	1
轰轰[轟轟]	hong1 hong1	booming; roaring	1
无福消受[無福消受]	wu2 fu2 xiao1 shou4	unfortunately cannot enjoy (idiom)	2
豪华[豪華]	hao2 hua2	luxurious	1
逞强[逞強]	cheng3 qiang2	to show off; to try to be brave	5
住院[住院]	zhu4 yuan4	to be in hospital; to be hospitalized	6
蜂窝[蜂窩]	feng1 wo1	bee's nest; honeycomb; fig. honeycomb figure	2
组织[組織]	zu3 zhi1	to organize; organization; organized system; nerve; tissue; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
炎[炎]	yan2	flame; inflammation; -itis	2
蜂[蜂]	feng1	bee; wasp	1
截肢[截肢]	jie2 zhi1	amputation (medicine); to amputate	2
截[截]	jie2	to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept; section; chunk; length	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep15/50 words - 16 min
出院[出院]	chu1 yuan4	to leave hospital; to be discharged from hospital	8
停顿[停頓]	ting2 dun4	to halt; to break off; pause (in speech)	1
心脏[心臟]	xin1 zang4	heart; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]	3
马拉松[馬拉松]	ma3 la1 song1	marathon (loanword)	1
筋[筋]	jin1	muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)	1
想想看[想想看]	xiang3 xiang3 kan4	to think about it	4
医院[醫院]	yi1 yuan4	hospital; CL:所[suo3],家[jia1],座[zuo4]	12
躺椅[躺椅]	tang3 yi3	deck chair; recliner; couch; lounge	1
硬邦邦[硬邦邦]	ying4 bang1 bang1	very hard	1
安心[安心]	an1 xin1	at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth	3
纸条[紙條]	zhi3 tiao2	slip of paper	3
星座[星座]	xing1 zuo4	constellation; astrological sign; CL:張|张[zhang1]	3
狮子座[獅子座]	Shi1 zi5 zuo4	Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)	1
牡[牡]	mu3	(of a bird, animal or plant) male; key; hills	1
狮子[獅子]	shi1 zi5	lion; CL:隻|只[zhi1],頭|头[tou2]	1
天生[天生]	tian1 sheng1	nature; disposition; innate; natural	2
处女座[處女座]	Chu3 nu:3 zuo4	Virgo (constellation and sign of the zodiac); popular variant of 室女座[Shi4 nu:3 zuo4]	2
分量[分量]	fen4 liang5	quantity; weight; measure	1
伙食[伙食]	huo3 shi2	food; meals	1
姐姐[姐姐]	jie3 jie5	older sister; CL:個|个[ge4]	7
个体[個體]	ge4 ti3	individual	1
贴[貼]	tie1	to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip	3
营养不良[營養不良]	ying2 yang3 bu4 liang2	malnutrition; undernourishment; deficiency disease; dystrophy	1
霸占[霸佔]	ba4 zhan4	to occupy by force; to seize; to dominate	1
苦瓜脸[苦瓜臉]	ku3 gua1 lian3	sour expression on one's face	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep15/75 words - 20 min
蹊跷[蹊蹺]	qi1 qiao1	odd; queer; strange; fishy; Taiwan pr. [xi1 qiao1]	1
压抑[壓抑]	ya1 yi4	to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression	1
驿[驛]	yi4	post horse; relay station	1
宣战[宣戰]	xuan1 zhan4	to declare war	1
领先[領先]	ling3 xian1	to lead; to be in front	1
百分比[百分比]	bai3 fen1 bi3	percentage	1
时刻[時刻]	shi2 ke4	time; juncture; moment; period of time; CL:個|个[ge4],段[duan4]; constantly; always	2
无微不至[無微不至]	wu2 wei1 bu4 zhi4	in every possible way (idiom); meticulous	1
攻破[攻破]	gong1 po4	to make a breakthrough; to break through; to breach (military)	1
鸭子[鴨子]	ya1 zi5	duck; male prostitute (slang)	2
第一眼[第一眼]	di4 yi1 yan3	at first glance; at first sight	2
无助[無助]	wu2 zhu4	helpless; helplessness; feeling useless; no help	4
恋情[戀情]	lian4 qing2	romantic love	2
爱神[愛神]	ai4 shen2	god of love	2
箭[箭]	jian4	arrow; CL:支[zhi1]	2
射[射]	she4	to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry)	2
心坎[心坎]	xin1 kan3	bottom of one's heart	1
义无反顾[義無反顧]	yi4 wu2 fan3 gu4	honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back; no surrender; to pursue justice with no second thoughts	2
上班时间[上班時間]	shang4 ban1 shi2 jian1	time of going to work; the morning rush hour	2
蛔虫[蛔蟲]	hui2 chong2	roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), a human parasite	2
比喻[比喻]	bi3 yu4	to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively	2
健康检查[健康檢查]	jian4 kang1 jian3 cha2	see 體格檢查|体格检查[ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2]	1
脑细胞[腦細胞]	nao3 xi4 bao1	brain cell	3
害人[害人]	hai4 ren2	to harm sb; to inflict suffering; to victimize; pernicious	2
牛肉[牛肉]	niu2 rou4	beef	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep15/100 words - 25 min
烩饭[燴飯]	hui4 fan4	rice in gravy, typically with meat and vegetables	1
红萝卜[紅蘿蔔]	hong2 luo2 bo5	carrot; radish	1
两样[兩樣]	liang3 yang4	two kinds; difference	1
清闲[清閒]	qing1 xian2	idle; leisurely	1
清净[清淨]	qing1 jing4	peaceful; quiet; tranquil; purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism)	1
这一阵子[這一陣子]	zhe4 yi1 zhen4 zi5	recently; currently	2
跑步[跑步]	pao3 bu4	to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double	1
专属[專屬]	zhuan1 shu3	to belong or be dedicated exclusively to; proprietary; private; personal	2
轿子[轎子]	jiao4 zi5	sedan chair; palanquin; litter	2
周到[周到]	zhou1 dao4	thoughtful; considerate; attentive; thorough; also pr. [zhou1 dao5]	1
全年[全年]	quan2 nian2	the whole year; all year long	1
吃醋[吃醋]	chi1 cu4	to feel jealous	8
字典[字典]	zi4 dian3	dictionary; character dictionary; CL:本[ben3]	1
否认[否認]	fou3 ren4	to declare to be untrue; to deny	1
交情[交情]	jiao1 qing5	friendship; friendly relations	4
火药[火藥]	huo3 yao4	gunpowder	1
办理[辦理]	ban4 li3	to handle; to transact; to conduct	1
使[使]	shi3	to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger	3
伤怀[傷懷]	shang1 huai2	grieved; full of sorrow	2
会试[會試]	hui4 shi4	metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)	2
想得开[想得開]	xiang3 de5 kai1	to not take to heart; to be free of worried thoughts; to adopt a lighthearted perspective; lighthearted	2
魔[魔]	mo2	devil; magic	1
折磨[折磨]	zhe2 mo2	to torment; to torture	1
天籁[天籟]	tian1 lai4	sounds of nature	1
般[般]	ban1	sort; kind; class; way; manner	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep15/125 words - 32 min
惜福[惜福]	xi1 fu2	to appreciate one's good fortune	1
笑嘻嘻[笑嘻嘻]	xiao4 xi1 xi1	grinning; smiling	1
写真集[寫真集]	xie3 zhen1 ji2	photobook (loanword from Japanese), generally sexy portraits of an actress or model	4
热带[熱帶]	re4 dai4	the tropics; tropical	1
竞争者[競爭者]	jing4 zheng1 zhe3	competitor	1
实际[實際]	shi2 ji4	reality; practice; practical; realistic; real; actual	1
想通[想通]	xiang3 tong1	to figure out; to realize; to become convinced; to come round (to an idea); to get over it	2
注定[註定]	zhu4 ding4	to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably	4
失恋[失戀]	shi1 lian4	to lose one's love; to break up (in a romantic relationship); to feel jilted	3
宣布[宣布]	xuan1 bu4	to declare; to announce; to proclaim	5
本名[本名]	ben3 ming2	original name; real name; personal name	1
年月[年月]	nian2 yue4	months and year; time; days of one's life	1
字号[字號]	zi4 hao4	characters and numbers (as used in a code); alphanumeric code; serial number	1
澄清[澄清]	cheng2 qing1	clear (of liquid); limpid; to clarify; to make sth clear; to be clear (about the facts)	1
冒名[冒名]	mao4 ming2	an impostor; to impersonate	1
谎言[謊言]	huang3 yan2	lie	2
掩饰[掩飾]	yan3 shi4	to cover up; to conceal; to mask; to gloss over	1
隐瞒[隱瞞]	yin3 man2	to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth	4
审问[審問]	shen3 wen4	to interrogate; to examine; to question	1
犯人[犯人]	fan4 ren2	convict; prisoner; criminal	2
教课[教課]	jiao1 ke4	to teach class; to lecture	1
对质[對質]	dui4 zhi4	to confront (in court etc); confrontation	2
过户[過戶]	guo4 hu4	to transfer ownership (of a vehicle, securities etc); (real estate) conveyancing	1
老人[老人]	lao3 ren2	old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents	1
痴呆[癡呆]	chi1 dai1	imbecility; dementia	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep15/150 words - 38 min
出差[出差]	chu1 chai1	to go on an official or business trip	1
私房钱[私房錢]	si1 fang2 qian2	secret purse; secret stash of money	7
虚惊[虛驚]	xu1 jing1	false alarm; panic rumor; CL:場|场[chang2]	2
爆[爆]	bao4	to explode or burst; to quick fry or quick boil	1
外孙[外孫]	wai4 sun1	daughter's son; grandson; descendant via the female line	3
大哥大[大哥大]	da4 ge1 da4	cell phone (bulky, early-model one); brick phone; mob boss	1
录放[錄放]	lu4 fang4	to record and play (audio, video)	1
影像[影像]	ying3 xiang4	image	1
研发[研發]	yan2 fa1	research and development; to develop	9
问世[問世]	wen4 shi4	to be published; to come out	1
产物[產物]	chan3 wu4	product; result (of)	2
荒唐[荒唐]	huang1 tang2	beyond belief; preposterous; absurd; intemperate; dissipated	2
学说[學說]	xue2 shuo1	theory; doctrine	1
半辈子[半輩子]	ban4 bei4 zi5	half of a lifetime	6
交错[交錯]	jiao1 cuo4	to crisscross; to intertwine	4
孙子[孫子]	sun1 zi5	grandson; son's son	6
履历[履歷]	lu:3 li4	background (academic and work); curriculum vitae; résumé	2
校友[校友]	xiao4 you3	schoolmate; alumnus; alumna	4
指导[指導]	zhi3 dao3	to guide; to give directions; to direct; to coach; guidance; tuition; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
肄业[肄業]	yi4 ye4	to attend (a school); to drop out (of college etc)	1
演讲[演講]	yan3 jiang3	lecture; to make a speech	2
身无分文[身無分文]	shen1 wu2 fen1 wen2	penniless (idiom)	1
擅长[擅長]	shan4 chang2	to be good at; to be expert in	2
只好[只好]	zhi3 hao3	without any better option; to have to; to be forced to	1
擅自[擅自]	shan4 zi4	without permission	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep15/163 words - 41 min
直觉[直覺]	zhi2 jue2	intuition	2
印证[印證]	yin4 zheng4	to seal; to confirm; to corroborate; to verify	1
亲切[親切]	qin1 qie4	amiable; cordial; close and dear; familiar	1
大半[大半]	da4 ban4	more than half; greater part; most; probably; most likely	1
适应[適應]	shi4 ying4	to adapt; to fit; to suit	1
隐密[隱密]	yin3 mi4	secret; hidden	1
团圆[團圓]	tuan2 yuan2	to have a reunion	4
一见如故[一見如故]	yi1 jian4 ru2 gu4	familiarity at first sight	1
投缘[投緣]	tou2 yuan2	to be kindred spirits; to hit it off	1
可不是[可不是]	ke3 bu5 shi4	that's just the way it is; exactly!	1
偶然[偶然]	ou3 ran2	incidentally; occasional; occasionally; by chance; randomly	3
必然[必然]	bi4 ran2	inevitable; certain; necessity	3
独立[獨立]	du2 li4	independent; independence; to stand alone	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep16/25 words - 10 min
暂停[暫停]	zan4 ting2	to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage; pause (media player)	1
浇花[澆花]	jiao1 hua1	to water the plants; to water the garden	1
两句[兩句]	liang3 ju4	(say) a few words	2
翻[翻]	fan1	to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross	4
通顺[通順]	tong1 shun4	smooth; clear and coherent	1
仙草[仙草]	xian1 cao3	medicinal herb (genus Mesona); grass jelly	1
多疑[多疑]	duo1 yi2	mistrustful; suspicious; paranoid	2
疑神疑鬼[疑神疑鬼]	yi2 shen2 yi2 gui3	to suspect everyone; overly suspicious	1
伤人[傷人]	shang1 ren2	to injure sb	2
来路不明[來路不明]	lai2 lu4 bu4 ming2	unidentified origin; no-one knows where it comes from; of dubious background	1
提防[提防]	di1 fang2	to guard against; to be vigilant; watch you don't (slip); also pr. [ti2 fang2]	1
金光党[金光黨]	jin1 guang1 dang3	racketeers; con artists	1
冒险[冒險]	mao4 xian3	to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure	1
尽到[盡到]	jin4 dao4	to fulfill (one's duty etc)	1
靠得住[靠得住]	kao4 de5 zhu4	reliable; trustworthy	1
心地[心地]	xin1 di4	character	1
油门[油門]	you2 men2	accelerator (pedal); gas pedal; throttle	1
兜兜[兜兜]	dou1 dou5	an undergarment covering chest and abdomen	1
食言[食言]	shi2 yan2	lit. to eat one's words; to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege; unsworn testimony	2
吸引[吸引]	xi1 yin3	to attract (interest, investment etc); CL:個|个[ge4]	1
各式各样[各式各樣]	ge4 shi4 ge4 yang4	(of) all kinds and sorts; various	1
例外[例外]	li4 wai4	exception; to be an exception	1
圆满[圓滿]	yuan2 man3	satisfactory; consummate; perfect	1
公家[公家]	gong1 jia1	the public; the state; society; the public purse	1
杰出[傑出]	jie2 chu1	outstanding; distinguished; remarkable; prominent; illustrious	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep16/50 words - 16 min
姆[姆]	mu3	woman who looks after small children; (old) female tutor	1
克[克]	ke4	to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares	1
鲁[魯]	lu3	(bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)	1
料理[料理]	liao4 li3	to arrange; to handle; to cook; cuisine; art of cooking	1
远离[遠離]	yuan3 li2	to be far from; to keep away from	3
受欢迎[受歡迎]	shou4 huan1 ying2	popular; well-received	1
穷[窮]	qiong2	poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly	3
心目[心目]	xin1 mu4	mind	5
多么[多麼]	duo1 me5	how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent	7
球场[球場]	qiu2 chang3	stadium; sports ground; court; pitch; field; golf course; CL:個|个[ge4],處|处[chu4]	1
情场[情場]	qing2 chang3	affairs of the heart; mutual relationship	4
失意[失意]	shi1 yi4	disappointed; frustrated	2
验证[驗證]	yan4 zheng4	to inspect and verify; experimental verification; to validate (a theory); to authenticate	1
闹别扭[鬧彆扭]	nao4 bie4 niu5	to be difficult with sb; to provoke disagreement; at loggerheads; to fall out with	2
抗拒[抗拒]	kang4 ju4	to resist; to defy; to oppose	3
不成[不成]	bu4 cheng2	won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?	4
档[檔]	dang4	official records; grade (of goods); file; records; shelves; slot; gap; crosspiece; classifier for crosspieces; classifier for events, affairs etc; Taiwan pr. [dang3]	1
步入[步入]	bu4 ru4	to step into; to enter	1
礼堂[禮堂]	li3 tang2	assembly hall; auditorium; CL:座[zuo4],處|处[chu4]	1
人人[人人]	ren2 ren2	everyone; every person	2
开窍[開竅]	kai1 qiao4	to get it straight; to start to understand things properly; enlightenment dawns	2
惊喜[驚喜]	jing1 xi3	nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised	4
美景[美景]	mei3 jing3	beautiful scenery	1
当前[當前]	dang1 qian2	current; today's; modern; present; to be facing (us)	1
进步[進步]	jin4 bu4	progress; improvement; to improve; to progress; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep16/75 words - 26 min
神速[神速]	shen2 su4	lightning speed; amazingly rapid; incredible pace of development	1
嫉妒[嫉妒]	ji2 du4	to be jealous; to envy; to hate	2
进展[進展]	jin4 zhan3	to make headway; to make progress	1
明[明]	ming2	bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods	2
叨念[叨念]	dao1 nian4	see 念叨[nian4 dao5]	1
淋雨[淋雨]	lin2 yu3	to get wet in the rain	1
淋[淋]	lin2	to sprinkle; to drip; to pour; to drench	1
次要[次要]	ci4 yao4	secondary	1
货[貨]	huo4	goods; money; commodity; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
传球[傳球]	chuan2 qiu2	pass (in soccer); to feed (ball)	2
橘子[橘子]	ju2 zi5	tangerine; CL:個|个[ge4],瓣[ban4]	1
失宠[失寵]	shi1 chong3	to lose favor; in disfavor; disgraced	1
得宠[得寵]	de2 chong3	to be a favorite; favor	1
色[色]	se4	color; CL:種|种[zhong3]; look; appearance; sex	1
听话[聽話]	ting1 hua4	to do what one is told; obedient	2
罢工[罷工]	ba4 gong1	a strike; to go on strike	2
电线杆[電線桿]	dian4 xian4 gan3	electric pole; telephone pole; lamppost; CL:根[gen1]	1
救护车[救護車]	jiu4 hu4 che1	ambulance; CL:輛|辆[liang4]	2
报警[報警]	bao4 jing3	to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police	14
公共[公共]	gong1 gong4	public; common; communal	1
血[血]	xue4	blood; colloquial pr. [xie3]; CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]	1
吓坏[嚇壞]	xia4 huai4	to be terrified; to terrify sb	4
全都[全都]	quan2 dou1	all; without exception	1
中国[中國]	Zhong1 guo2	China	3
炼钢[煉鋼]	lian4 gang1	steelmaking	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep16/100 words - 36 min
宏[宏]	hong2	great; magnificent; macro (computing); macro-	3
日月[日月]	ri4 yue4	the sun and moon; day and month; every day and every month; season; life and livelihood	1
黄[黃]	huang2	yellow; pornographic; to fall through	4
稍[稍]	shao1	somewhat; a little	2
交接[交接]	jiao1 jie1	(of two things) to come into contact; to meet; to hand over to; to take over from; to associate with; to have friendly relations with; to have sexual intercourse	2
马子[馬子]	ma3 zi5	bandit; brigand; gambling chip; see 馬桶|马桶	3
附[附]	fu4	to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached	1
钻石[鑽石]	zuan4 shi2	diamond; CL:顆|颗[ke1]	1
上等[上等]	shang4 deng3	highest quality; top-notch	1
名牌[名牌]	ming2 pai2	famous brand; nameplate; name tag	1
虚荣[虛榮]	xu1 rong2	vanity	1
诱惑[誘惑]	you4 huo4	to entice; to lure; to induce; to attract	1
与其[與其]	yu3 qi2	rather than...; 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] A 不如[bu4 ru2] B (rather than A, better to B)	2
自作多情[自作多情]	zi4 zuo4 duo1 qing2	to imagine that one's love is reciprocated; to shower affection on an uninterested party	2
随身听[隨身聽]	sui2 shen1 ting1	Walkman (trademark); portable stereo	1
眼熟[眼熟]	yan3 shu2	familiar-looking; to seem familiar	2
相同[相同]	xiang1 tong2	identical; same	1
成分[成分]	cheng2 fen4	composition; make-up; ingredient; element; component; one's social status; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
保暖[保暖]	bao3 nuan3	to stay warm; to protect against the cold	1
微[微]	wei1	tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. [wei2]	2
防水[防水]	fang2 shui3	waterproof	1
功能[功能]	gong1 neng2	function; capability	1
进口[進口]	jin4 kou3	to import; imported; entrance; inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)	2
行业[行業]	hang2 ye4	industry; business	1
实验室[實驗室]	shi2 yan4 shi4	laboratory; CL:間|间[jian1]	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep16/120 words - 41 min
方向[方向]	fang1 xiang4	direction; orientation; path to follow; CL:個|个[ge4]	4
蛋白质[蛋白質]	dan4 bai2 zhi4	protein	1
国内外[國內外]	guo2 nei4 wai4	domestic and international; at home and abroad	1
厂商[廠商]	chang3 shang1	manufacturer; producer	1
纺织[紡織]	fang3 zhi1	spinning and weaving	1
样品[樣品]	yang4 pin3	sample; specimen	1
市面上[市面上]	shi4 mian4 shang4	on the market	1
实验[實驗]	shi2 yan4	experiment; test; CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]; experimental; to experiment	5
剪裁[剪裁]	jian3 cai2	to tailor (clothes); to trim (expenditure)	1
一清二楚[一清二楚]	yi1 qing1 er4 chu3	to be very clear about sth (idiom)	1
贤内助[賢內助]	xian2 nei4 zhu4	(said of sb else's wife) a good wife	1
夫人[夫人]	fu1 ren5	lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4]	1
各种[各種]	ge4 zhong3	every kind of; all kinds of; various kinds	3
大小[大小]	da4 xiao3	dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; at any rate; adults and children; consideration of seniority	1
琐事[瑣事]	suo3 shi4	trifle	1
言不由衷[言不由衷]	yan2 bu4 you2 zhong1	to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek; saying one thing but meaning sth different	1
说到[說到]	shuo1 dao4	to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for	2
坦诚[坦誠]	tan3 cheng2	candid; frank; plain dealing	1
就是说[就是說]	jiu4 shi4 shuo1	in other words; that is	4
三头六臂[三頭六臂]	san1 tou2 liu4 bi4	lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom); fig. to possess remarkable abilities; a being of formidable powers	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep17/25 words - 8 min
倪匡[倪匡]	Ni2 Kuang1	Ni Kuang (1935-), Chinese novelist and screenwriter	3
卫[衛]	wei4	to guard; to protect; to defend; abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene; health; abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet	5
长官[長官]	zhang3 guan1	senior official; senior officer; commanding officer; CL:位[wei4]; sir (term of address for senior officer)	1
对号入座[對號入座]	dui4 hao4 ru4 zuo4	to take one's seat according to the ticket number; (fig.) to put (things or people) in their right place; to take a general comment as a personal attack	1
欺骗[欺騙]	qi1 pian4	to deceive; to cheat	1
蛛丝马迹[蛛絲馬跡]	zhu1 si1 ma3 ji4	lit. spider's thread and horse track; tiny hints (of a secret); traces; clue	1
细微[細微]	xi4 wei1	tiny; minute; fine; subtle; sensitive (instruments)	3
极大[極大]	ji2 da4	maximum; enormous	3
蝴蝶效应[蝴蝶效應]	hu2 die2 xiao4 ying4	butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)	12
想念[想念]	xiang3 nian4	to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again	4
家乡[家鄉]	jia1 xiang1	hometown; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
宵夜[宵夜]	xiao1 ye4	midnight snack; late-night snack	1
别扭[彆扭]	bie4 niu5	awkward; difficult; uncomfortable; not agreeing; at loggerheads; gauche	1
祖[祖]	zu3	ancestor; forefather; grandparents	1
孙[孫]	sun1	grandson; descendant	1
合得来[合得來]	he2 de5 lai2	to get along well; compatible; also written 和得來|和得来[he2 de5 lai2]	1
胁迫[脅迫]	xie2 po4	to coerce; to compel; to force	1
年底[年底]	nian2 di3	the end of the year; year-end	1
灯泡[燈泡]	deng1 pao4	light bulb; see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4]; third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang); CL:個|个[ge4]	6
组装[組裝]	zu3 zhuang1	to assemble and install	1
转眼[轉眼]	zhuan3 yan3	in a flash; in the blink of an eye; to glance	1
热闹[熱鬧]	re4 nao5	bustling with noise and excitement; lively	2
街道[街道]	jie1 dao4	street; CL:條|条[tiao2]; subdistrict; residential district	1
百货公司[百貨公司]	bai3 huo4 gong1 si1	department store	1
布置[佈置]	bu4 zhi4	to put in order; to arrange; to decorate; to fix up; to deploy	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep17/50 words - 18 min
棵[棵]	ke1	classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc	3
圣诞树[聖誕樹]	Sheng4 dan4 shu4	Christmas tree	3
交换[交換]	jiao1 huan4	to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute	8
串[串]	chuan4	to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across	1
过节[過節]	guo4 jie2	to celebrate a festival; after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)	3
树[樹]	shu4	tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up	8
夜晚[夜晚]	ye4 wan3	night; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
颜色[顏色]	yan2 se4	color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff	2
闪闪[閃閃]	shan3 shan3	flickering; sparkling; glistening; glittering	1
发亮[發亮]	fa1 liang4	to shine; shiny	1
寒冷[寒冷]	han2 leng3	cold (climate); frigid; very cold	1
十分[十分]	shi2 fen1	very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts	1
缤纷[繽紛]	bin1 fen1	vast and various; rich and diverse	1
倒数[倒數]	dao4 shu3	to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down; from the bottom (lines on a page); from the back (rows of seats)	8
慈祥[慈祥]	ci2 xiang2	kindly; benevolent (often of older person)	1
享[享]	xiang3	to enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of	2
天赐[天賜]	tian1 ci4	bestowed by heaven	2
安眠[安眠]	an1 mian2	to sleep peacefully	2
节日[節日]	jie2 ri4	holiday; festival; CL:個|个[ge4]	7
聚在一起[聚在一起]	ju4 zai4 yi1 qi3	to get together	1
往后[往後]	wang3 hou4	from now on; in the future; time to come	3
中文[中文]	Zhong1 wen2	Chinese language	1
做梦[做夢]	zuo4 meng4	to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream	3
一会儿[一會兒]	yi1 hui4 r5	a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yi1 hui3 r5]	1
连书[連書]	lian2 shu1	to write without lifting one's pen from the paper; (in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep17/75 words - 23 min
妹妹[妹妹]	mei4 mei5	younger sister; young woman; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
风筝[風箏]	feng1 zheng1	kite	8
借给[借給]	jie4 gei3	to lend to sb	2
限制[限制]	xian4 zhi4	to restrict; to limit; to confine; restriction; limit; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
展翅高飞[展翅高飛]	zhan3 chi4 gao1 fei1	to spread one's wings and soar (idiom); to develop one's abilities freely	1
想见[想見]	xiang3 jian4	to infer; to gather	1
光明正大[光明正大]	guang1 ming2 zheng4 da4	(of a person) honorable; not devious; (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly; (of a situation) out in the open	3
去向[去向]	qu4 xiang4	the position of sth; whereabouts	1
事实上[事實上]	shi4 shi2 shang4	in fact; in reality; actually; as a matter of fact; de facto; ipso facto	3
捣乱[搗亂]	dao3 luan4	to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally	1
责怪[責怪]	ze2 guai4	to blame; to rebuke	1
名誉[名譽]	ming2 yu4	fame; reputation; honor; honorary; emeritus (of retired professor)	1
受损[受損]	shou4 sun3	to suffer damage	2
听见[聽見]	ting1 jian4	to hear	3
至[至]	zhi4	to arrive; most; to; until	2
清醒[清醒]	qing1 xing3	clear-headed; sober; awake	4
绊住[絆住]	ban4 zhu4	to entangle; to hinder; to impede movement	1
阻碍[阻礙]	zu3 ai4	to obstruct; to hinder; to block; obstruction; hindrance	9
缠[纏]	chan2	to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy	2
光明磊落[光明磊落]	guang1 ming2 lei3 luo4	open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright	3
研究生[研究生]	yan2 jiu1 sheng1	graduate student; postgraduate student; research student	1
鸟[鳥]	niao3	bird; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddam	1
攀[攀]	pan1	to climb (by pulling oneself up); to implicate; to claim connections of higher status	1
势利眼[勢利眼]	shi4 li4 yan3	to be self-interested	2
高尚[高尚]	gao1 shang4	noble; lofty; refined; exquisite	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep17/100 words - 27 min
瞧不起[瞧不起]	qiao2 bu4 qi3	to look down upon; to hold in contempt	4
难看[難看]	nan2 kan4	ugly; unsightly	2
婚姻[婚姻]	hun1 yin1	matrimony; wedding; marriage; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]	7
结合[結合]	jie2 he2	to combine; to link; to integrate; binding; CL:次[ci4]	2
翅膀[翅膀]	chi4 bang3	wing; CL:個|个[ge4],對|对[dui4]	2
金瓜石[金瓜石]	Jin1 gua1 shi2	Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)	1
指望[指望]	zhi3 wang4	to hope for sth; to count on; hope	1
油漆[油漆]	you2 qi1	oil paints; lacquer; to paint; CL:層|层[ceng2]	1
工地[工地]	gong1 di4	construction site	2
干活[幹活]	gan4 huo2	to work; to be employed	1
棍子[棍子]	gun4 zi5	stick; rod	1
学坏[學壞]	xue2 huai4	to follow bad examples; to be corrupted by bad examples	1
为的是[為的是]	wei4 de5 shi4	for the sake of; for the purpose of	2
出人头地[出人頭地]	chu1 ren2 tou2 di4	to stand out among one's peers (idiom); to excel	2
老爸[老爸]	lao3 ba4	father; dad	3
尖[尖]	jian1	point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed	1
过日子[過日子]	guo4 ri4 zi5	to live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along	2
德性[德性]	de2 xing4	moral integrity	1
糟蹋[糟蹋]	zao1 ta4	to waste; to defile; to abuse; to insult; to defile; to trample on; to wreck; also pr. [zao1 ta5]	1
心血[心血]	xin1 xue4	heart's blood; expenditure (for some project); meticulous care	2
水沟[水溝]	shui3 gou1	gutter; sewer	1
心疼[心疼]	xin1 teng2	to love dearly; to feel sorry for sb; to regret; to grudge; to be distressed	7
一文不值[一文不值]	yi1 wen2 bu4 zhi2	worthless (idiom); no use whatsoever	1
模样[模樣]	mu2 yang4	look; style; appearance; approximation; about; CL:個|个[ge4]; also pr. [mo2 yang4]	1
书香门第[書香門第]	shu1 xiang1 men2 di4	family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep17/125 words - 30 min
正当[正當]	zheng4 dang1	timely; just (when needed)	1
养活[養活]	yang3 huo5	to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc); to raise animals; to feed and clothe; support; the necessities of life; to give birth	2
举止[舉止]	ju3 zhi3	bearing; manner; mien	1
粗俗[粗俗]	cu1 su2	vulgar	1
数落[數落]	shu3 luo5	to enumerate sb's shortcomings; to criticize; to scold; to talk on and on	1
昏[昏]	hun1	muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness	1
柴米油盐酱醋茶[柴米油鹽醬醋茶]	chai2 mi3 you2 yan2 jiang4 cu4 cha2	lit. firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea; fig. life's daily necessities	1
样样[樣樣]	yang4 yang4	all kinds	1
意[意]	yi4	idea; meaning; thought; to think; wish; desire; intention; to expect; to anticipate	1
远远[遠遠]	yuan3 yuan3	distant; by far	4
逃离[逃離]	tao2 li2	to run out; to escape	3
洋娃娃[洋娃娃]	yang2 wa2 wa5	doll (of Western appearance)	1
掌控[掌控]	zhang3 kong4	to control; in control of	1
受够[受夠]	shou4 gou4	to have had enough of; to be fed up with; to have had one's fill of	1
主导权[主導權]	zhu3 dao3 quan2	leadership (role)	1
服气[服氣]	fu2 qi4	to be convinced; to accept	1
不理[不理]	bu4 li3	to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore	4
管教[管教]	guan3 jiao4	to discipline; to teach; to guarantee	1
心软[心軟]	xin1 ruan3	to be softhearted; to be tenderhearted; to be kindhearted	1
毁[毀]	hui3	to destroy; to damage; to ruin; to defame; to slander	5
本月[本月]	ben3 yue4	this month; the current month	1
领导[領導]	ling3 dao3	lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]	1
有方[有方]	you3 fang1	to do things right; to use the correct method	1
连续[連續]	lian2 xu4	continuous; in a row; serial; consecutive	2
打破[打破]	da3 po4	to break; to smash	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep17/150 words - 33 min
打败[打敗]	da3 bai4	to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated	3
无条件[無條件]	wu2 tiao2 jian4	unconditional	6
百分百[百分百]	bai3 fen1 bai3	one hundred percent; totally (effective)	1
始祖[始祖]	shi3 zu3	primogenitor; founder of a school or trade	1
妈祖[媽祖]	Ma1 zu3	Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia	1
超越[超越]	chao1 yue4	to surpass; to exceed; to transcend	2
宝座[寶座]	bao3 zuo4	throne	1
让位[讓位]	rang4 wei4	to abdicate; to yield	1
应[應]	ying1	to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall	1
应[應]	ying4	to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with	1
自身[自身]	zi4 shen1	itself; oneself; one's own	1
获得[獲得]	huo4 de2	to obtain; to receive; to get	1
世代[世代]	shi4 dai4	for many generations; generation; era; age	1
专门[專門]	zhuan1 men2	specialist; specialized; customized	1
司机[司機]	si1 ji1	chauffeur; driver; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
凯迪拉克[凱迪拉克]	Kai3 di2 la1 ke4	Cadillac	1
进出[進出]	jin4 chu1	to enter or exit; to go through	1
别墅[別墅]	bie2 shu4	villa; CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]	1
岗位[崗位]	gang3 wei4	a post; a job	1
衣锦还乡[衣錦還鄉]	yi4 jin3 huan2 xiang1	to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory	1
买价[買價]	mai3 jia4	buying price	2
卖价[賣價]	mai4 jia4	selling price	2
涨跌[漲跌]	zhang3 die1	rise or fall in price	2
敏[敏]	min3	quick; nimble; agile; clever; smart	3
债[債]	zhai4	debt; CL:筆|笔[bi3]	1
送走[送走]	song4 zou3	to see off; to send off	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep17/175 words - 41 min
离婚[離婚]	li2 hun1	to divorce; divorced from (one's spouse)	1
罪[罪]	zui4	guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin	4
帮帮忙[幫幫忙]	bang1 bang5 mang2	to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break!	1
出于[出於]	chu1 yu2	due to; to stem from	1
修好[修好]	xiu1 hao3	to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds	1
重出江湖[重出江湖]	chong2 chu1 jiang1 hu2	(of a person) to return to the fray after a period of inactivity; to jump back into the thick of things; (of sth that was once popular) to be resurrected; to make a comeback	1
兜风[兜風]	dou1 feng1	to catch the wind; to go for a spin in the fresh air	1
伊[伊]	yi1	(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; that (preceding a noun)	1
美食[美食]	mei3 shi2	culinary delicacy; fine food; gourmet food	1
馆[館]	guan3	building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate; schoolroom (old); CL:家[jia1]	1
冲突[衝突]	chong1 tu1	conflict; to conflict; clash of opposing forces; collision (of interests); contention	1
门当户对[門當戶對]	men2 dang1 hu4 dui4	the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom); (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match	1
一发不可收拾[一發不可收拾]	yi1 fa1 bu4 ke3 shou1 shi5	things that have happened can hardly be controlled; to get out of hand	1
禁足[禁足]	jin4 zu2	to forbid sb to go out; to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc); to ground (as disciplinary measure); to gate; to curfew; restriction on movement; ban on visiting a place; out of bounds; off limits; caveat	2
母女[母女]	mu3 nu:3	mother-daughter	2
转圜[轉圜]	zhuan3 huan2	to save or redeem (a situation); to mediate; to intercede	1
神奇[神奇]	shen2 qi2	magical; mystical; miraculous	2
合照[合照]	he2 zhao4	to pose for a photo	2
不情愿[不情願]	bu4 qing2 yuan4	unwilling	2
插手[插手]	cha1 shou3	to get involved in; to meddle; interference	3
年份[年份]	nian2 fen5	particular year; certain year; given year	1
公用电话[公用電話]	gong1 yong4 dian4 hua4	public phone; CL:部[bu4]	1
翻身[翻身]	fan1 shen1	to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes	1
发达[發達]	fa1 da2	developed (country etc); flourishing; to develop	1
十倍[十倍]	shi2 bei4	tenfold; ten times (sth)	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep17/183 words - 44 min
百倍[百倍]	bai3 bei4	a hundredfold; a hundred times	1
倍[倍]	bei4	(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply	4
报答[報答]	bao4 da2	to repay; to requite	3
先下手为强[先下手為強]	xian1 xia4 shou3 wei2 qiang2	strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term); Making the first move is an advantage.	1
男子汉[男子漢]	nan2 zi3 han4	man (i.e. manly, masculine)	2
曾[曾]	ceng2	once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)	4
紫[紫]	zi3	purple; violet	4
婷[婷]	ting2	graceful	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep18/25 words - 10 min
语无伦次[語無倫次]	yu3 wu2 lun2 ci4	incoherent speech; to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)	1
大舌头[大舌頭]	da4 she2 tou5	(coll.) lisp; one who lisps	1
好险[好險]	hao3 xian3	to have a close call; to have a narrow escape	1
劳[勞]	lao2	to toil; labor; laborer; to put sb to trouble (of doing sth); meritorious deed; to console (Taiwan pr. [lao4] for this sense)	2
师[師]	shi1	teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops	1
难保[難保]	nan2 bao3	hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve	1
无辜[無辜]	wu2 gu1	innocent; innocence; not guilty (law)	2
路人[路人]	lu4 ren2	passer-by; stranger	1
行踪[行蹤]	xing2 zong1	whereabouts; (lose) track (of)	1
个头[個頭]	ge4 tou2	size; height	2
闹事[鬧事]	nao4 shi4	to cause trouble; to create a disturbance	1
连累[連累]	lian2 lei3	to involve; to implicate sb; to spread to others (harm, trouble, damage etc)	3
刮目相看[刮目相看]	gua1 mu4 xiang1 kan4	to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth; to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)	1
大名鼎鼎[大名鼎鼎]	da4 ming2 ding3 ding3	grand reputation; renowned; famous	1
解酒[解酒]	jie3 jiu3	to dissipate the effects of alcohol	1
液[液]	ye4	liquid; fluid; Taiwan pr. [yi4]	1
喝掉[喝掉]	he1 diao4	to drink up; to finish (a drink)	1
酒量[酒量]	jiu3 liang4	capacity for liquor; how much one can drink	1
心灵[心靈]	xin1 ling2	bright; smart; quick-witted; heart; thoughts; spirit	1
敏感[敏感]	min3 gan3	sensitive; susceptible	2
往来[往來]	wang3 lai2	dealings; contacts; to go back and forth	5
耳根子软[耳根子軟]	er3 gen1 zi5 ruan3	credulous	1
霸道[霸道]	ba4 dao4	the Way of the Hegemon; abbr. for 霸王之道; despotic rule; rule by might; evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道; overbearing; tyranny; (of liquor, medicine etc) strong; potent	1
眼睁睁[眼睜睜]	yan3 zheng1 zheng1	to stare blankly; to look on helplessly; to look on unfeelingly	1
眼前[眼前]	yan3 qian2	before one's eyes; now; at present	9
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep18/50 words - 21 min
引导[引導]	yin3 dao3	to guide; to lead (around); to conduct; to boot; introduction; primer	2
醋[醋]	cu4	vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)	1
阴阳怪气[陰陽怪氣]	yin1 yang2 guai4 qi4	eccentric; peculiar; mystifying	1
生闷气[生悶氣]	sheng1 men4 qi4	to seethe; to sulk; to be pissed off (vulgar)	1
难以启齿[難以啟齒]	nan2 yi3 qi3 chi3	to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom); to find it hard to speak about sth	1
勇气[勇氣]	yong3 qi4	courage; valor	5
成年人[成年人]	cheng2 nian2 ren2	adult person	1
单身[單身]	dan1 shen1	unmarried; single	2
圣诞[聖誕]	Sheng4 dan4	Christmas; birthday of reigning Emperor; Confucius' birthday	18
弄巧成拙[弄巧成拙]	nong4 qiao3 cheng2 zhuo1	to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face	1
出错[出錯]	chu1 cuo4	to make a mistake; error	1
少根筋[少根筋]	shao3 gen1 jin1	(coll.) dim-witted; foolish; absent-minded	1
预防[預防]	yu4 fang2	to prevent; to take precautions against; to protect; to guard against; precautionary; prophylactic	1
死心[死心]	si3 xin1	to give up; to admit failure; to drop the matter; to reconcile oneself to loss; to have no more illusions about	3
壶[壺]	hu2	pot; classifier for bottled liquid	1
即[即]	ji2	namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near	1
看待[看待]	kan4 dai4	to look upon; to regard	3
订做[訂做]	ding4 zuo4	to make to order; to have sth made to order	1
信任[信任]	xin4 ren4	to trust; to have confidence in	14
富[富]	fu4	rich; abundant; wealthy	1
邦[邦]	bang1	country; nation; state	1
市价[市價]	shi4 jia4	market value	1
大户[大戶]	da4 hu4	great family; rich family; large landlord; conspicuous spender or consumer	1
专利[專利]	zhuan1 li4	patent; sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people; monopoly	3
口沫[口沫]	kou3 mo4	spittle; saliva	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep18/75 words - 26 min
横飞[橫飛]	heng2 fei1	to splash across; to splatter	1
零头[零頭]	ling2 tou2	odd; scrap; remainder	1
酒味[酒味]	jiu3 wei4	smell of alcohol; flavoring of rum or other liquor in food; aroma or nose (of wine)	1
宿醉[宿醉]	su4 zui4	hangover	1
小鬼[小鬼]	xiao3 gui3	little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child; imp	1
热茶[熱茶]	re4 cha2	hot tea	3
泡茶[泡茶]	pao4 cha2	to make tea	2
烂醉[爛醉]	lan4 zui4	dead drunk; completely drunk	2
阴魂不散[陰魂不散]	yin1 hun2 bu4 san4	lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom); fig. the influence still lingers on; the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive	1
扶[扶]	fu2	to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help	2
平白无故[平白無故]	ping2 bai2 wu2 gu4	without good cause	1
助手[助手]	zhu4 shou3	assistant; helper	2
马[馬]	ma3	horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess	2
说到做到[說到做到]	shuo1 dao4 zuo4 dao4	to be as good as one's word (idiom); to keep one's promise	3
挑拨离间[挑撥離間]	tiao3 bo1 li2 jian4	to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between	1
番[番]	fan1	foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort	1
天大[天大]	tian1 da4	gargantuan; as big as the sky; enormous	1
诡计[詭計]	gui3 ji4	trick; ruse; crafty scheme	1
求情[求情]	qiu2 qing2	to plea for leniency; to ask for a favor	2
掌握[掌握]	zhang3 wo4	to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency	1
确保[確保]	que4 bao3	to ensure; to guarantee	1
不幸[不幸]	bu4 xing4	misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately; CL:個|个[ge4]	5
奔波[奔波]	ben1 bo1	to rush about; to be constantly on the move	1
劳累[勞累]	lao2 lei4	tired; exhausted; worn out; to toil	1
不争气[不爭氣]	bu4 zheng1 qi4	to be disappointing; to fail to live up to expectations	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep18/100 words - 33 min
诉苦[訴苦]	su4 ku3	to grumble; to complain; grievance	1
幸[幸]	xing4	fortunate; lucky	5
衡量[衡量]	heng2 liang2	to weigh; to examine; to consider	1
构成[構成]	gou4 cheng2	to constitute; to form; to compose; to make up; to configure (computing)	1
舍得[捨得]	she3 de5	to be willing to part with sth	1
无意间[無意間]	wu2 yi4 jian1	inadvertently; unintentionally	1
真相[真相]	zhen1 xiang4	the truth about sth; the actual facts	13
建筑[建築]	jian4 zhu4	to construct; building; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
公会[公會]	gong1 hui4	guild	1
叙[敘]	xu4	to narrate; to chat	1
财团[財團]	cai2 tuan2	financial group	1
地主[地主]	di4 zhu3	landlord; landowner; host	1
请便[請便]	qing3 bian4	Please do as you wish!; You are welcome to do whatever you like!; Please make yourself at home.	2
遮遮掩掩[遮遮掩掩]	zhe1 zhe1 yan3 yan3	to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)	3
有道[有道]	you3 dao4	to have attained the Way; (of a government or a ruler) enlightened; wise and just	1
怂恿[慫恿]	song3 yong3	to instigate; to incite; to egg sb on	1
挑拨[挑撥]	tiao3 bo1	to incite disharmony; to instigate	1
见不得[見不得]	jian4 bu5 de2	not fit to be seen by; should not be exposed to; can't bear to see	1
依赖[依賴]	yi1 lai4	to depend on; to be dependent on	1
针对[針對]	zhen1 dui4	to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to	2
体会[體會]	ti3 hui4	to know from experience; to learn through experience; to realize; understanding; experience	4
不可告人[不可告人]	bu4 ke3 gao4 ren2	hidden; kept secret; not to be divulged	1
处处[處處]	chu4 chu4	everywhere; in all respects	3
亲密[親密]	qin1 mi4	intimate; close	4
暧昧[曖昧]	ai4 mei4	vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep18/115 words - 40 min
自私[自私]	zi4 si1	selfish; selfishness	10
通缉犯[通緝犯]	tong1 ji1 fan4	wanted criminal; fugitive (from the law)	9
活动[活動]	huo2 dong4	to exercise; to move about; to operate; to use connections (personal influence); loose; shaky; active; movable; activity; campaign; maneuver; behavior; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]	3
犯罪[犯罪]	fan4 zui4	to commit a crime; crime; offense	1
逮捕[逮捕]	dai4 bu3	to arrest; to apprehend; an arrest	1
荒谬[荒謬]	huang1 miu4	absurd; ridiculous	3
同情[同情]	tong2 qing2	to sympathize with; sympathy	4
谎[謊]	huang3	lies; to lie	2
放手[放手]	fang4 shou3	to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand	4
制版[製版]	zhi4 ban3	to make a plate (printing)	1
影片[影片]	ying3 pian4	film; movie; CL:部[bu4]	1
苹果公司[蘋果公司]	Ping2 guo3 Gong1 si1	Apple Inc.	1
电话机[電話機]	dian4 hua4 ji1	telephone set	1
忍心[忍心]	ren3 xin1	to have the heart to do sth; to steel oneself to a task	2
说实话[說實話]	shuo1 shi2 hua4	to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep19/25 words - 7 min
鼻塞[鼻塞]	bi2 se4	a blocked nose	1
收讯[收訊]	shou1 xun4	(wireless) reception	1
备用[備用]	bei4 yong4	reserve; spare; alternate; backup	1
毫无[毫無]	hao2 wu2	not in the least; to completely lack	2
攻势[攻勢]	gong1 shi4	(military) offensive	1
下定决心[下定決心]	xia4 ding4 jue2 xin1	to make a firm resolution	5
针[針]	zhen1	needle; pin; injection; stitch; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]	4
新式[新式]	xin1 shi4	new style; latest type	1
产品[產品]	chan3 pin3	goods; merchandise; product; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
钢笔[鋼筆]	gang1 bi3	fountain pen; CL:支[zhi1]	3
作[作]	zuo4	to do; to grow; to write or compose; to pretend; to regard as; to feel; writings or works	2
文字[文字]	wen2 zi4	character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
有加[有加]	you3 jia1	extremely (placed after verb or adjective)	1
上进[上進]	shang4 jin4	to make progress; to do better; fig. ambitious to improve oneself; to move forwards	1
搜集[搜集]	sou1 ji2	to gather; to collect	2
护[護]	hu4	to protect	1
贝[貝]	bei4	cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)	1
书签[書籤]	shu1 qian1	bookmark; CL:張|张[zhang1]	1
拗[拗]	ao4	to bend in two so as to break; to defy; to disobey; also pr. [ao3]	1
折[折]	zhe2	to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book	3
卡片[卡片]	ka3 pian4	card	31
科幻小说[科幻小說]	ke1 huan4 xiao3 shuo1	science fiction novel	6
变形[變形]	bian4 xing2	deformation; to become deformed; to change shape; to morph	1
考生[考生]	kao3 sheng1	exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam	2
系列[系列]	xi4 lie4	series; set	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep19/50 words - 14 min
玩具[玩具]	wan2 ju4	plaything; toy	6
主宰[主宰]	zhu3 zai3	to dominate; to rule; to dictate; master	1
机器人[機器人]	ji1 qi4 ren2	mechanical person; robot; android	2
掳[擄]	lu3	to capture; to seize	1
当作[當作]	dang4 zuo4	to treat as; to regard as	3
宠物[寵物]	chong3 wu4	house pet	6
原子[原子]	yuan2 zi3	atom; atomic	2
震荡[震盪]	zhen4 dang4	to shake up; to jolt; to vibrate; to oscillate; to fluctuate	1
逆转[逆轉]	ni4 zhuan3	to turn back; to reverse	1
装置[裝置]	zhuang1 zhi4	to install; installation; equipment; system; unit; device	1
之中[之中]	zhi1 zhong1	inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during	2
情节[情節]	qing2 jie2	plot; circumstances	1
古代[古代]	gu3 dai4	ancient times; olden times	1
几千[幾千]	ji3 qian1	several thousand	6
暑假[暑假]	shu3 jia4	summer vacation; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
预告[預告]	yu4 gao4	to forecast; to predict; advance notice	1
理财[理財]	li3 cai2	financial management; finance	1
顾问[顧問]	gu4 wen4	adviser; consultant	1
统治[統治]	tong3 zhi4	to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime	1
公开[公開]	gong1 kai1	public; to publish; to make public	2
广东[廣東]	Guang3 dong1	Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name 粵|粤[Yue4], capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州	1
袋子[袋子]	dai4 zi5	bag	1
架式[架式]	jia4 shi5	variant of 架勢|架势[jia4 shi5]	1
行头[行頭]	xing2 tou5	a person's clothing; outfit; actor's costume	2
人脉[人脈]	ren2 mai4	contacts; connections; network	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep19/75 words - 19 min
传授[傳授]	chuan2 shou4	to impart; to pass on; to teach	1
晋升[晉升]	jin4 sheng1	to promote to a higher position	2
欢乐[歡樂]	huan1 le4	gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment; pleasure; happy; joyous; gay	1
按照[按照]	an4 zhao4	according to; in accordance with; in the light of; on the basis of	4
业务[業務]	ye4 wu4	business; professional work; service; CL:項|项[xiang4]	5
接手[接手]	jie1 shou3	to take over (duties etc); catcher (baseball etc)	1
活生生[活生生]	huo2 sheng1 sheng1	real (people); living (artist); while still alive (e.g. skinned alive)	1
罗密欧[羅密歐]	Luo2 mi4 ou1	Romeo (name)	1
茱丽叶[茱麗葉]	Zhu1 li4 ye4	Juliet or Juliette (name)	1
拆散[拆散]	chai1 san4	to break up (a marriage, family etc)	1
用不着[用不著]	yong4 bu5 zhao2	not need; have no use for	1
入学[入學]	ru4 xue2	to enter a school or college; to go to school for the first time as a child	3
学费[學費]	xue2 fei4	tuition fee; tuition; CL:個|个[ge4]	6
费用[費用]	fei4 yong4	cost; expenditure; expense; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]	1
牺牲[犧牲]	xi1 sheng1	to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice	8
视为[視為]	shi4 wei2	to view as; to see as; to consider to be; to deem	1
旷职[曠職]	kuang4 zhi2	to fail to show up for work	2
自动[自動]	zi4 dong4	automatic; voluntarily	2
解雇[解僱]	jie3 gu4	to fire; to sack; to dismiss; to terminate employment	1
申请[申請]	shen1 qing3	to apply for sth; application (form etc); CL:份[fen4]	8
周全[周全]	zhou1 quan2	thorough; to bring one's help; to assist	1
做法[做法]	zuo4 fa3	way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
辞呈[辭呈]	ci2 cheng2	(written) resignation	2
尽快[儘快]	jin3 kuai4	as quickly as possible; as soon as possible; with all speed	5
强硬[強硬]	qiang2 ying4	tough; unyielding; hard-line	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep19/100 words - 24 min
被迫[被迫]	bei4 po4	to be compelled; to be forced	1
优[優]	you1	excellent; superior	1
脚踏[腳踏]	jiao3 ta4	pedal	1
夫[夫]	fu1	husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)	1
一妻制[一妻制]	yi1 qi1 zhi4	monogamy	1
瓦解[瓦解]	wa3 jie3	to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble	1
伴侣[伴侶]	ban4 lu:3	companion; mate; partner	1
游侠[遊俠]	you2 xia2	knight-errant	1
伙计[伙計]	huo3 ji5	partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant	1
脑波[腦波]	nao3 bo1	brain wave; EEG	1
竹[竹]	zhu2	bamboo; CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1]; Kangxi radical 118	1
蜻蜓[蜻蜓]	qing1 ting2	dragonfly	1
叮当[叮噹]	ding1 dang1	(onom.) ding dong; jingling of bells; clanking sound	1
道具[道具]	dao4 ju4	prop (theater); paraphernalia; (gaming) item; artifact	1
捉弄[捉弄]	zhuo1 nong4	to tease	1
害死[害死]	hai4 si3	to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death	2
演员[演員]	yan3 yuan2	actor or actress; performer; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]	1
爷[爺]	ye2	grandpa; old gentleman	2
拉倒[拉倒]	la1 dao3	to pull down; (coll.) to let it go; to drop it	1
敬佩[敬佩]	jing4 pei4	to esteem; to admire	1
一阵子[一陣子]	yi1 zhen4 zi5	a while; a spell; a short time; a burst	3
乐观其成[樂觀其成]	le4 guan1 qi2 cheng2	to look favorably on sth; would be glad to see it happen	1
诚信[誠信]	cheng2 xin4	genuine; honest; in good faith; honesty; integrity	1
订婚[訂婚]	ding4 hun1	to get engaged	2
老年[老年]	lao3 nian2	elderly; old age; autumn of one's years	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep19/125 words - 31 min
打断[打斷]	da3 duan4	to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone)	2
更年期[更年期]	geng1 nian2 qi1	menopause; andropause	1
打呼[打呼]	da3 hu1	to snore	1
盗[盜]	dao4	to steal; to rob; to plunder; thief; bandit; robber	1
垒[壘]	lei3	rampart; base (in baseball); to build with stones, bricks etc	1
得分[得分]	de2 fen1	to score	1
投机[投機]	tou2 ji1	to speculate (on financial markets); opportunistic; congenial; agreeable	1
魅力[魅力]	mei4 li4	charm; fascination; glamor; charisma	2
订[訂]	ding4	to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order	4
外卖[外賣]	wai4 mai4	to go; take out (relates to food bought at a restaurant)	1
对过[對過]	dui4 guo4	across; opposite; the other side	1
积[積]	ji1	to amass; to accumulate; to store; measured quantity (such as area of volume); product (the result of multiplication); to integrate (math.); to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.); old; long-standing	1
一事无成[一事無成]	yi1 shi4 wu2 cheng2	to have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere	1
幻灭[幻滅]	huan4 mie4	(of dreams, hopes etc) to vanish; to evaporate; (of a person) to become disillusioned; disillusionment	1
成长[成長]	cheng2 zhang3	to mature; to grow; growth	2
外送[外送]	wai4 song4	to send out; fast food delivered	1
钞票[鈔票]	chao1 piao4	paper money; a bill (e.g. 100 yuan); CL:張|张[zhang1],紮|扎[za1]	1
高人一等[高人一等]	gao1 ren2 yi1 deng3	a cut above others; superior	1
特[特]	te4	special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex	1
煎[煎]	jian1	to pan fry; to sauté	1
明虾[明蝦]	ming2 xia1	prawn	1
烤鸡[烤雞]	kao3 ji1	roast chicken	1
红烧[紅燒]	hong2 shao1	simmer-fried (dish)	2
非要[非要]	fei1 yao4	to want absolutely; to insist on (doing something)	1
天经地义[天經地義]	tian1 jing1 di4 yi4	lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep19/149 words - 38 min
消极[消極]	xiao1 ji2	negative; passive; inactive	1
走向[走向]	zou3 xiang4	direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for	1
好命[好命]	hao3 ming4	lucky; blessed with good fortune	1
见笑[見笑]	jian4 xiao4	to mock; to be ridiculed; to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble)	1
识[識]	shi2	to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]	1
棍棒[棍棒]	gun4 bang4	club; staff; stick	1
孝子[孝子]	xiao4 zi3	filial son	1
每当[每當]	mei3 dang1	whenever; every time; on every	1
之一[之一]	zhi1 yi1	one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)	4
治病[治病]	zhi4 bing4	to treat an illness	1
直到[直到]	zhi2 dao4	until	5
兼[兼]	jian1	double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time	1
砖头[磚頭]	zhuan1 tou5	brick	1
愿望[願望]	yuan4 wang4	desire; wish	15
严厉[嚴厲]	yan2 li4	severe; strict	1
印记[印記]	yin4 ji4	imprint; trace	1
巴掌[巴掌]	ba1 zhang3	palm of the hand; classifier: slap	2
站稳[站穩]	zhan4 wen3	to stand firm	1
热水瓶[熱水瓶]	re4 shui3 ping2	thermos bottle; vacuum bottle; hot water dispenser (appliance); CL:個|个[ge4]	1
疤[疤]	ba1	scar; scab	2
记号[記號]	ji4 hao5	mark; symbol; notation; seal	2
坚强[堅強]	jian1 qiang2	staunch; strong	1
共犯[共犯]	gong4 fan4	accomplice	1
外出[外出]	wai4 chu1	to go out; to go away (on a trip etc)	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep20/25 words - 9 min
亲生[親生]	qin1 sheng1	one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents)	5
确切[確切]	que4 qie4	definite; exact; precise	1
抑郁[抑鬱]	yi4 yu4	depressed; despondent; gloomy; depression	1
心爱[心愛]	xin1 ai4	beloved	2
感情用事[感情用事]	gan3 qing2 yong4 shi4	to act impetuously (idiom); on an impulse	1
付出[付出]	fu4 chu1	to pay; to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)	9
代价[代價]	dai4 jia4	price; cost; consideration (in share dealing)	4
随[隨]	sui2	to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently	2
便[便]	bian4	plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards	3
更动[更動]	geng1 dong4	to change; to replace; to alter	1
懵懵懂懂[懵懵懂懂]	meng3 meng3 dong3 dong3	confused; ignorant	1
渐渐[漸漸]	jian4 jian4	gradually	2
自在[自在]	zi4 zai5	free; unrestrained; comfortable; at ease	1
弄清[弄清]	nong4 qing1	to clarify; to fully understand	1
碍[礙]	ai4	to hinder; to obstruct; to block	2
现况[現況]	xian4 kuang4	the current situation	1
博[博]	bo2	extensive; ample; rich; obtain; aim; to win; to get; plentiful; to gamble	1
奖学金[獎學金]	jiang3 xue2 jin1	scholarship; CL:筆|笔[bi3]	1
公费[公費]	gong1 fei4	at public expense	3
普通[普通]	pu3 tong1	common; ordinary; general; average	1
老古板[老古板]	lao3 gu3 ban3	overly conservative; old-fashioned; old fogey; a square	1
交朋友[交朋友]	jiao1 peng2 you5	to make friends; (dialect) to start an affair with sb	1
得要[得要]	dei3 yao4	to need; must	1
分寸[分寸]	fen1 cun5	propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms	1
懂事[懂事]	dong3 shi4	sensible; thoughtful; intelligent	5
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep20/50 words - 21 min
分辨[分辨]	fen1 bian4	to distinguish; to differentiate; to resolve	2
是非[是非]	shi4 fei1	right and wrong; quarrel	1
父女[父女]	fu4 nu:3	father and daughter	1
联手[聯手]	lian2 shou3	lit. to join hands; to act together	1
耽误[耽誤]	dan1 wu5	to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with	3
不知不觉[不知不覺]	bu4 zhi1 bu4 jue2	unconsciously; unwittingly	1
折纸[摺紙]	zhe2 zhi3	paper folding; origami	1
抛开[拋開]	pao1 kai1	to throw out; to get rid of	2
心愿[心願]	xin1 yuan4	cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration	1
实现[實現]	shi2 xian4	to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about	4
疑[疑]	yi2	to doubt; to suspect	1
阻力[阻力]	zu3 li4	resistance; drag	1
太过[太過]	tai4 guo4	excessively; too	1
强大[強大]	qiang2 da4	large; formidable; powerful; strong	2
移民[移民]	yi2 min2	to immigrate; to migrate; emigrant; immigrant	9
亲戚[親戚]	qin1 qi5	a relative (i.e. family relation); CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4]	1
明年[明年]	ming2 nian2	next year	3
岸[岸]	an4	bank; shore; beach; coast; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
升学[升學]	sheng1 xue2	to enter the next grade school	1
安顿[安頓]	an1 dun4	to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; undisturbed; peaceful	1
城市[城市]	cheng2 shi4	city; town; CL:座[zuo4]	1
外地[外地]	wai4 di4	parts of the country other than where one is	1
晚饭[晚飯]	wan3 fan4	evening meal; dinner; supper; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]	1
晴[晴]	qing2	clear; fine (weather)	1
旅行[旅行]	lu:3 xing2	to travel; journey; trip; CL:趟[tang4],次[ci4],個|个[ge4]	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep20/75 words - 28 min
一去不回[一去不回]	yi1 qu4 bu4 hui2	gone forever	1
怀[懷]	huai2	bosom; heart; mind; to think of; to harbor in one's mind; to conceive (a child)	5
容[容]	rong2	to hold; to contain; to allow; to tolerate; appearance; look; countenance	1
这阵子[這陣子]	zhe4 zhen4 zi5	now; at present; at this juncture	4
何[何]	he2	what; how; why; which; carry	2
偷偷摸摸[偷偷摸摸]	tou1 tou1 mo1 mo1	surreptitious; sneaky	2
够朋友[夠朋友]	gou4 peng2 you5	(coll.) to be a true friend	1
生日快乐[生日快樂]	sheng1 ri4 kuai4 le4	Happy birthday	30
蒂芙尼[蒂芙尼]	Di4 fu2 ni2	Tiffany & Co. (US luxury jewelry retailer)	1
经典[經典]	jing1 dian3	the classics; scriptures; classical; classic (example, case etc); typical	2
首饰[首飾]	shou3 shi4	jewelry; head ornament	1
牛排馆[牛排館]	niu2 pai2 guan3	steakhouse	1
庆生[慶生]	qing4 sheng1	to celebrate a birthday	6
泡沫[泡沫]	pao4 mo4	foam; (soap) bubble; (economic) bubble	1
独到[獨到]	du2 dao4	original	1
牌[牌]	pai2	mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal; CL:片[pian4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4]	1
小事一桩[小事一樁]	xiao3 shi4 yi1 zhuang1	trivial matter; a piece of cake	1
运势[運勢]	yun4 shi4	horoscope; one's fortune	1
贪心[貪心]	tan1 xin1	greedy	4
适时[適時]	shi4 shi2	timely; apt to the occasion; in due course	1
富贵[富貴]	fu4 gui4	riches and honor	1
见好就收[見好就收]	jian4 hao3 jiu4 shou1	to quit while one is ahead (idiom); to know when to stop	1
喜悦[喜悅]	xi3 yue4	happy; joyous	1
讽刺[諷刺]	feng3 ci4	to satirize; to mock; irony; satire; sarcasm	1
一般见识[一般見識]	yi1 ban1 jian4 shi5	to lower oneself to sb's level; to argue with sb less well-informed	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep20/98 words - 41 min
背书[背書]	bei4 shu1	to repeat a lesson; to learn by heart; to endorse a check	1
献殷勤[獻殷勤]	xian4 yin1 qin2	to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc); to fawn upon (an influential politician etc); to court sb's favor; to ingratiate oneself	1
亲朋好友[親朋好友]	qin1 peng2 hao3 you3	friends and family; kith and kin	1
辜负[辜負]	gu1 fu4	to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint	2
裂痕[裂痕]	lie4 hen2	crack; gap; split	1
更深[更深]	geng1 shen1	deep at night	1
承受[承受]	cheng2 shou4	to bear; to support; to inherit	6
成熟[成熟]	cheng2 shu2	mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. [cheng2 shou2]	1
成全[成全]	cheng2 quan2	to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off	3
承担[承擔]	cheng2 dan1	to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)	5
好说[好說]	hao3 shuo1	easy to deal with; not a problem; (polite answer) you flatter me	3
因[因]	yin1	cause; reason; because	3
挑战[挑戰]	tiao3 zhan4	to challenge; challenge	1
极限[極限]	ji2 xian4	limit; extreme boundary	1
口口声声[口口聲聲]	kou3 kou5 sheng1 sheng1	to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again	2
分手[分手]	fen1 shou3	to part company; to split up; to break up	26
隐藏[隱藏]	yin3 cang2	to hide; to conceal; to mask; to shelter; to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden); to hide oneself; to lie low; to nestle; hidden; implicit; private; covert; recessed (lighting)	1
改善[改善]	gai3 shan4	to make better; to improve; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
理性[理性]	li3 xing4	reason; rationality; rational	1
亲近[親近]	qin1 jin4	intimate; to get close to	1
开诚布公[開誠布公]	kai1 cheng2 bu4 gong1	lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded; plain speaking; Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves.; to put one's cards on the table	1
地面[地面]	di4 mian4	floor; ground; surface	2
钻进[鑽進]	zuan1 jin4	to get into; to dig into (studies, job etc); to squeeze into	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep21/25 words - 10 min
究竟[究竟]	jiu1 jing4	to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result	2
留洋[留洋]	liu2 yang2	to study abroad (old term); same as 留學|留学	1
绿卡[綠卡]	lu:4 ka3	permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card)	1
磨光[磨光]	mo2 guang1	to polish	1
门户[門戶]	men2 hu4	door; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status; family; web portal; (old) brothel	1
栽培[栽培]	zai1 pei2	to grow; to cultivate; to train; to educate; to patronize	1
不动[不動]	bu4 dong4	motionless	4
最多[最多]	zui4 duo1	at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal	1
磨难[磨難]	mo2 nan4	a torment; a trial; tribulation; a cross (to bear); well-tried	2
果[果]	guo3	fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really	3
跨越[跨越]	kua4 yue4	to step across; step over	4
种种[種種]	zhong3 zhong3	all kinds of	1
琼瑶[瓊瑤]	Qiong2 Yao2	Chiung Yao (1938-), Taiwanese writer	2
看不懂[看不懂]	kan4 bu5 dong3	unable to make sense of what one is looking at	1
规[規]	gui1	compass; a rule; regulation; to admonish; to plan; to scheme	3
诚实[誠實]	cheng2 shi2	honest; honesty; honorable; truthful	1
粮食[糧食]	liang2 shi5	foodstuff; cereals; CL:種|种[zhong3]	1
小说[小說]	xiao3 shuo1	novel; fiction; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]	3
有别[有別]	you3 bie2	different; distinct; unequal; variable	1
怀孕[懷孕]	huai2 yun4	pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy	41
早产[早產]	zao3 chan3	premature birth; premature labor	1
儿[兒]	er2	child; son	1
欧洲[歐洲]	Ou1 zhou1	Europe; abbr. for 歐羅巴洲|欧罗巴洲[Ou1 luo2 ba1 Zhou1]	1
古堡[古堡]	gu3 bao3	ancient castle	1
磁场[磁場]	ci2 chang3	magnetic field	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep21/50 words - 15 min
阴阳[陰陽]	yin1 yang2	yin and yang	1
交界[交界]	jiao1 jie4	common boundary; common border	2
鬼屋[鬼屋]	gui3 wu1	haunted house	1
以讹传讹[以訛傳訛]	yi3 e2 chuan2 e2	to spread falsehoods; to increasingly distort the truth; to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)	1
说法[說法]	shuo1 fa5	way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation	1
百慕达[百慕達]	Bai3 mu4 da2	Bermuda (Tw)	1
三角[三角]	san1 jiao3	triangle	1
负荷[負荷]	fu4 he4	load; burden; charge	1
失眠[失眠]	shi1 mian2	to suffer from insomnia	1
拐[拐]	guai3	to turn (a corner etc); to kidnap; to swindle; to misappropriate; walking stick; crutch; seven (used as a substitute for 七[qi1])	1
弯[彎]	wan1	to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in the road etc); CL:道[dao4]	1
狐狸[狐狸]	hu2 li5	fox; fig. sly and treacherous person	16
驯养[馴養]	xun4 yang3	to domesticate; to raise and train	11
假如[假如]	jia3 ru2	if	1
元旦[元旦]	Yuan2 dan4	New Year's Day	1
庆典[慶典]	qing4 dian3	celebration	1
月底[月底]	yue4 di3	end of the month	5
记账[記賬]	ji4 zhang4	to keep accounts; bookkeeping; to charge to an account	1
运[運]	yun4	to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate	1
利息[利息]	li4 xi1	interest (on a loan); CL:筆|笔[bi3]	6
比做[比做]	bi3 zuo4	to liken to; to compare to	1
鸿[鴻]	hong2	eastern bean goose; great; large	18
吸金[吸金]	xi1 jin1	money-spinning; moneymaking	1
倒闭[倒閉]	dao3 bi4	to go bankrupt; to close down	2
考上[考上]	kao3 shang4	to pass a university entrance exam	8
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep21/75 words - 19 min
公立[公立]	gong1 li4	public (e.g. school, hospital)	4
私立[私立]	si1 li4	private (company, school etc)	1
赎[贖]	shu2	to redeem; to ransom	3
招收[招收]	zhao1 shou1	to hire; to recruit	1
会员[會員]	hui4 yuan2	member	3
本金[本金]	ben3 jin1	capital; principal	1
付给[付給]	fu4 gei3	to deliver; to pay	1
支支吾吾[支支吾吾]	zhi1 zhi1 wu2 wu2	to hem and haw; to stall; to stammer; to mumble; to falter	1
迸[迸]	beng4	to burst forth; to spurt; to crack; split	1
保密[保密]	bao3 mi4	to keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy	1
谍[諜]	die2	to spy	1
单亲家庭[單親家庭]	dan1 qin1 jia1 ting2	single parent family	1
从来不[從來不]	cong2 lai2 bu4	never	1
隐私[隱私]	yin3 si1	secrets; private business; privacy	1
任[任]	ren4	to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)	2
卷入[捲入]	juan3 ru4	to be drawn into; to be involved in	1
后果[後果]	hou4 guo3	consequences; aftermath	4
当下[當下]	dang1 xia4	immediately; at once; at that moment; at the moment	1
深爱[深愛]	shen1 ai4	to love dearly	2
哪怕[哪怕]	na3 pa4	even; even if; even though; no matter how	3
浑浑噩噩[渾渾噩噩]	hun2 hun2 e4 e4	muddleheaded	1
一生[一生]	yi1 sheng1	all one's life; throughout one's life	6
朵[朵]	duo3	flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc	1
玫瑰[玫瑰]	mei2 gui1	rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa); rose flower; CL:朵[duo3],棵[ke1]	3
枯萎[枯萎]	ku1 wei3	to wilt; to wither; wilted; withered; drained; enervated; exhausted	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep21/100 words - 28 min
启发[啟發]	qi3 fa1	to enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude); enlightenment; revelation; motivation	1
迪斯科[迪斯科]	di2 si1 ke1	disco (loanword)	1
举办[舉辦]	ju3 ban4	to conduct; to hold	1
舞会[舞會]	wu3 hui4	dance; ball; party; CL:場|场[chang3]	26
当天[當天]	dang1 tian1	on that day	1
长远[長遠]	chang2 yuan3	long-term; long-range	1
格局[格局]	ge2 ju2	structure; pattern; layout	1
巴[巴]	ba1	to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; sth that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail	1
叶脉[葉脈]	ye4 mai4	venation (pattern of veins on a leaf)	3
亲手[親手]	qin1 shou3	personally; with one's own hands	4
电子[電子]	dian4 zi3	electronic; electron (particle physics)	2
讯息[訊息]	xun4 xi1	information; news; message; text message or SMS	1
套用[套用]	tao4 yong4	to copy a set pattern mechanically; to crib	1
罐头[罐頭]	guan4 tou5	tin; can; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
简讯[簡訊]	jian3 xun4	newsletter; the news in brief; (Tw) SMS message	1
快速[快速]	kuai4 su4	fast; high-speed; rapid	1
为主[為主]	wei2 zhu3	to rely mainly on; to attach most importance to	2
手写[手寫]	shou3 xie3	to write by hand	2
手指头[手指頭]	shou3 zhi3 tou5	fingertip; finger	1
对待[對待]	dui4 dai4	to treat; treatment	3
女士[女士]	nu:3 shi4	lady; madam; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]; Miss; Ms	1
圣诞快乐[聖誕快樂]	Sheng4 dan4 kuai4 le4	Merry Christmas	8
土地公[土地公]	tu3 di4 gong1	Tudi Gong, the God of the earth	1
耳光[耳光]	er3 guang1	a slap on the face; CL:記|记[ji4]	1
料到[料到]	liao4 dao4	to foresee; to anticipate	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep21/125 words - 34 min
舞蹈[舞蹈]	wu3 dao3	dance (performance art); dancing	1
田径[田徑]	tian2 jing4	track and field (athletics)	1
选手[選手]	xuan3 shou3	athlete; contestant	1
肢体[肢體]	zhi1 ti3	limb; limbs and trunk; body	1
全场[全場]	quan2 chang3	everyone present; the whole audience; across-the-board; unanimously; whole duration (of a competition or match)	1
摇摆[搖擺]	yao2 bai3	to sway; to wobble; to waver	1
联谊[聯誼]	lian2 yi4	friendship; fellowship	1
舞伴[舞伴]	wu3 ban4	dancing partner	1
伦巴[倫巴]	lun2 ba1	rumba (loanword)	1
恰恰[恰恰]	qia4 qia4	exactly; just; precisely	2
尔[爾]	er3	thus; so; like that; you; thou	1
滋[滋]	zi1	to grow; to nourish; to increase; to cause; juice; taste; (dialect) to spout; to spurt	1
拒[拒]	ju4	to resist; to repel; to refuse	1
千里[千里]	qian1 li3	a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance	1
蛋糕[蛋糕]	dan4 gao1	cake; CL:塊|块[kuai4],個|个[ge4]	7
日本人[日本人]	Ri4 ben3 ren2	Japanese person or people	1
吃掉[吃掉]	chi1 diao4	to eat up; to consume	3
垃圾桶[垃圾桶]	la1 ji1 tong3	rubbish bin; trash can; garbage can; Taiwan pr. [le4 se4 tong3]	1
点子[點子]	dian3 zi5	spot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); idea; crux; indication; pointer	1
不得了[不得了]	bu4 de2 liao3	desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly	1
夸奖[誇獎]	kua1 jiang3	to praise; to applaud; to compliment	1
总署[總署]	zong3 shu3	general office	1
坏掉[壞掉]	huai4 diao4	spoilt; ruined	3
某些[某些]	mou3 xie1	some; certain (things)	2
难以捉摸[難以捉摸]	nan2 yi3 zhuo1 mo1	elusive; hard to pin down; enigmatic	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep21/142 words - 40 min
测[測]	ce4	to survey; to measure; to conjecture	1
地点[地點]	di4 dian3	place; site; location; venue; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
走进[走進]	zou3 jin4	to enter	3
道光[道光]	Dao4 guang1	reign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850)	2
煞车[煞車]	sha1 che1	to brake (when driving)	2
不及[不及]	bu4 ji2	to fall short of; not as good as; too late	2
线索[線索]	xian4 suo3	trail; clues; thread (of a story)	1
缺口[缺口]	que1 kou3	nick; jag; gap; shortfall	3
礼拜天[禮拜天]	Li3 bai4 tian1	Sunday	1
房[房]	fang2	house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines)	1
电动[電動]	dian4 dong4	electric-powered; (Tw) video game	2
老花[老花]	lao3 hua1	presbyopia	2
嘴里[嘴裡]	zui3 li3	mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words	1
从没[從沒]	cong2 mei2	never (in the past); never did	1
粗心大意[粗心大意]	cu1 xin1 da4 yi4	negligent; careless; inadvertent	1
动不动[動不動]	dong4 bu5 dong4	(typically followed by 就[jiu4]) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc); at the drop of a hat	1
添麻烦[添麻煩]	tian1 ma2 fan5	to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience	4
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep22/25 words - 13 min
新年快乐[新年快樂]	xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4	Happy New Year!	6
植树节[植樹節]	Zhi2 shu4 jie2	Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日[Quan2 min2 Yi4 wu4 Zhi2 shu4 ri4]	2
愚人节[愚人節]	Yu2 ren2 jie2	April Fools' Day	2
端午节[端午節]	Duan1 wu3 jie2	Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)	1
中秋节[中秋節]	Zhong1 qiu1 jie2	the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month	1
好过[好過]	hao3 guo4	to have an easy time; (feel) well	1
舞[舞]	wu3	to dance; to wield; to brandish	1
会长[會長]	hui4 zhang3	president of a club, committee etc	3
忍受[忍受]	ren3 shou4	to bear; to endure	3
有史以来[有史以來]	you3 shi3 yi3 lai2	since the beginning of history	1
狼吞虎咽[狼吞虎嚥]	lang2 tun1 hu3 yan4	to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself	1
爹娘[爹娘]	die1 niang2	(dialect) parents	1
盒子[盒子]	he2 zi5	box; case	1
好玩[好玩]	hao3 wan2	amusing; fun; interesting	3
献身[獻身]	xian4 shen1	to commit one's energy to; to devote oneself to; to sacrifice one's life for; (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to	1
不像话[不像話]	bu4 xiang4 hua4	unreasonable; shocking; outrageous	1
加速[加速]	jia1 su4	to speed up; to expedite	2
不顾一切[不顧一切]	bu4 gu4 yi1 qie4	reckless; regardless of everything	2
进入[進入]	jin4 ru4	to enter; to join; to go into	1
有够[有夠]	you3 gou4	very; extremely	2
义气[義氣]	yi4 qi4	spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5]	3
平衡[平衡]	ping2 heng2	balance; equilibrium	3
霹雳舞[霹靂舞]	pi1 li4 wu3	to breakdance; breakdancing	1
划拳[划拳]	hua2 quan2	finger-guessing game	1
老样子[老樣子]	lao3 yang4 zi5	old situation; things as they were	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep22/50 words - 32 min
紧紧[緊緊]	jin3 jin3	closely; tightly	2
行不通[行不通]	xing2 bu5 tong1	won't work; will get (you) nowhere	1
确[確]	que4	authenticated; solid; firm; real; true	1
实地[實地]	shi2 di4	on-site	1
温度[溫度]	wen1 du4	temperature; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
秒钟[秒鐘]	miao3 zhong1	(time) second	4
败[敗]	bai4	to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither	2
赶紧[趕緊]	gan3 jin3	hurriedly; without delay	2
盯住[盯住]	ding1 zhu4	to watch sb closely; to breathe down sb's neck; to mark (sports)	1
视线[視線]	shi4 xian4	line of sight	1
冬眠[冬眠]	dong1 mian2	hibernation	4
跳舞[跳舞]	tiao4 wu3	to dance	1
储存[儲存]	chu3 cun2	stockpile; to store; to stockpile; storage	2
能量[能量]	neng2 liang4	energy; capabilities	1
近水楼台[近水樓臺]	jin4 shui3 lou2 tai2	lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor	2
脚步[腳步]	jiao3 bu4	footstep; step	1
好棒[好棒]	hao3 bang4	excellent (interjection)	1
场子[場子]	chang3 zi5	(coll.) gathering place; public venue	1
战场[戰場]	zhan4 chang3	battlefield; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
寇[寇]	kou4	to invade; to plunder; bandit; foe; enemy	1
输不起[輸不起]	shu1 bu4 qi3	to take defeat with bad grace; to be a sore loser; cannot afford to lose	1
无话可说[無話可說]	wu2 hua4 ke3 shuo1	to have nothing to say (idiom)	1
领悟[領悟]	ling3 wu4	to understand; to comprehend	1
破坏[破壞]	po4 huai4	destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy	7
大大小小[大大小小]	da4 da4 xiao3 xiao3	large and small; of all sizes	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep22/62 words - 37 min
关照[關照]	guan1 zhao4	to take care; to keep an eye on; to look after; to tell; to remind	2
排[排]	pai2	a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc	2
风度[風度]	feng1 du4	elegance (for men); elegant demeanor; grace; poise	1
座[座]	zuo4	seat; base; stand; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects	1
猜拳[猜拳]	cai1 quan2	a finger-guessing game; Morra; rock-paper-scissors game	2
一言[一言]	yi1 yan2	one sentence; brief remark	1
剪刀[剪刀]	jian3 dao1	scissors; CL:把[ba3]	13
亲口[親口]	qin1 kou3	one's own mouth; fig. in one's own words; to say sth personally	3
喜[喜]	xi3	to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad	2
哪些[哪些]	na3 xie1	which ones?; who?; what?	2
追求[追求]	zhui1 qiu2	to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo	2
困[困]	kun4	to trap; to surround; hard-pressed; stranded; destitute	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep23/25 words - 23 min
扣子[釦子]	kou4 zi5	button	5
丢下[丟下]	diu1 xia4	to abandon	2
插曲[插曲]	cha1 qu3	music played during a movie, play etc; incidental music; music played in a theatrical interlude; (fig.) incident; episode	1
本事[本事]	ben3 shi5	ability; skill	4
没用[沒用]	mei2 yong4	useless	3
认输[認輸]	ren4 shu1	to concede; to admit defeat	2
跑走[跑走]	pao3 zou3	to escape; to flee; to run away	1
擦伤[擦傷]	ca1 shang1	to abrade; to scrape; to chafe; to graze; abrasion; friction burn; scratch	1
逍遥法外[逍遙法外]	xiao1 yao2 fa3 wai4	unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. crimes); still at large	1
罪犯[罪犯]	zui4 fan4	criminal	1
戒心[戒心]	jie4 xin1	vigilance; wariness	1
落单[落單]	luo4 dan1	to be on one's own; to be left alone; to be left out	1
为难[為難]	wei2 nan2	to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage)	1
唠叨[嘮叨]	lao2 dao5	to prattle; to chatter away; to nag; garrulous; nagging	1
大脑[大腦]	da4 nao3	brain; cerebrum	1
结构[結構]	jie2 gou4	structure; composition; makeup; architecture; CL:座[zuo4],個|个[ge4]	1
人性[人性]	ren2 xing4	human nature; humanity; human; the totality of human attributes	1
善[善]	shan4	good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect	1
饶过[饒過]	rao2 guo4	to pardon; to excuse; to forgive	1
刻薄[刻薄]	ke4 bo2	unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions	1
辛辛苦苦[辛辛苦苦]	xin1 xin1 ku3 ku3	painstakingly; with great trouble	5
顾忌[顧忌]	gu4 ji4	to have misgivings; apprehension; worry; qualm; scruple	2
单亲[單親]	dan1 qin1	single parent	3
堂堂正正[堂堂正正]	tang2 tang2 zheng4 zheng4	displaying strength and discipline; impressive; upright and frank; square	1
搂[摟]	lou3	to hug; to embrace; to hold in one's arms	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep23/50 words - 31 min
拆[拆]	chai1	to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open	1
后退[後退]	hou4 tui4	to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat	1
眼镜[眼鏡]	yan3 jing4	spectacles; eyeglasses; CL:副[fu4]	1
告别[告別]	gao4 bie2	to leave; to bid farewell to; to say good-bye to	1
私奔[私奔]	si1 ben1	to elope	4
头上[頭上]	tou2 shang4	overhead; above	3
感伤[感傷]	gan3 shang1	sad; downhearted; sentimental; pathos; melancholy	1
下个月[下個月]	xia4 ge4 yue4	next month	4
染发剂[染髮劑]	ran3 fa4 ji4	hair dye; rinse; tint	1
孝敬[孝敬]	xiao4 jing4	to show filial respect; to give presents (to one's elders or superiors); to support one's aged parents	1
上车[上車]	shang4 che1	to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)	4
补票[補票]	bu3 piao4	to buy or upgrade a ticket after boarding a train, boat etc; to buy a ticket for a show after having sat down in the theater	2
手牵手[手牽手]	shou3 qian1 shou3	hand in hand	1
啤酒[啤酒]	pi2 jiu3	beer (loanword); CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]	3
身心[身心]	shen1 xin1	body and mind; mental and physical	1
血压[血壓]	xue4 ya1	blood pressure	2
翻来覆去[翻來覆去]	fan1 lai2 fu4 qu4	to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again	1
一转眼[一轉眼]	yi1 zhuan3 yan3	in a wink	1
工夫[工夫]	gong1 fu5	period of time (may be months, or mere seconds); spare time; skill; labor; effort	1
疑虑[疑慮]	yi2 lu:4	hesitation; misgivings; doubt	2
言[言]	yan2	words; speech; to say; to talk	1
刻意[刻意]	ke4 yi4	meticulous; painstaking; deliberate	2
拔[拔]	ba2	to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize	2
教导[教導]	jiao4 dao3	to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching	2
担当[擔當]	dan1 dang1	to take upon oneself; to assume	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep23/73 words - 41 min
典范[典範]	dian3 fan4	model; example; paragon	1
榜样[榜樣]	bang3 yang4	example; model; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
假日[假日]	jia4 ri4	holiday; non-working day	1
水电[水電]	shui3 dian4	hydroelectric power; plumbing and electricity	1
马桶[馬桶]	ma3 tong3	chamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet; toilet bowl	1
水管[水管]	shui3 guan3	water pipe	1
起床[起床]	qi3 chuang2	to get out of bed; to get up	1
病假[病假]	bing4 jia4	sick leave	1
语言[語言]	yu3 yan2	language; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]	1
银行[銀行]	yin2 hang2	bank; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]	2
到期[到期]	dao4 qi1	to fall due (loan etc); to expire (visa etc); to mature (investment bond etc)	1
一会[一會]	yi1 hui4	a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3]	1
躺下[躺下]	tang3 xia4	to lie down	1
纪念日[紀念日]	ji4 nian4 ri4	day of commemoration; memorial day	3
邋遢[邋遢]	la1 ta5	sloppy	1
消灭[消滅]	xiao1 mie4	to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)	1
浴室[浴室]	yu4 shi4	bathroom (room used for bathing); CL:間|间[jian1]	1
丑[醜]	chou3	shameful; ugly; disgraceful	2
敷[敷]	fu1	to spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc); sufficient (to cover); enough	1
挫折[挫折]	cuo4 zhe2	setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue	2
击败[擊敗]	ji1 bai4	to defeat; to beat	1
奋战[奮戰]	fen4 zhan4	to fight bravely; (fig.) to struggle; to work hard	1
失态[失態]	shi1 tai4	to forget one's manners; to forget oneself; to lose self-control (in a situation)	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep24/25 words - 22 min
受宠若惊[受寵若驚]	shou4 chong3 ruo4 jing1	overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)	1
君子[君子]	jun1 zi3	nobleman; person of noble character	2
争[爭]	zheng1	to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)	1
小看[小看]	xiao3 kan4	to look down on; to underestimate	1
戏码[戲碼]	xi4 ma3	item (on a program)	1
日前[日前]	ri4 qian2	the other day; a few days ago	1
上午[上午]	shang4 wu3	morning; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
被子[被子]	bei4 zi5	quilt; CL:床[chuang2]	1
起哄[起鬨]	qi3 hong4	to heckle; rowdy jeering; to create a disturbance	1
奖励[獎勵]	jiang3 li4	to reward; reward (as encouragement)	1
谈判[談判]	tan2 pan4	to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
劝退[勸退]	quan4 tui4	to try to persuade sb to give up (their job, plans etc)	2
一厢情愿[一廂情願]	yi1 xiang1 qing2 yuan4	one's own wishful thinking	1
得不到[得不到]	de2 bu4 dao4	cannot get; cannot obtain	1
认清[認清]	ren4 qing1	to see clearly; to recognize; to realize	2
撑[撐]	cheng1	to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support	5
到头来[到頭來]	dao4 tou2 lai2	in the end; finally; as a result	1
好聚好散[好聚好散]	hao3 ju4 hao3 san4	to part without hard feelings (idiom); to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it	1
出身[出身]	chu1 shen1	to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin	1
终究[終究]	zhong1 jiu1	in the end; after all is said and done	6
眼眶[眼眶]	yan3 kuang4	eye socket; rim of the eye	1
解开[解開]	jie3 kai1	to untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery)	1
转达[轉達]	zhuan3 da2	to pass on; to convey; to communicate	1
所作所为[所作所為]	suo3 zuo4 suo3 wei2	one's conduct and deeds	1
恐惧[恐懼]	kong3 ju4	to be frightened; fear; dread	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep24/46 words - 40 min
转告[轉告]	zhuan3 gao4	to pass on; to communicate; to transmit	2
几乎[幾乎]	ji1 hu1	almost; nearly; practically	1
严格[嚴格]	yan2 ge2	strict; stringent; tight; rigorous	1
未婚[未婚]	wei4 hun1	unmarried	5
吓一跳[嚇一跳]	xia4 yi1 tiao4	startled; to frighten; scared out of one's skin	1
照理[照理]	zhao4 li3	according to reason; usually; in the normal course of events; to attend to	2
尺寸[尺寸]	chi3 cun5	size; dimension; measurement	1
误[誤]	wu4	mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly	1
静一静[靜一靜]	jing4 yi1 jing4	to put sth to rest; calm down a bit!	1
强迫[強迫]	qiang3 po4	to compel; to force	2
亏[虧]	kui1	deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that...	1
人面兽心[人面獸心]	ren2 mian4 shou4 xin1	human face, beast's heart (idiom); two-faced; malicious and duplicitous	1
凶手[兇手]	xiong1 shou3	murderer; assassin	2
败类[敗類]	bai4 lei4	scum of a community; degenerate	1
亲眼[親眼]	qin1 yan3	with one's own eyes; personally	2
随着[隨著]	sui2 zhe5	along with; in the wake of; following	1
平静[平靜]	ping2 jing4	tranquil; undisturbed; serene	3
肮脏[骯髒]	ang1 zang1	dirty; filthy	1
票[票]	piao4	ticket; ballot; banknote; CL:張|张[zhang1]; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions	4
见色忘友[見色忘友]	jian4 se4 wang4 you3	to neglect one's friends when smitten with a new love	1
肚[肚]	du4	belly	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep25/25 words - 3 min
蒸蒸日上[蒸蒸日上]	zheng1 zheng1 ri4 shang4	becoming more prosperous with each passing day	1
当心[當心]	dang1 xin1	to take care; to look out	1
换人[換人]	huan4 ren2	to replace sb (personnel, sports team player etc); substitution	1
饭碗[飯碗]	fan4 wan3	rice bowl; fig. livelihood; job; way of making a living	1
号称[號稱]	hao4 cheng1	to be known as; to be nicknamed; to be purportedly; to claim (often exaggeratedly or falsely)	1
机构[機構]	ji1 gou4	mechanism; structure; organization; agency; institution; CL:所[suo3]	4
连日[連日]	lian2 ri4	day after day; for several days running	2
危机[危機]	wei1 ji1	crisis; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
阴影[陰影]	yin1 ying3	(lit. and fig.) shadow	5
外界[外界]	wai4 jie4	the outside world; external	1
薪资[薪資]	xin1 zi1	salary	1
津贴[津貼]	jin1 tie1	allowance	1
并且[並且]	bing4 qie3	and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition	1
仍然[仍然]	reng2 ran2	still; yet	1
降低[降低]	jiang4 di1	to reduce; to lower; to bring down	1
传言[傳言]	chuan2 yan2	rumor; hearsay	1
扑朔迷离[撲朔迷離]	pu1 shuo4 mi2 li2	impossible to unravel; confusing	1
集团[集團]	ji2 tuan2	group; bloc; corporation; conglomerate	1
全面[全面]	quan2 mian4	all-around; comprehensive; total; overall	1
许多[許多]	xu3 duo1	many; a lot of; much	2
介入[介入]	jie4 ru4	to intervene; to get involved	1
跌停板[跌停板]	die1 ting2 ban3	daily lower limit on the price of a stock	1
观望[觀望]	guan1 wang4	to wait and see; to watch from the sidelines; to look around; to survey	1
等待[等待]	deng3 dai4	to wait; to wait for	2
财产[財產]	cai2 chan3	property; assets; estate; CL:筆|笔[bi3]	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep25/50 words - 10 min
清算[清算]	qing1 suan4	to settle accounts; to clear accounts; to liquidate; to expose and criticize	1
吸收[吸收]	xi1 shou1	to absorb; to assimilate; to ingest; to recruit	1
资金[資金]	zi1 jin1	funds; funding; capital	2
千亿[千億]	qian1 yi4	myriads; hundred billion	1
祥[祥]	xiang2	auspicious; propitious	1
存心[存心]	cun2 xin1	deliberately	1
诈骗[詐騙]	zha4 pian4	to defraud; to swindle; to blackmail	1
负责人[負責人]	fu4 ze2 ren2	person in charge	2
慌[慌]	huang1	to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly	1
缴[繳]	jiao3	to hand in; to hand over; to seize	2
酒酿[酒釀]	jiu3 niang4	sweet fermented rice; glutinous rice wine	2
饼[餅]	bing3	round flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry; CL:張|张[zhang1]	2
贪吃鬼[貪吃鬼]	tan1 chi1 gui3	glutton; chowhound	1
契约[契約]	qi4 yue1	agreement; contract	1
坏处[壞處]	huai4 chu5	harm; troubles; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
破产[破產]	po4 chan3	to go bankrupt; to become impoverished; bankruptcy	1
依[依]	yi1	to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of	1
诈欺[詐欺]	zha4 qi1	fraud; deception	1
起诉[起訴]	qi3 su4	to sue; to bring a lawsuit against; to prosecute	1
幸运[幸運]	xing4 yun4	fortunate; lucky; fortune; luck	3
大部分[大部分]	da4 bu4 fen5	in large part; the greater part; the majority	1
惨重[慘重]	can3 zhong4	disastrous	2
实话[實話]	shi2 hua4	truth	1
崩溃[崩潰]	beng1 kui4	to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart	3
残酷[殘酷]	can2 ku4	cruel; cruelty	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep25/75 words - 20 min
血汗钱[血汗錢]	xue4 han4 qian2	hard-earned money	2
净[淨]	jing4	clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role	1
双手[雙手]	shuang1 shou3	both hands	1
紧急[緊急]	jin3 ji2	urgent; emergency	2
大不了[大不了]	da4 bu4 liao3	at worst; if worst comes to worst; serious; alarming	1
抵押[抵押]	di3 ya1	to provide (an asset) as security for a loan; to put up collateral	5
凑齐[湊齊]	cou4 qi2	to collect all the bits to make a whole	1
失误[失誤]	shi1 wu4	lapse; mistake; to make a mistake; fault; service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)	2
恢复[恢復]	hui1 fu4	to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate	3
开销[開銷]	kai1 xiao1	to pay (expenses); expenses; (old) to dismiss (an employee)	1
过后[過後]	guo4 hou4	after the event	1
值得一提[值得一提]	zhi2 de5 yi1 ti2	to be worth mentioning	1
怄气[慪氣]	ou4 qi4	to sulk; to squabble	1
知情[知情]	zhi1 qing2	to know the facts; to understand; to be familiar with the situation	1
痛扁[痛扁]	tong4 bian3	to beat (sb) up	1
泄恨[洩恨]	xie4 hen4	to give vent to anger	1
要冲[要衝]	yao4 chong1	road hub; major crossroad	1
狠狠[狠狠]	hen3 hen3	resolutely; firmly; ferociously; ruthlessly	1
独生女[獨生女]	du2 sheng1 nu:3	an only daughter	1
兄弟姐妹[兄弟姐妹]	xiong1 di4 jie3 mei4	brothers and sisters; siblings	1
心事[心事]	xin1 shi4	a load on one's mind; worry; CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1]	1
往往[往往]	wang3 wang3	usually; in many cases; more often than not	1
九十[九十]	jiu3 shi2	ninety	1
光是[光是]	guang1 shi4	solely; just	1
大道理[大道理]	da4 dao4 li5	major principle; general truth; sermon (reproof); bombastic talk	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep25/100 words - 31 min
腔[腔]	qiang1	cavity of body; barrel (e.g. engine cylinder); compartment; tune; accent of speech	2
滥[濫]	lan4	overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate	2
新意[新意]	xin1 yi4	new idea	1
备料[備料]	bei4 liao4	to get the materials ready; to prepare feed (for livestock)	1
新年[新年]	xin1 nian2	New Year; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
气象[氣象]	qi4 xiang4	meteorological feature; CL:個|个[ge4]; meteorology; atmosphere; ambience; scene	1
算话[算話]	suan4 hua4	(of sb's words) to count; can be trusted	1
皱纹[皺紋]	zhou4 wen2	wrinkle; CL:道[dao4]	1
微整形[微整形]	wei1 zheng3 xing2	non-surgical cosmetic procedure (injection of Botox, hyaluronic acid etc)	1
开刀[開刀]	kai1 dao1	(of a surgeon) to perform an operation; (of a patient) to have an operation; to decapitate; to behead; to single out as a point of attack	1
遥远[遙遠]	yao2 yuan3	distant; remote	1
黄昏[黃昏]	huang2 hun1	dusk; evening; nightfall	2
市场[市場]	shi4 chang3	marketplace; market (also in abstract)	4
一眼[一眼]	yi1 yan3	a glance; a quick look; a glimpse	1
童话故事[童話故事]	tong2 hua4 gu4 shi4	fairy tale	1
面包屑[麵包屑]	mian4 bao1 xie4	breadcrumbs	1
用途[用途]	yong4 tu2	use; application	1
有请[有請]	you3 qing3	to request the pleasure of seeing sb; to ask sb in; to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech)	3
兜[兜]	dou1	pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old)	1
晚餐[晚餐]	wan3 can1	evening meal; dinner; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]	4
慰[慰]	wei4	to comfort; to console; to reassure	1
神仙[神仙]	shen2 xian1	Daoist immortal; supernatural entity; (in modern fiction) fairy, elf, leprechaun etc; fig. lighthearted person	1
离别[離別]	li2 bie2	to leave (on a long journey); to part from sb	1
经年[經年]	jing1 nian2	for years; year after year	1
流传[流傳]	liu2 chuan2	to spread; to circulate; to hand down	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep25/122 words - 42 min
禁[禁]	jin1	to endure	2
禁[禁]	jin4	to prohibit; to forbid	2
考验[考驗]	kao3 yan4	to test; to put to the test; trial; ordeal	2
日记[日記]	ri4 ji4	diary; CL:則|则[ze2],本[ben3],篇[pian1]	8
日记本[日記本]	ri4 ji4 ben3	diary (book)	5
博客[博客]	bo2 ke4	blog (loanword); weblog; blogger	1
书写[書寫]	shu1 xie3	to write	1
泄漏[泄漏]	xie4 lou4	(of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge (a secret); to leak	1
坏话[壞話]	huai4 hua4	unpleasant talk; malicious words	1
理所当然[理所當然]	li3 suo3 dang1 ran2	as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right	1
久久[久久]	jiu3 jiu3	for a very long time	1
陷[陷]	xian4	pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect	1
要紧[要緊]	yao4 jin3	important; urgent	1
着落[著落]	zhuo2 luo4	whereabouts; place to settle; reliable source (of funds etc); (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb; settlement; solution	1
过得[過得]	guo4 de2	How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad	4
盒[盒]	he2	small box; case	1
中将[中將]	zhong1 jiang4	lieutenant general; vice admiral; air marshal	1
生理期[生理期]	sheng1 li3 qi1	menstrual period	4
乱七八糟[亂七八糟]	luan4 qi1 ba1 zao1	everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess; at sixes and sevens	1
妇产科[婦產科]	fu4 chan3 ke1	department of gynecology and obstetrics; birth clinic	3
悦[悅]	yue4	pleased	2
男孩[男孩]	nan2 hai2	boy; CL:個|个[ge4]	3
自愿[自願]	zi4 yuan4	voluntary	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep26/25 words - 14 min
执迷不悟[執迷不悟]	zhi2 mi2 bu4 wu4	to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom)	1
一旦[一旦]	yi1 dan4	in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day	1
根源[根源]	gen1 yuan2	origin; root (cause)	1
干预[干預]	gan1 yu4	to meddle; to intervene; intervention	1
等于[等於]	deng3 yu2	to equal; to be tantamount to	1
虚无[虛無]	xu1 wu2	nothingness	2
手术[手術]	shou3 shu4	(surgical) operation; surgery; CL:個|个[ge4]	14
孤独[孤獨]	gu1 du2	lonely; solitary	1
修正[修正]	xiu1 zheng4	to revise; to amend	2
背负[背負]	bei1 fu4	to bear; to carry on one's back; to shoulder	2
抛弃[拋棄]	pao1 qi4	to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)	1
愧疚[愧疚]	kui4 jiu4	to feel guilty; to feel ashamed of oneself; to be remorseful	4
重蹈覆辙[重蹈覆轍]	chong2 dao3 fu4 zhe2	to follow the track of an overturned cart; to repeat a disastrous policy	1
渺小[渺小]	miao3 xiao3	minute; tiny; negligible; insignificant	1
别无选择[別無選擇]	bie2 wu2 xuan3 ze2	to have no other choice	1
抚养[撫養]	fu3 yang3	to foster; to bring up; to raise	3
文凭[文憑]	wen2 ping2	diploma	1
四处[四處]	si4 chu4	all over the place; everywhere and all directions	1
兼差[兼差]	jian1 chai1	to moonlight; side job	3
打扫[打掃]	da3 sao3	to clean; to sweep	1
临时工[臨時工]	lin2 shi2 gong1	day laborer; temporary work	1
怀抱[懷抱]	huai2 bao4	to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)	1
寻找[尋找]	xun2 zhao3	to seek; to look for	1
煎熬[煎熬]	jian1 ao2	to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment	1
任性[任性]	ren4 xing4	willful; headstrong; unruly	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep26/49 words - 40 min
坟[墳]	fen2	grave; tomb; CL:座[zuo4]; embankment; mound; ancient book	1
祭拜[祭拜]	ji4 bai4	to offer sacrifice (to one's ancestors)	1
一阵[一陣]	yi1 zhen4	a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)	1
心痛[心痛]	xin1 tong4	to feel distressed about sth; heartache; cardiac pain	1
真实[真實]	zhen1 shi2	true; real	2
此时此刻[此時此刻]	ci3 shi2 ci3 ke4	at this very moment	2
犹豫[猶豫]	you2 yu4	to hesitate	1
体谅[體諒]	ti3 liang4	to empathize; to allow (for sth); to show understanding; to appreciate	2
进行[進行]	jin4 xing2	to advance; to conduct; underway; in progress; to do; to carry out; to carry on; to execute	2
诊[診]	zhen3	to examine or treat medically	1
相遇[相遇]	xiang1 yu4	to meet; to encounter; to come across	5
整整[整整]	zheng3 zheng3	whole; full	1
以及[以及]	yi3 ji2	as well as; too; and	2
爱屋及乌[愛屋及烏]	ai4 wu1 ji2 wu1	lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected; Love me, love my dog.	1
履行[履行]	lu:3 xing2	to fulfill (one's obligations); to carry out (a task); to implement (an agreement); to perform	1
糖果[糖果]	tang2 guo3	candy; CL:粒[li4]	1
日出[日出]	ri4 chu1	sunrise	4
许愿[許願]	xu3 yuan4	to make a wish; to make a vow; to promise a reward	8
卷[捲]	juan3	to roll (up); to sweep up; to carry on; roll	1
录音带[錄音帶]	lu4 yin1 dai4	audio tape; CL:盤|盘[pan2],盒[he2]	1
改期[改期]	gai3 qi1	to reschedule; to rearrange (e.g. a meeting); to postpone	1
取消[取消]	qu3 xiao1	to cancel; cancellation	1
护理[護理]	hu4 li3	to nurse; to tend and protect	1
懦弱[懦弱]	nuo4 ruo4	cowardly; weak	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep27/25 words - 20 min
轮到[輪到]	lun2 dao4	to be (sb's or sth's) turn	1
道别[道別]	dao4 bie2	leave-taking; to say goodbye	1
罐[罐]	guan4	can; jar; pot	2
护士[護士]	hu4 shi5	nurse; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
宫缩[宮縮]	gong1 suo1	contraction of the uterus (during childbirth)	3
子宫[子宮]	zi3 gong1	uterus; womb	1
收缩[收縮]	shou1 suo1	to pull back; to shrink; to contract; (physiology) systole	1
强烈[強烈]	qiang2 lie4	intense; (violently) strong	1
流产[流產]	liu2 chan3	to have a miscarriage; miscarriage; to fail; to fall through	2
初期[初期]	chu1 qi1	initial stage; beginning period	2
出血[出血]	chu1 xue4	to bleed; bleeding; (fig.) to spend money in large amounts	3
症状[症狀]	zheng4 zhuang4	symptom (of an illness)	1
胎[胎]	tai1	fetus; litter; tire; abbr. of 輪胎|轮胎	2
意识[意識]	yi4 shi2	consciousness; awareness; to be aware; to realize	1
干妈[乾媽]	gan1 ma1	adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)	2
一部分[一部分]	yi1 bu4 fen5	portion; part of; subset	1
期望[期望]	qi1 wang4	to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope	1
受害者[受害者]	shou4 hai4 zhe3	casualty; victim; those injured and wounded	2
忙碌[忙碌]	mang2 lu4	busy; bustling	1
蛇[蛇]	she2	snake; serpent; CL:條|条[tiao2]	1
杂处[雜處]	za2 chu3	(of disparate elements) to mix in with one another; (of diverse groups of people) to live in the same area; to coexist	1
肤[膚]	fu1	skin	1
赞成[贊成]	zan4 cheng2	to approve; to endorse; (literary) to assist	2
街坊[街坊]	jie1 fang1	neighborhood; neighbor	1
指指点点[指指點點]	zhi3 zhi3 dian3 dian3	to gesticulate; to point out; to point the finger of blame	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep27/50 words - 34 min
作主[作主]	zuo4 zhu3	to decide; to make decisions; to take responsibility (for deciding); to be in charge; to give sb justice	1
喜酒[喜酒]	xi3 jiu3	wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast	1
小弟[小弟]	xiao3 di4	little brother; I, your little brother (humble)	1
书桌[書桌]	shu1 zhuo1	desk; CL:張|张[zhang1]	1
左上[左上]	zuo3 shang4	upper left	1
格[格]	ge2	square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively	1
宿[宿]	su4	lodge for the night; old; former	1
游戏机[遊戲機]	you2 xi4 ji1	video game; game machine	2
怦怦[怦怦]	peng1 peng1	thumping sound (onom.); to be eager and anxious (to do sth); faithful and upright	1
借住[借住]	jie4 zhu4	to lodge	3
折腾[折騰]	zhe1 teng5	to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money)	1
陌生人[陌生人]	mo4 sheng1 ren2	stranger	1
恶梦[惡夢]	e4 meng4	nightmare	5
即将[即將]	ji2 jiang1	on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of	2
生命力[生命力]	sheng1 ming4 li4	vitality	1
健壮[健壯]	jian4 zhuang4	robust; healthy; sturdy	1
骄傲[驕傲]	jiao1 ao4	pride; arrogance; conceited; proud of sth	2
生子[生子]	sheng1 zi3	to give birth to a child or children	3
艰辛[艱辛]	jian1 xin1	hardships; arduous; difficult	1
重量[重量]	zhong4 liang4	weight; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
迁怒[遷怒]	qian1 nu4	to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it)	1
杂[雜]	za2	mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix	1
店员[店員]	dian4 yuan2	shop assistant; salesclerk; salesperson	1
天无绝人之路[天無絕人之路]	tian1 wu2 jue2 ren2 zhi1 lu4	Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through.; Never give up hope.; Never say die.	1
悲观[悲觀]	bei1 guan1	pessimistic	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep27/59 words - 41 min
半天[半天]	ban4 tian1	half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
心底[心底]	xin1 di3	bottom of one's heart	1
迟疑[遲疑]	chi2 yi2	to hesitate	2
呵护[呵護]	he1 hu4	to bless; to cherish; to take good care of; to conserve	1
禽兽[禽獸]	qin2 shou4	birds and animals; creature; beast (brutal person)	1
逃避责任[逃避責任]	tao2 bi4 ze2 ren4	to evade responsibility; to shirk	1
没种[沒種]	mei2 zhong3	not to have the guts (to do sth); cowardly	1
片刻[片刻]	pian4 ke4	short period of time; a moment	1
迟[遲]	chi2	late; delayed; slow	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep28/25 words - 12 min
谜[謎]	mi2	riddle	1
追查[追查]	zhui1 cha2	to try to find out; to trace; to track down	2
不堪[不堪]	bu4 kan1	cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely	1
包容[包容]	bao1 rong2	to pardon; to forgive; to show tolerance; to contain; to hold; inclusive	1
白头偕老[白頭偕老]	bai2 tou2 xie2 lao3	(to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part	1
雨过天晴[雨過天晴]	yu3 guo4 tian1 qing2	sky clears after rain; new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom); every cloud has a silver lining (idiom); see also 雨過天青|雨过天青[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing1]	1
安全感[安全感]	an1 quan2 gan3	sense of security	1
豪宅[豪宅]	hao2 zhai2	grand residence; mansion	1
半年[半年]	ban4 nian2	half a year	2
参观[參觀]	can1 guan1	to look around; to tour; to visit	2
顶让[頂讓]	ding3 rang4	to hand over (a business etc) for an agreed price (Tw)	3
白费[白費]	bai2 fei4	to waste (one's energy etc)	1
无不[無不]	wu2 bu4	none lacking; none missing; everything is there; everyone without exception	1
筵席[筵席]	yan2 xi2	banquet; mat for sitting	1
各奔前程[各奔前程]	ge4 ben4 qian2 cheng2	each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life to lead	1
撞见[撞見]	zhuang4 jian4	to meet by accident	1
一道[一道]	yi1 dao4	together	2
取暖[取暖]	qu3 nuan3	to warm oneself (by a fire etc)	1
掉头[掉頭]	diao4 tou2	to turn one's head; to turn round; to turn about	1
送行[送行]	song4 xing2	to see someone off; to throw someone a send-off party	3
一路顺风[一路順風]	yi1 lu4 shun4 feng1	to have a pleasant journey (idiom)	1
交易所[交易所]	jiao1 yi4 suo3	exchange; stock exchange	1
分崩离析[分崩離析]	fen1 beng1 li2 xi1	to collapse and fall apart (idiom); to break up; falling to pieces	1
舍命[捨命]	she3 ming4	to risk one's life	1
歪[歪]	wai1	askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep28/50 words - 30 min
疏远[疏遠]	shu1 yuan3	to drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate; estrangement	1
破镜重圆[破鏡重圓]	po4 jing4 chong2 yuan2	a shattered mirror put back together (idiom); (of marriage) to pick up the pieces and start anew; for a separated couple to reconcile and reunite	1
时机[時機]	shi2 ji1	fortunate timing; occasion; opportunity	1
手边[手邊]	shou3 bian1	on hand; at hand	1
晚会[晚會]	wan3 hui4	evening party; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
友谊[友誼]	you3 yi4	companionship; fellowship; friendship	3
心神不宁[心神不寧]	xin1 shen2 bu4 ning2	to feel ill at ease	1
黏着[黏著]	nian2 zhuo2	to adhere; to stick together; to bond; to agglutinate; adhesion; adhesive	2
新时代[新時代]	xin1 shi2 dai4	new age	1
女性[女性]	nu:3 xing4	woman; the female sex	2
打火机[打火機]	da3 huo3 ji1	lighter; cigarette lighter	13
名贵[名貴]	ming2 gui4	famous and valuable; rare; precious	1
大门[大門]	da4 men2	entrance; door; gate; large and influential family	1
八步[八步]	Ba1 bu4	Babu district of Hezhou city 賀州市|贺州市[He4 zhou1 shi4], Guangxi	1
右转[右轉]	you4 zhuan3	to turn right	1
缺少[缺少]	que1 shao3	lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack	1
书约[書約]	shu1 yue1	book contract	1
新郎[新郎]	xin1 lang2	bridegroom; groom	1
新娘[新娘]	xin1 niang2	bride	1
担负[擔負]	dan1 fu4	to shoulder; to bear; to undertake	1
血缘关系[血緣關係]	xue4 yuan2 guan1 xi4	blood relationship; consanguinity	2
来历不明[來歷不明]	lai2 li4 bu4 ming2	of unknown origin	1
心态[心態]	xin1 tai4	attitude (of the heart); state of one's psyche; way of thinking; mentality	1
除夕[除夕]	Chu2 xi1	lunar New Year's Eve	1
出嫁[出嫁]	chu1 jia4	to get married (of woman)	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep28/75 words - 37 min
年夜饭[年夜飯]	nian2 ye4 fan4	New Year's Eve family dinner	5
时时刻刻[時時刻刻]	shi2 shi2 ke4 ke4	at all times	2
大功告成[大功告成]	da4 gong1 gao4 cheng2	successfully accomplished (project or goal); to be highly successful	1
春联[春聯]	chun1 lian2	Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side)	1
宝刀未老[寶刀未老]	bao3 dao1 wei4 lao3	treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous	1
写完[寫完]	xie3 wan2	to finish writing	1
桌子[桌子]	zhuo1 zi5	table; desk; CL:張|张[zhang1],套[tao4]	1
油烟[油煙]	you2 yan1	soot; lampblack	2
抽油烟机[抽油煙機]	chou1 you2 yan1 ji1	range hood; kitchen exhaust hood	2
时好时坏[時好時壞]	shi2 hao3 shi2 huai4	sometimes good, sometimes bad	1
省钱[省錢]	sheng3 qian2	to save money	3
肺癌[肺癌]	fei4 ai2	lung cancer	1
过世[過世]	guo4 shi4	to die; to pass away	1
时光[時光]	shi2 guang1	time; era; period of time	1
每年[每年]	mei3 nian2	every year; each year; yearly	2
餐桌[餐桌]	can1 zhuo1	dining table; dinner table	1
鱼头[魚頭]	yu2 tou2	fish head; fig. upright and unwilling to compromise	1
再次[再次]	zai4 ci4	one more time; again; one more; once again	1
露出[露出]	lu4 chu1	to expose; to show; also pr. [lou4 chu1]	1
年年有余[年年有餘]	nian2 nian2 you3 yu2	lit. (may you) have abundance year after year; (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)	1
门外[門外]	men2 wai4	outside the door	1
取笑[取笑]	qu3 xiao4	to tease; to make fun of	1
淹死[淹死]	yan1 si3	to drown	1
大过年[大過年]	da4 guo4 nian2	Chinese New Year	1
吉利[吉利]	ji2 li4	auspicious; lucky; propitious	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep28/80 words - 42 min
仙女[仙女]	xian1 nu:3	fairy	2
流星[流星]	liu2 xing1	meteor; shooting star	4
不灵[不靈]	bu4 ling2	not work; be ineffective	1
壹[壹]	yi1	one (banker's anti-fraud numeral)	2
佰[佰]	bai3	hundred (banker's anti-fraud numeral)	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep29/25 words - 9 min
龟[龜]	gui1	tortoise; turtle	29
性别[性別]	xing4 bie2	gender; sex; distinguishing between the sexes	1
巴西[巴西]	Ba1 xi1	Brazil	1
平均寿命[平均壽命]	ping2 jun1 shou4 ming4	life expectancy	1
共同[共同]	gong4 tong2	common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative	2
鸽[鴿]	ge1	pigeon; dove	1
传情[傳情]	chuan2 qing2	to pass on amorous feelings; to send one's love to sb	1
长寿[長壽]	chang2 shou4	longevity; ability to live long; long lived	3
杠龟[槓龜]	gang4 gui1	to lose one's shirt (gambling); to meet with failure; (Taiwanese, POJ pr. [kòng-ku])	2
锦鲤[錦鯉]	jin3 li3	koi (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus)	1
失手[失手]	shi1 shou3	a slip; miscalculation; unwise move; accidentally; by mistake; to lose control; to be defeated	1
延续[延續]	yan2 xu4	to continue; to go on; to last	1
认养[認養]	ren4 yang3	to sponsor; to adopt (pledge to give sb or sth one's special attention or support); to adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own)	1
疤痕[疤痕]	ba1 hen2	scar	2
浇水[澆水]	jiao1 shui3	to water (plants etc)	1
千年[千年]	qian1 nian2	millennium	2
神木[神木]	Shen2 mu4	Shenmu County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi	1
阵子[陣子]	zhen4 zi5	period of time	1
胶囊[膠囊]	jiao1 nang2	capsule (pharm.); caplet	4
辞[辭]	ci2	to resign; to dismiss; to decline; to take leave; ballad (archaic poetic genre); variant of 詞|词[ci2]	1
辛劳[辛勞]	xin1 lao2	laborious	1
永续[永續]	yong3 xu4	sustainable; perpetual	1
神庙[神廟]	shen2 miao4	temple (nonspecific)	1
护身符[護身符]	hu4 shen1 fu2	amulet; protective talisman; charm	2
个个[個個]	ge4 ge4	each one individually; each and every	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep29/50 words - 15 min
月老[月老]	yue4 lao3	matchmaker; go-between; same as 月下老人[yue4 xia4 lao3 ren2]	1
庙[廟]	miao4	temple; ancestral shrine; CL:座[zuo4]; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial	1
姻缘[姻緣]	yin1 yuan2	a marriage predestined by fate	1
大运[大運]	Da4 yun4	Mandate of Heaven; the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC; usually written 大運河|大运河[Da4 Yun4 he2]	1
吐司[吐司]	tu3 si1	sliced bread (loanword from "toast")	1
薄[薄]	bo2	meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near	3
纸片[紙片]	zhi3 pian4	a piece, scrap or fragment of paper	1
看涨[看漲]	kan4 zhang3	bull market (prices appear to be rising)	1
未必[未必]	wei4 bi4	not necessarily; maybe not	1
收手[收手]	shou1 shou3	to stop; to pull back	1
买房[買房]	mai3 fang2	to buy a house	2
瞎猜[瞎猜]	xia1 cai1	to make a wild guess; blind guess	1
大跌[大跌]	da4 die1	large fall	2
过去式[過去式]	guo4 qu5 shi4	past tense	1
恩人[恩人]	en1 ren2	a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else	2
设想[設想]	she4 xiang3	to imagine; to assume; to envisage; tentative plan; to have consideration for	1
一个个[一個個]	yi1 ge4 ge4	each and every one	1
下跌[下跌]	xia4 die1	to fall; to tumble	1
收入[收入]	shou1 ru4	to take in; income; revenue; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]	2
东坡肉[東坡肉]	Dong1 po1 rou4	stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡	1
多头[多頭]	duo1 tou2	many-headed; many-layered (authority); devolved (as opposed to centralized); pluralistic; (as classifier) number of animals; long term (finance); long (investment)	1
反转[反轉]	fan3 zhuan3	reversal; inversion; to reverse; to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)	2
下滑[下滑]	xia4 hua2	sliding; slide	1
跌破[跌破]	die1 po4	(of a market index etc) to fall below (a given level); to be injured or damaged as a result of a fall	2
股票指数[股票指數]	gu3 piao4 zhi3 shu4	stock market index; share price index	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep29/75 words - 20 min
曲线图[曲線圖]	qu1 xian4 tu2	line graph; line diagram	1
中旬[中旬]	zhong1 xun2	middle third of a month	1
将近[將近]	jiang1 jin4	almost; nearly; close to	1
八成[八成]	ba1 cheng2	eighty percent; most probably; most likely	1
城[城]	cheng2	city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]	1
瑞[瑞]	rui4	lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)	12
制药[制藥]	zhi4 yao4	to manufacture medicine	11
透露[透露]	tou4 lu4	to leak out; to divulge; to reveal	2
肝[肝]	gan1	liver; CL:葉|叶[ye4],個|个[ge4]	3
许可[許可]	xu3 ke3	to allow; to permit	2
高层[高層]	gao1 ceng2	high level; high class	1
底[底]	di3	background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix; base	3
进场[進場]	jin4 chang3	to go into; to enter an arena (e.g. sporting)	2
春季[春季]	chun1 ji4	springtime	1
发布[發布]	fa1 bu4	to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute	1
出场[出場]	chu1 chang3	(of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform; (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete; (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product); (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue	1
棋[棋]	qi2	chess; chess-like game; a game of chess; CL:盤|盘[pan2]; chess piece; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]	1
化学[化學]	hua4 xue2	chemistry; chemical	1
财务[財務]	cai2 wu4	financial affairs	1
报表[報表]	bao4 biao3	forms for reporting statistics; report forms	1
事务所[事務所]	shi4 wu4 suo3	office; firm	1
务[務]	wu4	affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to; by all means	1
出入[出入]	chu1 ru4	to go out and come in; entrance and exit; expenditure and income; discrepancy; inconsistent	1
制作[製作]	zhi4 zuo4	to make; to manufacture	2
财报[財報]	cai2 bao4	financial report	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep29/100 words - 25 min
募集[募集]	mu4 ji2	to raise; to collect	1
恶意中伤[惡意中傷]	e4 yi4 zhong1 shang1	malicious libel; slander	1
调节[調節]	tiao2 jie2	to adjust; to regulate; to harmonize; to reconcile (accountancy etc)	1
常识[常識]	chang2 shi2	common sense; general knowledge; CL:門|门[men2]	2
短线[短線]	duan3 xian4	short term	1
嫌疑[嫌疑]	xian2 yi2	suspicion; to have suspicions	1
特定[特定]	te4 ding4	special; specific; designated; particular	1
时段[時段]	shi2 duan4	time interval; work shift; time slot; the twelve two-hour divisions of the day	1
散户[散戶]	san3 hu4	individual (shareholder); the small investor	1
散播[散播]	san4 bo1	to spread; to disperse; to disseminate	1
猜中[猜中]	cai1 zhong4	to guess correctly; to figure out the right answer	4
开战[開戰]	kai1 zhan4	to start a war; to make war; to battle against	1
出清[出清]	chu1 qing1	to clear out accumulated items; (retailing) to hold a clearance sale	1
今[今]	jin1	today; modern; present; current; this; now	1
造谣生事[造謠生事]	zao4 yao2 sheng1 shi4	to start rumours and create trouble	1
管理[管理]	guan3 li3	to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration; CL:個|个[ge4]	2
委员会[委員會]	wei3 yuan2 hui4	committee	1
卧底[臥底]	wo4 di3	to hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves); a mole	1
星期一[星期一]	Xing1 qi1 yi1	Monday	1
买好[買好]	mai3 hao3	to ingratiate oneself	1
变动[變動]	bian4 dong4	to change; to fluctuate; change; fluctuation	1
起见[起見]	qi3 jian4	motive; purpose; (sth) being the motive or purpose	1
现[現]	xian4	to appear; present; now; existing; current	1
面额[面額]	mian4 e2	denomination (of currency or bond)	1
账面[賬面]	zhang4 mian4	an item in accounts; an entry	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep29/125 words - 37 min
金额[金額]	jin1 e2	sum of money; monetary value	1
缩水[縮水]	suo1 shui3	to shrink (in the wash); fig. to shrink (of profits etc)	1
换成[換成]	huan4 cheng2	to exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with; to convert into	1
定存[定存]	ding4 cun2	certificate of deposit; time deposit; abbr. for 定期存款|定期存款[ding4 qi1 cun2 kuan3]	2
口味[口味]	kou3 wei4	a person's preferences; tastes (in food); flavor	1
梯子[梯子]	ti1 zi5	ladder; stepladder	1
烫伤[燙傷]	tang4 shang1	to scald	1
结亲[結親]	jie2 qin1	to marry	1
自找麻烦[自找麻煩]	zi4 zhao3 ma2 fan5	to ask for trouble; to invite difficulties	1
害喜[害喜]	hai4 xi3	to have morning sickness during pregnancy; to have a strong appetite for certain foods (during pregnancy)	2
答[答]	da2	reply; answer; return; respond; echo	1
饭菜[飯菜]	fan4 cai4	food	1
公证[公證]	gong1 zheng4	notarization; notarized; acknowledgement	1
酒席[酒席]	jiu3 xi2	feast; banquet	1
有钱人[有錢人]	you3 qian2 ren2	rich person; the rich	1
礼数[禮數]	li3 shu4	etiquette; (old) gradation of etiquette with social status	2
床头柜[床頭櫃]	chuang2 tou2 gui4	bedside cabinet	1
媳妇[媳婦]	xi2 fu4	daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman	1
愁眉苦脸[愁眉苦臉]	chou2 mei2 ku3 lian3	to look anxious (idiom); to look miserable	1
牌子[牌子]	pai2 zi5	sign; trademark; brand	1
一模一样[一模一樣]	yi1 mu2 yi1 yang4	exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yi1 mo2 yi1 yang4]	2
刮[刮]	gua1	to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort	2
痕[痕]	hen2	scar; traces	1
下放[下放]	xia4 fang4	to delegate; to decentralize; to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside	1
看上[看上]	kan4 shang4	to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep29/128 words - 41 min
崩盘[崩盤]	beng1 pan2	(finance) to crash; to collapse; crash	2
着急[著急]	zhao2 ji2	to worry; to feel anxious; Taiwan pr. [zhao1 ji2]	3
天下大乱[天下大亂]	tian1 xia4 da4 luan4	the whole country in rebellion	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep30/25 words - 22 min
桥[橋]	qiao2	bridge; CL:座[zuo4]	1
忘恩负义[忘恩負義]	wang4 en1 fu4 yi4	to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend; to kick a benefactor in the teeth	2
一错再错[一錯再錯]	yi1 cuo4 zai4 cuo4	to repeat errors; to continue blundering; to make continuous mistakes	1
水里[水里]	Shui3 li3	Shuili township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan	2
弄坏[弄壞]	nong4 huai4	to ruin; to spoil; to break	2
即时[即時]	ji2 shi2	immediate	1
浸湿[浸濕]	jin4 shi1	to soak; to saturate	1
豁出去[豁出去]	huo1 chu5 qu5	to throw caution to the wind; to press one's luck; to go for broke	1
闹脾气[鬧脾氣]	nao4 pi2 qi5	to get angry	1
出生日期[出生日期]	chu1 sheng1 ri4 qi1	date of birth	1
猜测[猜測]	cai1 ce4	to guess; to conjecture; to surmise	1
众说纷纭[眾說紛紜]	zhong4 shuo1 fen1 yun2	opinions differ (idiom)	1
推论[推論]	tui1 lun4	to infer; inference; corollary; reasoned conclusion	1
心眼[心眼]	xin1 yan3	heart; intention; conscience; consideration; cleverness; tolerance	1
计算[計算]	ji4 suan4	to count; to calculate; to compute; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
国民[國民]	guo2 min2	nationals; citizens; people of a nation	1
天长地久[天長地久]	tian1 chang2 di4 jiu3	enduring while the world lasts (idiom); eternal	1
永恒[永恆]	yong3 heng2	eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)	4
汗[汗]	han4	perspiration; sweat; CL:滴[di1],頭|头[tou2],身[shen1]; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)	1
触[觸]	chu4	to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions	2
宰[宰]	zai3	to slaughter livestock; to govern or rule; to cheat customers; imperial official in dynastic China	1
罪魁祸首[罪魁禍首]	zui4 kui2 huo4 shou3	criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit; fig. main cause of a disaster	1
说了算[說了算]	shuo1 le5 suan4	to have the final say; to be the one in charge	1
笔记本[筆記本]	bi3 ji4 ben3	notebook (stationery); CL:本[ben3]; notebook (computing)	1
是的[是的]	shi4 de5	yes, that's right; variant of 似的[shi4 de5]	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep30/50 words - 27 min
询问[詢問]	xun2 wen4	to inquire	1
肝炎[肝炎]	gan1 yan2	hepatitis	1
临床[臨床]	lin2 chuang2	clinical	1
试验[試驗]	shi4 yan4	experiment; test; CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4]; to experiment; experimental	1
尚未[尚未]	shang4 wei4	not yet; still not	1
骗局[騙局]	pian4 ju2	a swindle; a trap; a racket; a scam; CL:場|场[chang3]	2
推断[推斷]	tui1 duan4	to infer; to deduce; to predict; to extrapolate	1
空头[空頭]	kong1 tou2	phony; so-called; armchair (expert); vain (promise); (finance) short-seller; bear (market); short (selling)	2
放出[放出]	fang4 chu1	to let off; to give out	1
受骗[受騙]	shou4 pian4	to be cheated; to be taken in; to be hoodwinked	1
拆穿[拆穿]	chai1 chuan1	to expose; to unmask; to see through (a lie etc)	1
不利[不利]	bu4 li4	unfavorable; disadvantageous; harmful; detrimental	1
检[檢]	jian3	to check; to examine; to inspect; to exercise restraint	3
单位[單位]	dan1 wei4	unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform); CL:個|个[ge4]	3
好自为之[好自為之]	hao3 zi4 wei2 zhi1	to do one's best; to shape up; to behave; to fend for oneself; you're on your own	1
卖掉[賣掉]	mai4 diao4	to sell off; to get rid of in a sale	1
查出[查出]	cha2 chu1	to find out; to discover	1
散布[散佈]	san4 bu4	to disseminate	1
借此[藉此]	jie4 ci3	using this as a pretext; thereby	1
指出[指出]	zhi3 chu1	to indicate; to point out	1
传出[傳出]	chuan2 chu1	to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve)	1
无精打采[無精打采]	wu2 jing1 da3 cai3	dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out	1
胜任[勝任]	sheng4 ren4	qualified; competent (professionally); to be up to a task	1
谁知[誰知]	shei2 zhi1	lit. who knows; who would have thought; unexpectedly; unpredictably	1
做菜[做菜]	zuo4 cai4	to cook; cooking	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep30/75 words - 33 min
结晶[結晶]	jie2 jing1	to crystallize; crystallization; crystal; crystalline; (fig.) the fruit (of labor etc)	2
一对[一對]	yi1 dui4	couple; pair	2
碰触[碰觸]	peng4 chu4	to touch	1
惊醒[驚醒]	jing1 xing3	to rouse; to be woken by sth; to wake with a start; to sleep lightly	1
触碰[觸碰]	chu4 peng4	to touch; (fig.) to touch on (a matter)	1
避开[避開]	bi4 kai1	to avoid; to evade; to keep away from	1
失落[失落]	shi1 luo4	to lose (sth); to drop (sth); to feel a sense of loss; frustrated; disappointment; loss	1
自责[自責]	zi4 ze2	to blame oneself	1
伤痛[傷痛]	shang1 tong4	pain (from wound); sorrow	1
扭转[扭轉]	niu3 zhuan3	to reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation); (mechanics) torsion	1
及时[及時]	ji2 shi2	in time; promptly; without delay; timely	1
挽回[挽回]	wan3 hui2	to retrieve; to redeem	1
不怎么[不怎麼]	bu4 zen3 me5	not very; not particularly	1
障碍[障礙]	zhang4 ai4	barrier; obstruction; hindrance; impediment; obstacle	1
柏拉图[柏拉圖]	Bo2 la1 tu2	Plato (c. 427-c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher	1
式[式]	shi4	type; form; pattern; style	1
长久[長久]	chang2 jiu3	(for a) long time	4
分隔[分隔]	fen1 ge2	to divide; to separate; partition	1
东南亚[東南亞]	Dong1 nan2 ya4	Southeast Asia	1
进水[進水]	jin4 shui3	to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc); to get flooded; inflow of water	1
纯洁[純潔]	chun2 jie2	pure; clean and honest; to purify	1
了却[了卻]	liao3 que4	to resolve; to settle	1
父母亲[父母親]	fu4 mu3 qin1	parents	1
血肉[血肉]	xue4 rou4	flesh	1
躯[軀]	qu1	human body	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep30/92 words - 42 min
恩情[恩情]	en1 qing2	kindness; affection; grace; favor	1
站住[站住]	zhan4 zhu4	to stand	1
三两[三兩]	san1 liang3	two or three	1
互[互]	hu4	mutual	1
解脱[解脫]	jie3 tuo1	to untie; to free; to absolve of; to get free of; to extirpate oneself; (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries	1
脱掉[脫掉]	tuo1 diao4	to remove; to take off; to strip off; to discard; to shed; to come off; to fall off	1
脱衣服[脫衣服]	tuo1 yi1 fu2	undress	1
抽筋[抽筋]	chou1 jin1	cramp; charley horse; to pull a tendon	1
师母[師母]	shi1 mu3	term of respect for your teacher's wife	1
香蕉[香蕉]	xiang1 jiao1	banana; CL:枝[zhi1],根[gen1],個|个[ge4],把[ba3]	2
热水袋[熱水袋]	re4 shui3 dai4	hot water bottle; hot-water bag	1
热敷[熱敷]	re4 fu1	hot compress	1
老人家[老人家]	lao3 ren2 jia1	polite term for old woman or man	1
婚纱[婚紗]	hun1 sha1	wedding dress; CL:身[shen1]	2
景[景]	jing3	bright; circumstance; scenery	1
进度[進度]	jin4 du4	pace; tempo; degree of progress (on project); work schedule	2
落后[落後]	luo4 hou4	to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress	3
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep31/25 words - 15 min
疼爱[疼愛]	teng2 ai4	to love dearly	1
香火[香火]	xiang1 huo3	incense burning in front of a temple; burning joss sticks	1
谅解[諒解]	liang4 jie3	to understand; to make allowances for; understanding	2
拖进[拖進]	tuo1 jin4	to drag in	1
下水[下水]	xia4 shui3	downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot	1
遭遇[遭遇]	zao1 yu4	to meet with; to encounter; (bitter) experience	1
功成名就[功成名就]	gong1 cheng2 ming2 jiu4	to win success and recognition (idiom)	1
娶妻[娶妻]	qu3 qi1	to take a wife; to get married (man)	1
有朝一日[有朝一日]	you3 zhao1 yi1 ri4	one day; sometime in the future	1
哄[哄]	hong1	roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd)	2
卑微[卑微]	bei1 wei1	petty and low	1
请求[請求]	qing3 qiu2	to request; to ask; request; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
宽容[寬容]	kuan1 rong2	lenient; tolerant; indulgent; charitable; to forgive	1
大度[大度]	da4 du4	magnanimous; generous (in spirit)	1
孕[孕]	yun4	pregnant	1
婚事[婚事]	hun1 shi4	wedding; marriage; CL:門|门[men2],樁|桩[zhuang1]	1
剧本[劇本]	ju4 ben3	script for play, opera, movie etc; screenplay; scenario	1
转弯[轉彎]	zhuan3 wan1	to turn; to go around a corner	1
待产[待產]	dai4 chan3	(of an expectant mother) to be in labor	2
左邻右舍[左鄰右舍]	zuo3 lin2 you4 she4	neighbors; next-door neighbors; related work units; colleagues doing related work	1
闲话[閒話]	xian2 hua4	digression; gossip; complaint; scandal; CL:段[duan4]	1
多嘴[多嘴]	duo1 zui3	talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly	1
熟人[熟人]	shu2 ren2	acquaintance; friend	1
南投[南投]	Nan2 tou2	Nantou city and county in central Taiwan	5
内线交易[內線交易]	nei4 xian4 jiao1 yi4	insider trading (illegal share-dealing)	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep31/50 words - 22 min
人手[人手]	ren2 shou3	manpower; staff; human hand	1
住处[住處]	zhu4 chu4	residence; dwelling; dwelling place	1
牢靠[牢靠]	lao2 kao4	firm and solid; robust; reliable	1
气馁[氣餒]	qi4 nei3	to be discouraged	1
想不通[想不通]	xiang3 bu5 tong1	unable to understand; unable to get over	1
加班[加班]	jia1 ban1	to work overtime	1
抢先[搶先]	qiang3 xian1	to rush (to do sth urgent); to try to be the first; to forestall	1
绿[綠]	lu:4	green	1
分红[分紅]	fen1 hong2	dividend; to award a bonus	1
手续费[手續費]	shou3 xu4 fei4	service charge; processing fee; commission	1
叫苦连天[叫苦連天]	jiao4 ku3 lian2 tian1	to whine on for days (idiom); to endlessly grumble complaints; incessant whining	1
止[止]	zhi3	to stop; to prohibit; until; only	1
回升[回升]	hui2 sheng1	to rise again after a fall; to pick up; rally (stock market etc)	1
风险[風險]	feng1 xian3	risk; hazard	2
总有[總有]	zong3 you3	inevitably there will be	1
起伏[起伏]	qi3 fu2	to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs	1
伏[伏]	fu2	to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt	1
逃跑[逃跑]	tao2 pao3	to flee from sth; to run away; to escape	1
心房[心房]	xin1 fang2	heart (as the seat of emotions); cardiac atrium	1
太阳[太陽]	tai4 yang5	sun; CL:個|个[ge4]; abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tai4 yang2 xue2]	1
炙[炙]	zhi4	to broil; to roast	1
波动[波動]	bo1 dong4	to undulate; to fluctuate; wave motion; rise and fall	1
不分[不分]	bu4 fen1	not divided; irrespective; not distinguishing between	1
戒指[戒指]	jie4 zhi5	(finger) ring	3
发帖[發帖]	fa1 tie3	to post (an item on a forum)	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep31/75 words - 36 min
公告[公告]	gong1 gao4	post; announcement	1
中正区[中正區]	Zhong1 zheng4 Qu1	Zhongzheng District of Taipei 台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4] or Keelung 基隆市[Ji1 long2 shi4]	1
泉州[泉州]	Quan2 zhou1	Quanzhou prefecture level city in Fujian	1
曲折[曲折]	qu1 zhe2	winding; (fig.) complicated	1
通往[通往]	tong1 wang3	to lead to	1
捷径[捷徑]	jie2 jing4	shortcut	1
乡下[鄉下]	xiang1 xia5	countryside; rural area; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
闲言闲语[閒言閒語]	xian2 yan2 xian2 yu3	idle gossip	2
爱面子[愛面子]	ai4 mian4 zi5	to like to look good in the eyes of others; sensitive about how one is regarded by others; proud	1
要面子[要面子]	yao4 mian4 zi5	see 愛面子|爱面子[ai4 mian4 zi5]	1
以身作则[以身作則]	yi3 shen1 zuo4 ze2	to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model	1
改掉[改掉]	gai3 diao4	to drop a bad habit	1
无依无靠[無依無靠]	wu2 yi1 wu2 kao4	no one to rely on (idiom); on one's own; orphaned; left to one's own devices	1
愚蠢[愚蠢]	yu2 chun3	silly; stupid	1
对手[對手]	dui4 shou3	opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match	3
后会有期[後會有期]	hou4 hui4 you3 qi1	I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom); Hope to see you again.	1
客运[客運]	ke4 yun4	passenger transportation; (Tw) intercity bus	1
商学院[商學院]	shang1 xue2 yuan4	business school; university of business studies	3
风采[風采]	feng1 cai3	svelte; elegant manner; graceful bearing	1
自我[自我]	zi4 wo3	self-; ego (psychology)	1
教室[教室]	jiao4 shi4	classroom; CL:間|间[jian1]	2
黑板[黑板]	hei1 ban3	blackboard; CL:塊|块[kuai4],個|个[ge4]	1
公物[公物]	gong1 wu4	public property	2
重逢[重逢]	chong2 feng2	to meet again; to be reunited; reunion	3
婴儿[嬰兒]	ying1 er2	infant; baby; CL:個|个[ge4]; lead (Pb)	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep31/87 words - 42 min
抬头[抬頭]	tai2 tou2	to raise one's head; to gain ground; account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc	1
星空[星空]	xing1 kong1	starry sky; the heavens	2
萤火虫[螢火蟲]	ying2 huo3 chong2	firefly; glowworm; lightning bug	4
灯笼[燈籠]	deng1 long2	lantern	1
黄色[黃色]	huang2 se4	yellow (color); pornographic	2
入眠[入眠]	ru4 mian2	to fall asleep	1
足球[足球]	zu2 qiu2	soccer ball; a football; CL:個|个[ge4]; soccer; football	1
喜好[喜好]	xi3 hao4	to like; fond of; to prefer; to love; one's tastes; preference	1
付钱[付錢]	fu4 qian2	to pay money	1
结账[結賬]	jie2 zhang4	to pay the bill; to settle accounts; also written 結帳|结帐	1
远门[遠門]	yuan3 men2	(to go to) distant parts; faraway; a distant relative	1
深厚[深厚]	shen1 hou4	deep; profound	2
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep32/25 words - 9 min
悬念[懸念]	xuan2 nian4	suspense in a movie, play etc; concern for sb's welfare	1
动力[動力]	dong4 li4	motive power; force; (fig.) motivation; impetus	1
丝带[絲帶]	si1 dai4	ribbon	1
信物[信物]	xin4 wu4	keepsake; token	1
模[模]	mo2	to imitate; model; norm; pattern	1
制服[制服]	zhi4 fu2	to subdue; to check; to bring under control; (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status; uniform (army, party, school etc); livery (for company employees); CL:套[tao4]	1
像样[像樣]	xiang4 yang4	presentable; decent; up to par	1
佛[佛]	Fo2	Buddha; Buddhism	1
吊车[吊車]	diao4 che1	hoist; crane; elevator	2
尾[尾]	wei3	tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish	2
吊[吊]	diao4	to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person	2
好在[好在]	hao3 zai4	luckily; fortunately	1
迷失[迷失]	mi2 shi1	to lose (one's bearings); to get lost	1
烛光[燭光]	zhu2 guang1	candle light; candle-lit (vigil etc); candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd)	1
餐具[餐具]	can1 ju4	tableware; dinner service	1
传说[傳說]	chuan2 shuo1	legend; folklore; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...	1
鸿门宴[鴻門宴]	Hong2 men2 Yan4	Feast at Hongmen; (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest; refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3]	1
禀报[稟報]	bing3 bao4	to report (to one's superior)	1
转角[轉角]	zhuan3 jiao3	bend in a street; corner; to turn a corner	1
头期款[頭期款]	tou2 qi1 kuan3	down payment	1
筹[籌]	chou2	chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); resource; means	1
牛排[牛排]	niu2 pai2	steak	1
五星级[五星級]	wu3 xing1 ji2	five-star (hotel)	1
主编[主編]	zhu3 bian1	editor in chief	1
理念[理念]	li3 nian4	idea; concept; philosophy; theory	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep32/50 words - 25 min
采访[採訪]	cai3 fang3	to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover	1
行销[行銷]	xing2 xiao1	to sell; marketing	1
课[課]	ke4	subject; course; CL:門|门[men2]; class; lesson; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2]; to levy; tax; form of divination	1
品牌[品牌]	pin3 pai2	brand name; trademark	1
家事[家事]	jia1 shi4	family matters; domestic affairs; housework	1
佣人[傭人]	yong1 ren2	servant	1
划船[划船]	hua2 chuan2	to row a boat; rowing boat; rowing (sport)	2
遵守[遵守]	zun1 shou3	to comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement)	1
规则[規則]	gui1 ze2	rule; regulation; rules and regulations	2
用力[用力]	yong4 li4	to exert oneself physically	1
晕船[暈船]	yun4 chuan2	to become seasick	1
头晕[頭暈]	tou2 yun1	dizzy	2
犯规[犯規]	fan4 gui1	to break the rules; an illegality; a foul	1
微笑[微笑]	wei1 xiao4	smile; CL:個|个[ge4],絲|丝[si1]; to smile	1
回想[回想]	hui2 xiang3	to recall; to recollect; to think back	2
岸上[岸上]	an4 shang4	ashore; on the riverbank	1
一眨眼[一眨眼]	yi1 zha3 yan3	in a wink	2
却是[卻是]	que4 shi4	nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...	1
扎扎实实[扎扎實實]	zha1 zha5 shi2 shi2	firm; solid; reliable; real; practical	1
孤[孤]	gu1	lone; lonely	1
单一[單一]	dan1 yi1	single; only; sole	1
好运[好運]	hao3 yun4	good luck	1
用完[用完]	yong4 wan2	used up; finished	1
奢望[奢望]	she1 wang4	an extravagant hope; to have excessive expectations	1
包装[包裝]	bao1 zhuang1	to pack; to package; to wrap; packaging	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep32/75 words - 37 min
精致[精緻]	jing1 zhi4	delicate; fine; exquisite; refined	1
熨斗[熨斗]	yun4 dou3	clothes iron	1
酷毙[酷斃]	ku4 bi4	(slang) awesome; cool; righteous	1
预产期[預產期]	yu4 chan3 qi1	expected date of childbirth; estimated due date (EDD)	1
会见[會見]	hui4 jian4	to meet with (sb who is paying a visit); CL:次[ci4]	2
挂号[掛號]	gua4 hao4	to register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail	1
缄[緘]	jian1	letters; to close; to seal	1
指导教授[指導教授]	zhi3 dao3 jiao4 shou4	adviser; advising professor	2
德国[德國]	De2 guo2	Germany; German	7
若[若]	ruo4	to seem; like; as; if	1
脖子[脖子]	bo2 zi5	neck; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
转身[轉身]	zhuan3 shen1	(of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)	1
遗忘[遺忘]	yi2 wang4	to become forgotten; to forget	1
户口[戶口]	hu4 kou3	population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence; residence permit; (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account	1
拦车[攔車]	lan2 che1	to thumb a lift; to hitchhike	1
家属[家屬]	jia1 shu3	family member; (family) dependent	2
等候[等候]	deng3 hou4	to wait; to wait for	1
老一辈[老一輩]	lao3 yi1 bei4	previous generation; older generation	1
亏欠[虧欠]	kui1 qian4	to fall short of; to have a deficit; deficit; deficiency	1
讨[討]	tao3	to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study	2
调教[調教]	tiao2 jiao4	to instruct; to teach; to train; to raise (livestock)	2
打屁股[打屁股]	da3 pi4 gu5	to spank sb's bottom	1
变丑[變醜]	bian4 chou3	to disfigure	1
男孩子[男孩子]	nan2 hai2 zi5	boy	1
房价[房價]	fang2 jia4	house price; cost of housing	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep32/80 words - 41 min
惦记[惦記]	dian4 ji4	to think of; to keep thinking about; to be concerned about	1
柜子[櫃子]	gui4 zi5	cupboard; cabinet	1
昏迷[昏迷]	hun1 mi2	to lose consciousness; to be in a coma; stupor; coma; stunned; disoriented	3
镇定[鎮定]	zhen4 ding4	calm; unperturbed; cool	1
镇定剂[鎮定劑]	zhen4 ding4 ji4	tranquilizer; depressant; sedative	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep33/25 words - 15 min
缎带[緞帶]	duan4 dai4	ribbon	1
约定[約定]	yue1 ding4	to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation	3
深信[深信]	shen1 xin4	to believe firmly	1
握住[握住]	wo4 zhu4	to grip; to hold	1
从不[從不]	cong2 bu4	never	1
新生儿[新生兒]	xin1 sheng1 er2	newborn baby; neonate	1
模糊[模糊]	mo2 hu5	vague; indistinct; fuzzy	1
形式[形式]	xing2 shi4	outer appearance; form; shape; formality; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
尿布[尿布]	niao4 bu4	diaper	5
裸体[裸體]	luo3 ti3	naked	1
男女授受不亲[男女授受不親]	nan2 nu:3 shou4 shou4 bu4 qin1	men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)	1
回避[迴避]	hui2 bi4	to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc)	1
疹[疹]	zhen3	measles; rash	1
喂奶[喂奶]	wei4 nai3	to breast-feed	1
杜仲[杜仲]	du4 zhong4	eucommia (a kind of rubber tree)	1
腰子[腰子]	yao1 zi5	kidney	1
升官[升官]	sheng1 guan1	to get promoted	2
爵[爵]	jue2	ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility	2
禄[祿]	lu4	good fortune; official salary	2
万华[萬華]	Wan4 hua2	Wanhua district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan	1
玫瑰花[玫瑰花]	mei2 gui1 hua1	rose	1
功夫[功夫]	gong1 fu5	skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort	1
谈论[談論]	tan2 lun4	to discuss; to talk about	1
开端[開端]	kai1 duan1	start; beginning	1
强韧[強韌]	qiang2 ren4	resilient; tough and strong	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep33/50 words - 35 min
世上[世上]	shi4 shang4	on earth	2
艰难[艱難]	jian1 nan2	difficult; hard; challenging	1
手臂[手臂]	shou3 bi4	arm; helper	1
新娘子[新娘子]	xin1 niang2 zi5	see 新娘[xin1 niang2]	1
气球[氣球]	qi4 qiu2	balloon	3
抓紧[抓緊]	zhua1 jin3	to grasp firmly; to pay special attention to; to rush in; to make the most of	1
推开[推開]	tui1 kai1	to push open (a gate etc); to push away; to reject; to decline	1
人间蒸发[人間蒸發]	ren2 jian1 zheng1 fa1	to vanish; to disappear from the face of the earth	1
凭空[憑空]	ping2 kong1	baseless (lie); without foundation	2
判定[判定]	pan4 ding4	to judge; to decide; judgment; determination	2
不舍[不捨]	bu4 she3	reluctant to part with (sth or sb); unwilling to let go of	1
纠正[糾正]	jiu1 zheng4	to correct; to make right	1
裂缝[裂縫]	lie4 feng4	crack; crevice; CL:道[dao4]	1
徘徊[徘徊]	pai2 huai2	to dither; to hesitate; to pace back and forth; by ext. to hover around; to linger	1
相逢[相逢]	xiang1 feng2	to meet (by chance); to come across	3
诗[詩]	shi1	poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse	1
泪[淚]	lei4	tears	1
天蓝[天藍]	tian1 lan2	sky blue	1
月月[月月]	yue4 yue4	every month	1
晴天[晴天]	qing2 tian1	clear sky; sunny day	1
残[殘]	can2	to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus	1
尖叫[尖叫]	jian1 jiao4	to screech; to shriek	1
慈善[慈善]	ci2 shan4	benevolent; charitable	1
开张[開張]	kai1 zhang1	to open a business; first transaction of a business day	1
霉[霉]	mei2	bacteria; fungi; moldy	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep33/63 words - 41 min
碟[碟]	die2	dish; plate	1
小菜[小菜]	xiao3 cai4	appetizer; small side dish; easy job; piece of cake; see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2]	1
怪事[怪事]	guai4 shi4	strange thing; curious occurrence	1
因果[因果]	yin1 guo3	karma; cause and effect	1
轮回[輪回]	lun2 hui2	variant of 輪迴|轮回[lun2 hui2]	4
顺遂[順遂]	shun4 sui4	everything is going smoothly; just as one wishes	1
感性[感性]	gan3 xing4	perception; perceptual; sensibility; sensitive; emotional; sentimental	1
遭受[遭受]	zao1 shou4	to suffer; to sustain (loss, misfortune)	1
异样[異樣]	yi4 yang4	difference; peculiar	1
跳出[跳出]	tiao4 chu1	to jump out; fig. to appear suddenly	1
后遗症[後遺症]	hou4 yi2 zheng4	(medicine) sequelae; residual effects; (fig.) repercussions; aftermath	1
看相[看相]	kan4 xiang4	to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features	1
簿[簿]	bu4	a book; a register; account-book	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep34/25 words - 18 min
老公公[老公公]	lao3 gong1 gong5	old man; husband's father; father-in-law; court eunuch	1
姜饼[薑餅]	jiang1 bing3	gingerbread	1
圣诞卡[聖誕卡]	Sheng4 dan4 ka3	Christmas card	1
着呢[著呢]	zhe5 ne5	comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather	1
妈咪[媽咪]	ma1 mi5	mommy (loanword)	1
搜索[搜索]	sou1 suo3	to search (a place); to search (a database etc)	1
事务[事務]	shi4 wu4	(political, economic etc) affairs; work; transaction (as in a computer database)	1
中心[中心]	zhong1 xin1	center; heart; core; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
任教[任教]	ren4 jiao4	to hold a teaching position	1
一系列[一系列]	yi1 xi4 lie4	a series of; a string of	1
讲座[講座]	jiang3 zuo4	a course of lectures; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
主讲[主講]	zhu3 jiang3	to give a lecture; to lecture on	1
迟迟[遲遲]	chi2 chi2	late (with a task etc); slow	1
冒昧[冒昧]	mao4 mei4	bold; presumptuous; to take the liberty of	1
短暂[短暫]	duan3 zan4	of short duration; brief; momentary	1
把戏[把戲]	ba3 xi4	acrobatics; jugglery; cheap trick; game	1
追寻[追尋]	zhui1 xun2	to pursue; to track down; to search	1
招生[招生]	zhao1 sheng1	to enroll new students; to get students	1
博士[博士]	bo2 shi4	doctor; court academician (in feudal China); Ph.D.	1
继承[繼承]	ji4 cheng2	to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc); to carry on (a tradition etc)	1
家业[家業]	jia1 ye4	family property	1
茶庄[茶莊]	cha2 zhuang1	tea shop	1
民宿[民宿]	min2 su4	(Tw) guesthouse; bed-and-breakfast; homestay; pension (boarding house)	1
有声有色[有聲有色]	you3 sheng1 you3 se4	having sound and color (idiom); vivid; dazzling	1
据说[據說]	ju4 shuo1	it is said that; reportedly	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep34/50 words - 29 min
预定[預定]	yu4 ding4	to schedule in advance	1
住房[住房]	zhu4 fang2	housing	1
前来[前來]	qian2 lai2	to come (formal); before; previously	1
餐馆[餐館]	can1 guan3	restaurant; CL:家[jia1]	1
美国人[美國人]	Mei3 guo2 ren2	American; American person; American people; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
混血[混血]	hun4 xue4	hybrid	1
环游[環遊]	huan2 you2	to travel around (the world, a country etc)	1
逍遥[逍遙]	xiao1 yao2	free and unfettered	1
埋头[埋頭]	mai2 tou2	to immerse oneself in; engrossed in sth; to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain); countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)	1
抛下[拋下]	pao1 xia4	to throw down; to dump; to abandon; thrown down	1
带给[帶給]	dai4 gei3	to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to	1
分店[分店]	fen1 dian4	branch (of a chain store); annex	1
香港[香港]	Xiang1 gang3	Hong Kong	1
成立[成立]	cheng2 li4	to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water	1
分公司[分公司]	fen1 gong1 si1	subsidiary company; branch office	1
急性[急性]	ji2 xing4	acute	1
呼吸道[呼吸道]	hu1 xi1 dao4	respiratory tract	1
症候群[症候群]	zheng4 hou4 qun2	syndrome	1
爆发[爆發]	bao4 fa1	to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out	1
帅哥[帥哥]	shuai4 ge1	handsome guy; lady-killer; handsome (form of address)	1
辈分[輩分]	bei4 fen4	seniority in the family or clan; position in the family hierarchy	1
永[永]	yong3	forever; always; perpetual	1
品种[品種]	pin3 zhong3	breed; variety; CL:個|个[ge4]	1
玩偶[玩偶]	wan2 ou3	toy figurine; action figure; stuffed animal; doll; (fig.) sb's plaything	1
失踪[失蹤]	shi1 zong1	to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for	1
//Back to 1989 - S1/Ep34/61 words - 34 min
爬[爬]	pa2	to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up	1
某[某]	mou3	some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such	1
转世[轉世]	zhuan3 shi4	reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism)	2
绝望[絕望]	jue2 wang4	to despair; to give up all hope; desperate; desperation	1
执着[執著]	zhi2 zhuo2	to be strongly attached to; to be dedicated; to cling to	1
不值钱[不值錢]	bu4 zhi2 qian2	of little value	1
绘画[繪畫]	hui4 hua4	drawing; painting	1
画册[畫冊]	hua4 ce4	picture album	1
标价[標價]	biao1 jia4	to mark the price; marked price	1
旧书[舊書]	jiu4 shu1	second-hand book; old book; ancient book	2
花花绿绿[花花綠綠]	hua1 hua1 lu:4 lu:4	brightly colored; gaudy	1