2022年5月29日

Question 1

getting other people to do things while doing nothing oneself

Answer 1

甩手掌柜
3334

Question 2

vulgar (e.g. behaviour, habits etc)

Answer 2

粗俗
cūsú

Question 3

go with the flow

Answer 3

顺势而为；

Question 4

blab, prate, have no control over what you say, be gauche

Answer 4

口无遮拦 3212

Question 5

condescending, supercilious, jaded, snobbish

Answer 5

目空一切

Question 6

an irritable old man

Answer 6

一个脾气急躁的老头 急躁24

Question 7

The windows were shining in the reflected rays of the setting sun.

Answer 7

窗户上闪耀着落日的余晖
闪耀34
余晖21

Question 8

outlook, vision

Answer 8

展望

Question 9

let me give my 2 cents worth

Answer 9

我来抛砖引玉 抛砖引玉 1134

Question 10

. . . this was very much the case with his personal finances.

Answer 10

他的财务状况尤为如此

Question 11

He was barely able to scrape together this money

Answer 11

这笔钱是他东拼西凑才凑出来的

Question 12

within reach

Answer 12

触手可及
chùshǒukějí

Question 13

The Englishman identifies with Confucian culture.

Answer 13

那个英国人与儒家文化有所认同

与X有认同

Question 14

In those days people lived by fishing and hunting

Answer 14

那时候人们靠打鱼、狩猎过日子
狩猎 44

Question 15

In case of sudden change in the weather

Answer 15

万一碰到天气骤变

骤变：zhòubiàn

Question 16

This classic is an inexhaustible goldmine of wisdom.

Answer 16

这是一个取之不尽、用之不竭的一部经典。
竭jié
不尽 bùjìn

Question 17

bubbly, vivacious

Answer 17

欢欣鼓舞

Question 18

unprovoked invasion

Answer 18

无端入侵
无端21

Question 19

household name

Answer 19

家喻户晓 1443

Question 20

sect, faction

Answer 20

派系 44

Question 21

nostalgia, reminiscing

Answer 21

追忆往昔 1431

Question 22

abandon prejudice

Answer 22

摒弃偏见
摒弃44

Question 23

List phrases with 飙

Answer 23

飙车 joyride
飙风 whirlwind
飙涨 soaring inflation
飙升 rapid rising

Question 24

“虔诚”的同义词
qiánchéng

Answer 24

笃信
dǔxìn

Question 25

Didn’t sleep a wink

Answer 25

一夜无寐
寐 mèi

Question 26

The media have blown this out of proportion

Answer 26

媒体大肆渲染这件事
大肆 dàsì wantonly, without restraint
渲染 xuànrǎn embellish

Question 27

a waste of manpower and resources

Answer 27

劳民伤财
láomínshāngcái

Question 28

return empty handed (2 ways)

Answer 28

空手而归 kōngshǒuérguī
无果而返 wúguǒérfǎn