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go-between [go-betweens] (intermediary or middleman) noun [UK: ˈɡəʊ bɪ.twiːn] [US: ˈɡoʊ bɪ.twiːn] | 中間人noun 媒人 /méiren/noun |
Golden Week (holiday) proper noun | 黃金周proper noun 黃金週proper noun 黄金周 /Huángjīn Zhōu/proper noun |
Halloween (October 31st) proper noun [UK: ˌhæ.lə.ˈwiːn] [US: ˌhæ.lə.ˈwiːn] | Wànshèngjié qiánxí/proper noun 万圣夜 /Wànshèngyè/proper noun 万圣节 /Wànshèngjié/proper noun 万圣节前夕 /Wànshèngjié qiánxīproper noun 萬聖夜proper noun 萬聖節proper noun 萬聖節前夕proper noun |
happy Halloween (holiday greeting) phrase | 万圣节快乐phrase 萬聖節快樂phrase |
hogweed (umbelliferous plant, Heracleum) noun [UK: hˈɒɡwiːd] [US: hˈɑːɡwiːd] | 独活属 /dúhuóshǔ/noun |
Holy Week (week preceding Easter) proper noun [UK: ˈhəʊ.li wiːk] [US: ˈhoʊ.li ˈwiːk] | 圣周 /Shèngzhōu/proper noun 聖週proper noun |
Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) noun [UK: ˌdʒæ.pə.ˈniːz] [US: ˌdʒæ.pə.ˈniːz] | 虎杖 /hǔzhàng/noun |
knotweed [knotweeds] (Polygonum) noun [UK: nˈɒtwiːd] [US: nˈɑːtwiːd] | 蓼 /liǎo/noun |
Lakshadweep (union territory of India) proper noun | 拉克沙 /Lākèshā/proper noun |
long weekend (weekend extended by one or more days off) noun | 長週末noun |
minesweeper [minesweepers] (vehicle, device or person for the removal of mines) noun [UK: ˈmaɪn.swiː.pə(r)] [US: ˈmaɪn.ˌswi.pər] | 扫雷舰 /sǎoléijiàn/noun 掃雷艦noun |
read between the lines (infer a meaning that is not stated explicitly) verb [UK: riːd bɪ.ˈtwiːn ðə laɪnz] [US: riːd bɪ.ˈtwiːn ðə ˈlaɪnz] | 体会言外之意 /tǐhuì yánwàizhīyì/verb 體會言外之意verb |
revenge is sweet (said when one is satisfied after taking revenge on oneself) phrase | 報仇雪恨,大快人心phrase 报仇雪恨,大快人心phrase |
Salween (river) proper noun | 怒江 /Nù Jiāng/proper noun 萨尔温江 /Sà'ěrwēn Jiāng/proper noun 薩爾溫江proper noun |
seaweed [seaweeds] (marine plants and algae) noun [UK: ˈsiː.wiːd] [US: ˈsiː.ˌwid] | 昆布 /kūnbù/noun 海带 /hǎidài/noun 海帶noun 海藻 /hǎizǎo/noun |
street sweeper (person employed to sweep streets, etc.) noun [UK: striːt ˈswiː.pə(r)] [US: ˈstriːt ˈswiː.pər] | 清道夫 /qīngdàofū/noun |
sweep [swept, swept, sweeping, sweeps] (to clean using a broom or brush) verb [UK: swiːp] [US: ˈswiːp] | 打扫 /dǎsǎo/verb 打掃verb 扫 /sǎo/verb |