chāo jí super-; ultra-; hyper-

chāo jí shì chǎng supermarket

shì chǎng marketplace; market (also in abstract)

yǔ lù quotation (from a book or existing source)

lǎo shi always

děng dào to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc)

zài shuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides

hé miàn the surface of the river

mù gùn wooden stick

lán jié to intercept

shàng yóu upper reaches (of a river); upper level; upper echelon; upstream

fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching; Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc; (Daoism) magic weapon; talisman; fig. specially effective device; magic wand

qí xíng guài zhuàng fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped

kāi chā Split

wān qū to bend; to curve around; curved; crooked; to wind; to warp

pào cài pickled cabbage

dí què really; indeed

chà yī diǎn r almost; nearly

sòng huò to deliver goods

yùn fèi freight fee

liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom); to know (a person, a place etc) inside out

yù yán to predict; prophecy

yù yán jiā prophet

xiāng zi suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk

mǐ kāng bran

dǎ suàn to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation

chái firewood

què shuō but said

mù jī wooden clogs

tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 妈祖; Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name)

nà ge that one; also pr. [nei4 ge5]

yī shí a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time

sǐ xīn to give up; to admit failure; to drop the matter; to reconcile oneself to loss; to have no more illusions about