Pinyin
English
suàn le ba
算了吧！
Forget it ！
e.g.
zhè gè yī fú de liào zǐ zhè me chà ， suàn le ba ， suī rán tā hěn hǎo kàn ， dàn wǒ hái shì bù xiǎng mǎi le 。
这个衣服的料子这么差，算了吧，虽然它很好看，但我还是不想买了。
"The fabric of this clothing is so poor. Let's forget it. Although it looks good, I still don't want to buy it."
méi shén me dà wèn tí
没什么大问题 ！
Nothing serious。
e.g.
nǐ zěn me yàng ？ gāng gāng shuāi le gè gēn tóu 。
你怎么样？刚刚摔了个跟头。
"How are you? I just took a tumble."
méi shén me dà wèn tí ！
没什么大问题！
"No big deal!"
wǒ qǐng kè
我请客！
My treat !
e.g.
wǒ jīn tiān shēng zhí le ， wèi le qìng zhù ， jīn tiān wǒ qǐng kè 。
我今天升职了，为了庆祝，今天我请客。
"I got promoted today, to celebrate, I'm treating everyone today."
Nǐ cāi zěnme zhe?
你猜怎么着？
Guess what ?
e.g.
nǐ cāi zěn me zhe ？ Lǐ Lì bèi lǎo bǎn kāi chú le 。
你猜怎么着？李莉被老板开除了。
"Guess what? Lily got fired by her boss."
jiǎo xìng
侥幸
That was a close call.
e.g.
wǒ kǎo shì jiǎo xìng guò le, jiù bǐ jí gélù xiàn duō le yī fēn.
我考试侥幸过了，就比及格线多了一分。
That was a close call, I barely passed the exam, just one point above the passing grade
shì jiè zhēn xiǎo
世界真小
It`s a small world。
e.g.
wǒ zěn me yòu yù dào le nǐ ， shì jiè zhēn xiǎo 。
我怎么又遇到了你，世界真小。
How come I've encountered you again? It`s really a small world."
bié zì zuò cōng míng
别自作聪明。
Don`t be a wise guy
e.g.
bié zài lǎ obǎn miàn qián zì zuò cōng míng, tōulǎn, bù gànhuó, nǐ huì bèi fā xiàn de!"
别在老板面前自作聪明，偷懒！
"Don't try to be clever in front of the boss, slack off, and not work. You will be found out!"
zāo gāo de yī tiān
糟糕的一天
Rough day
e.g.
wǒ kǎo shì méi guò ， zhēn shì zāo gāo de yī tiān 。
我考试没过，真是糟糕的一天。
"I didn't pass the exam. What a rough day."
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