Chinese Vocabulary: Relationships, Emotions, and Personal Habits

年轻人

young people

发呆

be lost in thought, stare blankly

心情

mood, frame of mind

吹

to end a relationship; (lit.) to blow

不合

incompatible

决定

to decide; decision

分手

to break up

帅

handsome

出风头

to show off

心目中

in (somebody's) mind or view

白马王子

knight in shining armor

骄傲

proud; arrogant; conceited; take pride in

眼里

in one's eyes; in one's view

吵架

to quarrel; to squabble; bicker

难过

sad; hard to bear

哭

to cry, weep

反正

anyway, in any case

本来

original; originally; at first

赞成

approve of, agree with

结婚

to marry, to get married

将来

in the future; future; the future

白日梦

daydream, fantasy

清秀

pretty and graceful

迷人

charming, fascinating

壮

strong

善良

good and honest; kind-hearted

爱情

romantic love

感人

touching, moving

恋爱

romantic love; be in love; love affair

反对

oppose; fight; be against

念

read aloud; to study; to miss or think of somebody

而已

that's all; nothing more

味道

smell, odour

抽烟

to smoke

说谎

to tell a lie

明明

obviously; plainly; undoubtedly

闻

smell

老师说来

speak out honestly

根据

basis; according to

香烟

cigarette

有害

harmful

一旦

once, in case, now that

上瘾

become addicted; get into a habit

容易

easy; likely; liable (to)

戒烟

to quit smoking

吸毒

to take drugs

戒掉

to quit

肺癌

lung cancer

海边

seaside, beach

晒太阳

to sunbathe

皮肤癌

skin cancer

毛病

fault; bad habit; shortcoming

小题大做

make a big fuss over a trifle; make a mountain out of a molehill

随

to follow

在于

to be determined by, depend on

生气

to be angry, to get angry

戒

to give up, to quit

成功

to succeed

却

but

矛盾

contradiction; contradictory; conflicting

临时

temporarily; not as planned; last minute

提议

to propose, to suggest

染

to dye

成

to become, turn into

穿

to wear, to pierce (ear/nose)

穿肚脐

pierce navel

跟

with

怪怪的

odd, strange, weird

究竟

after all; when all is said and done; actually

作怪

act mischievously, create mischief

戴

to wear (accessories)

环

ring, hoop

新潮

trendy

说不定

can't say for sure; perhaps; maybe

打扮

dress up; put on make up

保守

conservative (ideas, estimates, politically, etc.)

开通

open-minded, liberal

服饰

dress and personal adornment

耳洞

ear piercing

耳环

earrings

纹身

tattoo

抱怨

to complain, to grumble

了解

to understand; to know about; to be informed

自相矛盾

to contradict oneself