verb [ɡrəʊn]

make a deep inarticulate sound conveying pain, despair, pleasure, etc.

‘Rupi groaned and picked up the mic’

红包 [hóng bāo]

red packet which contains money as a gift

红(hóng): red

包(bāo): packet

契约 [qì yuē]

contract; agreement

契: contract; agreement; deed

约: appointment

e.g. make the contract with phone team

运算 [yùn suàn]

运: to move / to use

算: calculate

e.g. 计算机(Computer) is good at 运算.

Spanish stuff!

To call

llamar is the verb of “to call”

to say “I call”

llamo

Congegate

I call = “llamo”

You call = “llama”

pronoun

If you want to say

“I call you”

“se” (you/it) “llama” (call)

“I call me”

“me” (me) “llamo” (call)

reflexive

When the “pronoun” and the “congegation” are the same

“I call me” “me llamo”

They mean different things

My name is

is “I call me”

“me llamo”

How

Como

How would you say

“What is your name” (or “how you called”)

verb [priːˈɒkjʊpʌɪ]

(of a matter or subject) dominate or engross the mind of (someone) to the exclusion of other thoughts.

‘We have been so preoccupied with flipping the burger in the last couple of weeks that learning new words has suffered’

英雄 [yīng xióng] hero

英，To be outstanding, great

雄，strong, forceful

William Wallace is a 英雄(hero) who has a legend life in Brave Heart.

verb [pɔː]

flow rapidly in a steady stream.

‘It is pouring outside’

That means its raining heavily

不明觉厉 [bù míng jué lì]

不，no

明，understand

觉，feel

厉，awesome，wonderful

不明觉厉，Admiration arises despite my incomprehension of what you said.

e.g. I feel ‘不明觉厉’ after hearing your session.

麻将 [má jiàng]

n. mahjong(the most popular board game in China)

e.g. Lu went to have hot-pot and play mahjong(麻将) last night.

adjective [prəˈlɪfɪk]

(of a plant, animal, or person) producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring.

‘David Bowie was a prolific artist’

Spanish stuff!

We spoke about some verbs

necesitar - to need

necesito - I need

tener - to have

tengo - I have

querar - To Want

quiero - I want

To know (general knowledge)

saber - to know (general knowledge)

se - I know

Multiple words

When verbs are together, the second (and third verbs) together are in ‘the two form’

SO to say, I need to have it - you say

lo necesito tener

How would you say

I want to know

I dont know

I dont know it

Qsentir is a verb of “to feel”

So to say “I fell” you say “siento” (conjugation)

When to say “it”

it = ‘lo’

But you say “it” before, not after

So to say

“I fell it” - you say “lo siento”

I’m sorry

When someone in Spanish says “I fell it”, what they are really saying is “I’m sorry”

how would you say

“I’m sorry, but its not acceptable for me”

###取代 [qǔ dài]

取代: remove something and replace with new one

取 qǔ : take, take away

代 dài : replace

Alan Rickman can’t be replaced! He is Severus Snape. Severus Snape is him.

Alan Rickman : Outstanding Artist from London and is most famous for his portrayal of potions teacher Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films.

Severus Snape : Fictional character in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series.

###么嘛哒 [me ma da]

[Shaanxi dialect] n. no problem

e.g - A: Lu, could you help to write that doc… Lu : me ma da

noun [ˈkandə]

the quality of being open and honest; frankness.

‘Mutual trust and candour are essential to well-performing agile teams’

谝闲传 [piàn hán chuán]

[Shaanxi dialect] n. small talk which not related with business / chat

谝[piǎn]: show off / chat

闲[xián]: leisure

传[chuán]: spread

e.g. 谝闲传 with some friends in weekend can make one relax.

noun [/ˈmɛtəfə,-fɔː/] 隐喻

a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

we use a metaphor to represent more symbolic attributes of the thing we describe.

‘for here, am i sitting in a tin can’ - David Bowie ‘Space Oddity’

碎娃 [suì wá]

n. child, kid

碎[suì]: little; small

娃[wá]: kids

Spanish stuff!

I feel it!

sentir is a verb of “to feel”

So to say “I fell” you say “siento” (conjugation)

When to say “it”

it = ‘lo’

But you say “it” before, not after

So to say

“I fell it” - you say “lo siento”

I’m sorry

When someone in Spanish says “I fell it”, what they are really saying is “I’m sorry”

how would you say

“I’m sorry, but its not acceptable for me”

麻辣 [má là]

n. hot and numbing taste

麻[má]: numbing; can’t feel your mouth

辣[là]: peppery; hot

e.g. 麻辣鸡 （hot and numbing taste chicken）麻辣香锅（hot and numbing taste pot）

verb

To cause to think clearly again; to reorient; to put back into working order.

“Now that the new year is here, its time to recombobulate”

样式 [yàng shì]

n. style, pattern

样[yàng]: appearance

式[shì]: type, mode

e.g. Trent added a very long Spanish and broke the page style(样式) of our wombats learning. lol

翻译 [fān yì]

v/n. translate/translation

翻[fān] turn over

译[yì] translate

Lu has translated several technical books.

noun [/peɪs/ /lʌɪn/]

A cycling technique: It enables cyclists to share the work of pushing through the wind.

http://www.bicycling.com/training/fitness/9-paceline-rules

对比 [duì bǐ]

v/n. contrast

e.g. The air in and out of the mountains contrasts distinctly.

(Photos taken on Sunday)

Spanish stuff!

Some notes

• There are 26 letters in English
• There are 27 letters in Spanish (just to be special)
• There are over 50,000 characters in Chinese

abcdefghijkl

m n ñ

opqrstuvwxyz

Happy / Merry:

Feliz

Birthday:

cumpleaños

Christmas:

Navidad

Merry Christmas all

Feliz Navidad todos!

冒险 [mào xiǎn]

n.v. adventure

冒: to cover

险: danger / risk

e.g. His life is full of 冒险.

瑜伽 [yú jiā]

n. yoga

e.g. 瑜伽 is a good practice to stretch your body

adjective [ˈsɪərɪŋ]

extremely hot or intense.

“Yesterday was hot, but today is going to be searing, and I don’t even know what word to use for what it’s going to be tomorrow”

上帝 [shàng dì]

n. God

上[shàng]: upper; above

帝[dì]: Emperor; king

e.g. If God(上帝) is for us, who can be against us?

noun, verb [luh-ment]

a feeling of disappointment or missed opportunity.

also sorrow or mourning, but not quite regret.

‘i lament my decision not to study languages in school’

醪糟 [láo zāo]

n. fermented glutinous rice

醪[láo]: wine with dregs

糟[zāo]: lees

e.g. A mother and daughter are talking about making and eating rice wine(醪糟) dumplings.

口罩 [kǒu zhào]

n. mask; respirator

口[kǒu]: mouth

罩[zhào]: cover; shade

e.g. A lot of people wear masks(口罩) in office recent days.

Spanish stuff!

Summary to date:

it is = “es”

ible = ible

able = able

Possible = posible

Probable = probable

For example:

It is possible = es posible

It is not probable = no es probable

For me, for you

For me = “para me”

For you = “para usted”

for example

It is not possible for me

It is probable for you

The question

Just use inflection

Is it possible for you?

回顾 [huí gù]

v. review, look back, retrospect

回[huí] go back, return

顾[gù] turn round and look at, look back, take care of

We have retro every week to 回顾 what happened in the last week.

noun [ˌpandɪˈməʊnɪəm]

wild and noisy disorder or confusion; uproar.

“there was complete pandemonium—everyone just panicked”

noun [juːˈfɔːrɪə]

a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.

撞色 [zhuàng sè]

adj. To describe color matching with high contrast.

• 撞 zhuàng : crash

• 色 sè : color

第一天 [dì yī tiān]

v, n. first day

第一[dì yī]: first

天[tiān]: day;sky

e.g. Today is the first day(第一天) in new office

Spanish stuff!

If you know English, you know most of spanish

it is = “es”

ible = ible

Possible = posible

able = able

Probable = probable

Some examples

It is possible

It is not probable

How would you say

It is terrable

It is acceptable

偏僻 [piān pì]

adj. far from the city

偏[piān] inclined to one side, not in the center

僻[pì] the same with 偏; less common

noun [dɪˈfʌɪəns]

open resistance; bold disobedience.

a refusal to obey something or someone.

bold resistance to an opposing force or authority.

”An act of defiance”

瑜伽 [yú jiā]

n. yoga

e.g. 瑜伽 is a good practice to stretch your body

Spanish stuff!

Summary to date:

me gusta = “I like”

te gusta = “You like”

For example:

I like the cat but you hate the dog

me gusta el gato pero no te gusta el perro

And, or, but:

y

o

pero

Maths

Plus / more = mas

Minus / less = menos

How are you feeling

“I am ok” / “More or less” / “Just about”

mas o menus

words to date:

me = me

you (friend) = te

and = y

or = o

but = pero

please (like) = gusta

dog = perro

cat = gato

the (male single) = el

the (male group) = los

the (female single) = la

the (female group) = las

more = mas

less = menos

today = hoy

how = como

are you feeling = estas (“to be” verb)

How its used in language

How are you today? “¿Como estas hoy?”

I am ok. “mas o menos”

刺激 [cì jī]

v. excite, stimulate

adj. exciting

刺[cì] stimulate, stab, thorn

激[jī] swash, dash

Life is full of unknowns and it is so 刺激

adjective [ˈiːɡə]

strongly wanting to do or have something.

”My son Tom woke me up at 5.30am on Sunday because he was eager to open his Lego Star Wars calendar”

可怜的 [kě lián]

adj. pitiful; poor; pathetic

可[kě]: may; can

怜[lián]: pity; sympathize

e.g. Poor(可怜的) Kevin got to airport at midnight and his car accidentally broke down, so he arrived at home in the morning.

verb [swɛl]

become or make greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume.

“Wolf population in Poland has swelled back after being wiped out more than 50 years ago”

考试 [kǎo shì]

v, n. examine;exam

考[kǎo]: test; examine; check

试[shì]: try, test

e.g. I had 考试(kǎo shì) yesterday

咖啡 [kā fēi]

n. coffee (transliteration)

noun (perro | perra) conjunction (pero)

• Male Cat = Gato
• Female Cat = Gata
• Male Dog = Perro
• Female Dog = Perra
• The (Male single) = El
• The (Female single)= La
• The (Male group) = Los
• The (Female group) = Las

• Me gusta = Pleases me = I like

• The (male) dog = El Perro
• Those (female) dogs = Las Perras

What do you think this says:

me gusta los perros pero no me gusta los gatos

adjective [ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ri]

done or existing alone.

single; only.

“I live a pretty solitary life”

任性 [rèn xìng]

adj. wilful, capricious

任[rèn]: allow, let

性[xìng]: character, property

e.g. Kevin is willful(任性), he got oral ulcer but also ate chili.

蛋糕 [dàn gāo]

noun. cake

蛋[dàn] egg

糕[gāo] cake, pastry

We need more word tests because we want to win more cakes ^_^.

noun [ˈdɒɡmə]

a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as unquestionably true.

a belief or set of beliefs that is accepted by the members of a group without being questioned or doubted

It’s true because I said so.

堵车 [dǔ chē]

traffic jam

堵: block up 车: car

阅读(yuè dú) 打折(dǎ zhé) 购物(gòu wù) 巧克力(qiǎo kè lì) 冷死了(lěng sǐ le) 排队(pái duì)

gata inclement empathy voyage ornery bankrupt

C-1. shopping…

E-1. the ability to understand and share the feelings of another…

C-2. discount..

E-2. You will have a long journey, you can say you will have …

C-3. How to describe the weather is so so cold!

E-3. the weather is unpleasantly cold or wet.

C-4. the word for reading books/newspaper

E-4. describe something bad-tempered

C-5. wait in line

E-5. when you lost all you money, you are ..

C-6. chocolate

E-6. lovely cat (spanish)

C-7. kevins age

E-7. rupis middle name

adjective [maɡˈnanɪməs]

Generours or forgiving towards someone lesee powerful

“Drew was magnanimous in defeat”

noun [gata] (Spanish)

Gata: This is a spanish word for (Female) “cat”. Male cat is gato

“esos ojos de gata”

esos: those

ojos: eyes

of: of

gata: cat (female)

“esos ojos de gata” - those (female) cat eyes

Back it up (Spanish)

Back it up (English)

阅读 [yuè dú]

v, n. read / reading

阅[yuè]: read; go over; review

读[dú]: read

adjective [ɪnˈklɛm(ə)nt]

unpleasantly cold or wet.

“the inclement weather has resulted in water leaking through my ceiling!”

打折 [dǎ zhé]

v, n. discount

打[dǎ]: dozen, fight, hit

折[zhé]: discount, break

e.g. There’s Singles Day discounts and promotions at online shopping malls. All the women were crazy.

noun [ˈɛmpəθi]

the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

“The ability to empathise makes us human”

订单 [dìng dān]

noun. order for goods

订[dìng] conclude, agree on

单[dān] single, one, odd, bill

Tmall created 278 million logistics orders in last year’s singles day (11.11)

adjective [ˈbaŋkrʌpt]

Run out of something. Generally used in 1. financial 2. moral

“Trent is bankrupt because he lost all his money at the horse track”

“Erica is morally bankrupt because she stole a laptop”

巧克力 [qiǎo kè lì]

chocolate (transliteration)

购物 [gòu wù]

shopping

购[gòu]: buy

物[wù]: object

1111 Shopping Carniva is comming

秋游 [qiū yóu]

autumn outing

秋[qiū]: autumn

游[yóu]: outing

Children here like to go outing in spring and autumn. 
We call them 春游 and 秋游.

noun [ˈvɔɪɪdʒ]

a long journey involving travel by sea or in space.

“Meng and Fei will start their voyage back to Xi’an tomorrow”

noun [ˈkəːvbɔːl]

something which is unexpected, surprising, or disruptive.

a delivery in which the pitcher causes the ball to deviate from a straight path by imparting spin.

“there’s always a curveball on every project”

排队 [pái duì]

v. wait in line; queue up

排[pái]: arrange; put in order

队[duì]: a row of people; line

e.g. I waited in line for 2 hours to repair my laptop, but they took 10 minutes to check it and told me it works well.

冷死了 [lěng sǐ le]

adj. very cold

冷[lěng] cold

死了[lěng sǐ] dead

eg. 今天(today) 冷死了 。

adjective [ˈɔːnəri]

bad-tempered or difficult to deal with.

“Sydney funnel web spiders are ornery, so it is easy to milk them for venom”

玉米饼 [yù mǐ bǐng]

taco [stækəʊ]

玉米： corn

饼： round pie

taco(tacos): Mexico corn pie with vegetables, pork, beef etc.(墨西哥煎玉米卷)

noun [ˌnɒn ˌkɒmpɒs ˈmɛntɪs]

A statement that means “crazy” or not sane.

Andrew Logue was non compos mentis when he camped on the weekend.

雾霾 [wù mái]

n. fog and haze

投[wù]: fog

票[mái]: haze

Xi'an is in 雾霾 by mist/smoke these days. 

投票 [tóu piào]

v & n. vote

投[tóu]: throw, cast

票[piào]: ticket

e.g. Please vote(投票) for us!

adjective [dʒʌɪˈnɔːməs]

extremely large.

Combination of ‘gigantic’ and ‘enormous’

“Coconut crabs are ginormous”

不同 [bù tóng]

adj./n. difference, different

不[bù] not, no

同[tóng] same as, with

eg. There are some 不同 between British english and American english.

verb [ˈflʌməks]

perplex (someone) greatly; bewilder. Greatly confuse

“Fei was flummoxed to find no coconuts in her Coconut Rice”

肉串 [ròu chuàn]

Souvlaki [su:v’lɑ:ki]

肉： meat

串： kebab

Souvlaki: like Greek hamburger

noun [ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn]

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. when two contradictory terms are used together.

“gun safety is an oxymoron”

Other examples:

Clearly confused

Act naturally

Deafening silence

Pretty ugly

Virtual reality

Run slowly

tap water

自来水 zì lái shuǐ

自： self

来： come；

水： water

e.g

you can ask for tap water in restaurant

晚上 [wǎn shàng]

晚： late； evening

上： up；

e.g

Yesterday evening(晚上) we went to a japanese restaurant.

出差 [chū chāi]

verb. to go on an official or business trip

出[chū]: o go out

差[chāi]: mission; to commission

e.g. Fei & Meng are in Melbourne. 她们([tā men] they)在([zài] are doing)出差.

adjective [sɒlɪt(ə)ri/]

done or existing alone.

记性 [jì xing]

n. memory

记[jì]: remember, record

性[xing]: character, speciality

e.g. Xi recently have a very poor memory that he forgot the catch up and words learning. lol

noun [æmˈbɪv ə lənt]

Feeling two opposite (or contradicting) emotions about the same thing at the same time. For example, being happy and sad at the same time for the same reason.

“Erica was feeling very ambivalent about her last day at REA. Happy about her new opportunity, but sad to say goodbye to all her friends.”

祝福 [zhù fú]

vt./n. wish, bless

祝[zhù]: wish

福[fú]: good fortune

e.g. Best wishes to Erica

市场 [shì chǎng]

market

市: market 场: field

adjective [ɪˈmɔːt(ə)l]

living forever; never dying or decaying.

“despite our best efforts, it appears that eBrochure is immortal.”

纠结 [jiū jié]

tangled；

e.g

 feel tangled when you make some decisions.

noun [kəˈnʌndrəm]

a confusing and difficult problem or question.

“Is Fu Ni pregnant? It’s a bit of a conundrum.”

图片 [tú piàn]

noun. image

图 diagram / picture

片 small or thin piece

noun [ˈbʌdʒ i ˈsmʌg əlr]

An Australian slang term for tight fitting men’s swimming suits.

疲惫 [pí bèi]

adj. exhausted, tired
n. exhaustion

e.g. He dropped down into an armchair, exhausted.

noun [dɪsˈmeɪ]

Concern and distress when there is something unexpected

Erica was dismayed after watching the Andrew Bolt video

失去 [shī qù]

vt. lose, lost

失[shī] lose, miss, misktake

去[qù] go, past, leave

adjective [ˈrɛtɪs(ə)nt]

not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily.

“we are reticent to agree to building an Apple TV app until we understand the cost”

离开 [lí kāi]

leave；

离 leave；be away

开 open；keep some distance

e.g Trent needs a rest because he is the last one who 离开（leave）the office late almost every day.

烤肉 [kǎo ròu]

barbecue；

烤 bake；roast

肉 meat；

e.g

 The whole REA account had 烤肉(kǎo ròu) yesterday

verb [ˈstjuːpɪfʌɪ]

make (someone) unable to think or feel properly.

“Rupi was stupefied looking at RIES data”

安全 [ān quán]

noun. security

adj. safe

安[ān]: safe / secure

全[quán]: whole / entire

e.g.

安全 is very important for an application.

noun [ˈkɑr goʊ kʌlt]

A practice where people do something without really understanding why, because they saw someone successful doing it and wanted to be successful themselves. For example, entrepreneurs wearing black skivvies because that’s what Steve Jobs did.

This meaning came from the behavior of several pacific island tribes who had encountered soldiers during World War Two. They noticed that soldiers often received air drops of valuable ‘cargo’, including nice clothes, food and vehicles. When the soldiers left at the end of the war, many of the indiginous tribes started cults which mimicked the behavior of those soldiers, hoping that they would start to receive air dropped cargo too. This included dressing in military-looking clothes, performing marching drills with pretend guns they made out of wood, wearing headphones they made out of coconuts, and building a life-sized model aircraft on an abandoned landing strip using twigs and leaves.

In IT, cargo culting happens when you see something that a successful product, company or individual does, then try to do exactly the same thing without actually understanding why that behaviour works.

推送 [tuī sòng]

v. push

推[tuī]: push, shove

送[sòng]: deliver, send

e.g.

The service offers push(推送) notifications for all of these platforms.

单身 [dān shēn]

adj. single

单[dān] single, one, odd, bill

身[shēn] body

Even though Trent can speak Chinese, but 他(he) 不是(is not) 单身, so he does not meet the application requirements for If You Are the One Australian Special.

adjective [əˈɡriːvd]

Feeling angry from being unfairly treated.

“Trents neighbours were very aggrieved after Trent left his TV on high for a week!”

心塞 [xīn sāi]

A popular adjective word from internet

Describes a status or sad/sorrow feeling like your heart is plugged.

Can’t breath

心 heart

塞 plug

e.g

 心塞啊！

adjective [ˈplɔːzɪb(ə)l]

(of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable.

“a plausible explanation”

紧张 [jǐn zhāng]

nervous；

紧 tighten；urgent

张 stretch；

e.g

 我很紧张(jǐn zhāng)

verb [dɪˈlʌɪt]

please (someone) greatly.

“receiving a push message about a property you are very interested in is definitely a delighter”

假期 [jià qī]

noun. holiday / vacation

假[jià]: holidays / leave

期[qī]: a period of time

adjective [tiˈtoʊt lər]

Someone who doesn’t drink anything with alcohol in it.

“At the REA birthday celebrations, the organizers had lots of soft drink for the teetotalers”

惊喜 [jīng xǐ]

non. pleasant surprise

惊[jīng]: surprise, frightened

喜[xǐ]: happiness, be fond of

e.g.

Trent’s cake gave us a pleasant surprise(惊喜).

adjective [əˈɡɑːst]

filled with horror or shock.

“Drew was aghast to find that there was no omniture tracking for push notifications”

终于 [zhōng yú]

adv. finally, eventually

终[zhōng]: end, finish

于[yú]: at, to, for

e.g. 我们(We)终于started change watch project.

noun [hɪˈlarɪti]

extreme amusement, especially when expressed by laughter.

“When you ask reddit to “please photoshop away the kid”, much hilarity is bound to follow”

忐忑 [tǎn tè]

perturbed

忐：composed of 上(shàng) and 心(xīn)

忑：composed of 下(xià) and 心(xīn)

上: up

下: down

心: heart

e.g Kevin feels very 忐忑 when deploying Jetwire.

adjective [ˌɑrməˈɡɛdᵊn]

The place where (according to the Christian Bible) a battle will take place which ends the world. It is also commonly used to describe anything which feels like “the end of the world”.

Like Omniture changing its tags. ;)

一起 [yì qǐ]

do sth together

一 one；same

起 start；appear

e.g 一起吃饭(chī fàn)

adjective [əˈluːf]

Someone not friendly or distant.

银行 [yín háng]

nonu. bank

银: silver

行: the position of a kind of business

verb [strəʊl]

walk in a leisurely way.

“I took a stroll around the riverbank”

数据 [shù jù]

non. data

数[shù]: number

据[jù]: evidence

e.g.

They said their computers have been hacked and rewritten some 数据(data).

信心 [xìn xīn]

nonu. confidence

信[xìn]: believe, faith, letter

心[xīn]: heart, mind

e.g.

We have 信心 to get everything done.

adjective [əˈdju]

Goodbye, farewell

抓狂 [zhuā kuáng]

get crazy

抓 scratch

狂 be crazy

e.g

 Pagerduty from jetwire makes Trent 抓狂

verb [dɪˈpliːt]

When you have used up the supply or resources.

My energy is depleted today!

放松 [fàng sōng]

relax； take it easy

放 release；put

松 loose； pine

e.g

 do something to relax(放松 fàng sōng) yourself

adjective [ˈtraŋkwɪl]

free from disturbance; calm.

“the sea was tranquil”

朋友 [péng yǒu]

noun. friend/friends

Both 朋 and 友 means friend/friends

example:
Fei和Jesse是好朋友。 Fei & Jesse are good friends.

晨曦 [chén xī]

nonu. morning light, first rays of the morning sun

e.g.

Dewdrops sparked in the 晨曦

蜘蛛 [zhī zhū]

nonu. spider

e.g. Though they look scary, 蜘蛛 are very good friends to human beings becuase they destroy so many insects to protect our crops.

One question, Are 蜘蛛 themselves insects?

verb [sɪft]

1. put (a fine or loose substance) through a sieve so as to remove lumps or large particles.

2. examine (something) thoroughly so as to isolate that which is most important.

“I have uncovered lots of interesting information while sifting through change-log”

冰水 [bīng shuǐ]

水 shuǐ : water

冰 bīng : ice,icy

e.g. What would you like to drink? 冰水, Please.

宠物 [chǒng wù]

noun. pet

宠 dote on；beloved

物 object； animal

e.g Erica has a pet

Erica 有(has)一个(a) 宠物(pet)

adjective [/ˌɛf ərˈvɛs ənt/]

Bubbly!

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accentuate - to make things more noticeable or prominet.

邮箱 [yóu xiāng]

noun. mail box

邮 Mail/post, to mail/post

箱 box

司机 [sī jī]

noun. Driver

e.g. Is Lulu a good driver?

noun [nɪˈmɒnɪk]

a system such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations which assists in remembering something. “We plan to pursue all available avenues to achieve our team goals”

noun [uh-sem-blij]

A gathering

团聚 [tuán jù]

adj. Reunite

e.g. We reunite together fiiiinaaaallyyyyy!

adjective [deɪˈnuːmɒ̃]

The final explanation and resolution of a mystery or complex story

产品 [chǎn pǐn]

adj. product

产 produce

品　grade;product; taste sth

deliver 产品[chǎn pǐn]

adjective [ˈtʌɪmli]

done or occurring at a favourable or useful time; opportune.

“Meng’s show & tell about what to see in Beijing was timely”

重要 [zhòng yào]

adj. important

重　heavy / serious

要　will or want to / important

noun [ˈɛləkwəns]

The art of using language in an apt fluent way.

“a leader of great power and eloquence”

电梯 [diàn tī]

elevator

电[diàn] electricity

梯[tī] ladder

There are a lot of people in the elevator at 9 am every morning.

noun [əˈbəʊd]

a place of residence; a house or home.

“This time next week we will be at our temporary abode in Hong Kong”

淘宝 [táo bǎo]

treasure hunt

淘[táo] use water to wash away impurities/pick … from …/hunt

宝[bǎo] treasure

Jessica Rudd, whose father Kevin Rudd was Australian Prime Minister between 2007 and 2010 and again in 2013, has opened an online store at Taobao.

adjective [ˌsuːpəˈfɪʃ(ə)l]

Something which is only on the surface of something larger.

“These changes are only superficial, just some CSS tweaks.”

胡同 [hú tong]

Alleyway

The general name that people describe narrow alleyways in North of China.

There are many old-timey alleyways in Beijing.

noun void [vɔɪd]

The emptiness and lack of life that is space.

欢迎 [huān yíng ]

welcome

e.g 欢迎Kevin加入

noun [ˌsuːpəˈfɪʃ(ə)l]

1. a broad road in a town or city, typically having trees at regular intervals along its sides.

2. a way of approaching a problem or making progress towards something.

“We plan to pursue all available avenues to achieve our team goals”

地图 [dì tú]

map

地　ground

图　 picture; chart; drawing; map

e.g Australia 地图 [dì tú]

adjective [pɪˈnʌltɪmət]

Second last. (Last is ‘ultimate’).

“We are about to pick up the penultimate card for the Communication Settings page.”

粽子　zòng　zǐ

a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves (eaten during the dragon boat festival)

　on Dragon Boat Festival, all Chinese eat Zong Zi.

adjective [/ˌdɪsɪnˈdʒɛnjʊəsŋ/]

Not really sincere.

“Herry has been disingenuous about wanting us to travel to Xi’an”

人山人海 [rén shān rén hǎi]

“People mountain people sea” / crowded

Tooooooo many people, which look like a mountain or ocean composed of people.

人 rén : people

山 shān : mountain

海 hǎi : ocean

noun [ɪˈpɪf(ə)ni,ɛ-]

a moment of sudden revelation…

“right then and there i had an epiphany”

长城 [cháng chéng]

Great Wall

长　long

城　city, city wall

noun [kjʊərɪˈɒsɪti]

a strong desire to know or learn something.

“My son’s curiosity about everything allows me to explore the answers to questions that I have never thought about before”

秘密 [mì mì]

secret

秘　secret; mysterious

密　close；secret; dense

e.g 秘密 in the box

 this is secret 这是秘密

noun [ˈi θər]

(Sometimes spelt “ether”)

A imaginary invisible material that the ancient Greeks believed filled the universe. They called it “the fifth element” (earth, air, fire, water, aether). The word is now used to describe something that is invisible, intangible, and impossible to find.

“It disappeared into the aether”

二叉树 èr chà shù

binary tree

二 two/binary 叉 branch/split 树 tree

一心一意 [yī xīn yī yì]

一: one 心: heart 意: mind

Be concentrated to something/someone.

noun [ˈɔːtəʊdɪdakt]

a self-taught person

“Jimi Hendrix was the greatest autodidact guitarist ever”

叶公好龙 [yè gōng hào lóng]

pretend to like something which one really fears

叶公　Lord Ye

好　 like

龙 dragon

e.g.

Xiaojun like scala, that is 叶公好龙.

adjective [/ˈkʌn ɪŋ/]

Able to get something done, by being clever and a bit sneaky.

“Matt is good at coming up with cunning plans”

回来 [huí lái]

come back

回　return

来　come

e.g come back(回来) to work on Monday.

noun or verb [ləˈmɛnt]

Feeling bad about something.

“Trent is lamenting not having new laptops for everyone in the team”

水货 [shuǐ huò]

smuggled goods

水　water

货　goods

水货手机 smuggled phones

At the beginning, the smuggler in China transport goods which are highly taxed to the domestic by sea. So called like goods on water.

狮子 shī zi

lion

狮　lion 子 just a suffix

adjective [ɪnˈɛfəb(ə)l]

too great to be expressed in words

“the ineffable mysteries of the soul”

adverb & adjective [vəːˈbeɪtɪm]

in exactly the same words as were used originally.

“let’s just use that bit of code verbatim, its proven to work well”

秒杀 [miǎo shā]

It’s used to describe the situation that all the buyers rush to purchase some goods with a low price on the internet. Sometimes it just takes one second that all the goods are sold out.

秒 second 杀 kill

e.g Prepare to 秒杀 tonight at 12:00 o’clock.

noun [snæˈfu]

A situation which is very out of control and confusing.

(Originally came from : “(s)ituation (n)ormal, (a)ll swear word (u)p”)

“So no ads are showing up on the website? And we don’t know why? That’s a bit of a snafu.”

吃货 [chī huò]

someone really like eatting

吃 eat 货 thing

e.g Xiaoming 是个吃货.

cake

You know what its all about ;)

成功 [chéng gōng]

Success

成　achievement

功　work

e.g This plan was a great 成功(chéng gōng).

adjective [ˌɪrɪˈdɛs(ə)nt]

producing a display of rainbow like colours. showing luminous colours that seem to change when seen from different angles.

“iridescent colours came in combinations of deep reds, purples, golds, and greens.”

失败 [shī bài]

failure

失　lost

败　lose

好(hǎo)

ok/good

好的(hǎo de) ok

好吗?(hǎo ma) ok?

好啊!(hǎo a) ok!

好吧…(hǎo ba) ok…

好了(hǎo le) now things are ok

好啦!(hǎo lā) ok,that’s enough!

noun [liːt spiːk]

an informal language or code used on the Internet, in which standard letters are often replaced by numerals or special characters.

The sentence “Today’s word is leetspeak” can be written in leetspeak as “70d4y5 w0rd 15 l3375p34k”

adverb [ˈstɪk iˌbik]

Someone who meddles, or who is inquisitive. Normally means that someone is trying to get information that is not meant for them.

“I don’t really need to go to the meeting, but I will be a stickybeak and go anyway.”

欢迎 [huān yíng]

Welcome

欢 happy

迎 welcome

e.g.

欢迎 you guys come to Xi'an again.

adverb [ˈviːɪm(ə)nt]

Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid: a vehement denial.

“I vehemently disagree that I have to do a word after missing your word, as cake covers this…”

noun

Deindividuation is based on the word “individual”.

The “de” means the opposite - so “anti individual”

The “ation” in the word means “an action or instance”.

So working that through, it is “The instance of anti individauls”.

Deindividuation is a concept in social psychology that is generally thought of as the loss of self-awareness in groups.

Generally, being an ‘internet bully’ or ‘riotor’ comes from the deindividuation of something or somebody.

(╯￣Д￣)╯╘═╛ [xian zhuo]

掀桌 [xian zhuo]

掀 flip

桌 table

e.g.

Debug on jetwire is so painful that I want to (╯￣Д￣)╯╘═╛

ruby version

def ╯#-_-)╯┴—┴
  puts "(╯#O_o)╯┴—┴ )"
end

╯#-_-)╯┴—┴

痛苦 [tòng kǔ]

painful

痛　 pain

苦　bitter

e.g it is 痛苦(tòng kǔ)的(de) to debug on Jetwire

noun [ˈwɒtʃəməˌkɔːlɪt]

A word used when the actual name of the object in question will not come to mind.

“Time dilation experienced by astronauts in spaceships going very fast is explained by the general theory of, uh, you know, whatchamacallit”

聪明 [cōng ming]

clever / intelligent / smart

聪 [cōng] quick at hearing / wise, intelligent

明 [míng] bright

noun [/krækt it/]

To get very angry, and lose your temper

(Not to be confused with…)

noun [/krækt up/]

To laugh very loudly

大大 [dà dà]

usually 大大 is the elder brother of your father

many Chinese People call our chairman XI Jinping as Xi 大大.

defenestrate [diːˈfɛnɪstreɪt]

• to throw someone out the window

“We want to defenestrate Dave Collins if we cannot do Push Notifications”

(Thanks Mei for the word!)

动物 [dòng wù]

mammal

动：moving

物：thing

e.g

noun [/ˈdɔŋ gəl/]

A dongle is a small piece of hardware that attaches to a computer, TV, or other electronic device in order to enable additional functions such as copy protection, audio, video, games, data, or other services. These services are available only when the dongle is attached.

有趣 [yǒu qù]

funny, interesting

有： have

趣： fun

e.g 有趣的人(person)，有趣的事情(thing)

noun [ˈfɪlɪp]

something which acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity.

“Completion of the important groundwork for push notifications has provided a fillip to the morale in the team”

银行 [yín háng]

bank

银　 silver

行　trade；industry；

e.g withdraw money from 银行(yín háng)

dibs [dɪbz]

• to make a claim on something

“I have dibs on the big piece of cake”

便利贴(biàn lì tiē) 淘气(táo qì) 比赛(bǐ sài) 时尚(shí shàng) 非诚勿扰(fēi chéng wù rǎo)

brisk seriatim telepathic articulate subjective

1C. If you want to describe an 8-year-old boy…

2C. The TV show brother Trent loves…

3E. If someone describes something based on personal feelings or opinions…

4E. If someone can hear what other people are thinking…

5C. What we always use to write down stories…

6C. What Lu and Meng win…

7E. If I walk too fast, you can say…

8E. How to describe Erica that she always explain anything clearly…

9C. Want to describe a fashion person…

9E. The form we play story cards from the wall…

便利贴 [biàn lì　tiē]

Sticky/Post-it

便　Convenience

利　Beneficial, Useful

贴 Stick, Paste

to make an origami cube, you need 6 pieces of 便利贴。

brisk [brɪsk]

• to do something in a hurry
• generally used to describe ‘walking fast’.

“I had a brisk walk in the morning”.

权威 [quán wēi]

authority

权 [quán] authority / power / right

威 [wēi] power / prestige

adverb [ˌsɪərɪˈeɪtɪm]

taking one subject after another in regular order; point by point

“The Accounts & Notifications team decided to take the projects on the roadmap seriatim”

Rough Chinese translation (thanks Google): 逐一

淘气 [táo qì]

naughty

e.g. 你真淘气

telepathic [ˌtɛlɪˈpæθɪk]

• someone who can hear what other people are thinking.

“You did exactly what I wanted, even though I didn’t tell you what it was. You must be telepathic!”

比赛 [bǐ sài]

game ; competition ; tournament

比　 compare to

赛　game； contest

e.g we had a very interesting 比赛（bǐ sài）yesterday

tardy [ˈtɑːdi]

adjective

• something late or delayed

Mat Adams is always tardy (for standup).

Please forgive this tardy reply

Come on guys! Did you really think I’d use this word again!? ;) This is the real word:

articulate [ɑːˈtɪkjʊlət]

adjective

• Being able to talk and have something make sense

Erica Smith is able to articulate things well.

时尚 [shí shàng]

fashion

时 [shí] time / when / period -> something related with time

尚 [shàng] to esteem / to praise highly because it's good

e.g 今天（jīn tiān）是时尚日（rì） Today is fashion day.

adjective [səbˈdʒɛktɪv]

based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.

“The terrible bad manager that said his delivery team was slow, didn’t have any data points to prove it. So the team was able to tell him that his subjective opinion was not welcome!”

非(fēi) 诚(chéng) 勿(wù) 扰(rǎo)

• no sincerity, no bothering

• if you are the one

MENG Fei(mèng　fēi) is the host of the 非诚勿扰。

enduring [en-doo r-ing]

adjective

lasting over a period of time; durable

“the product manager’s enduring fascination with solution scalability”

炎热 [yán rè]

burning hot

火 huǒ : fire

e.g

 The weather is 炎热

想起 [xiǎng qǐ]

remember

想　think

起　rise

e.g 想起(xiǎng qǐ) put the word

under the pump

This is an idiom (slang) that is sometimes used in colloquial Australian English.

It means, ‘stressed’ or ‘under pressure’.

“Trent is under the pump to come up with a word for today”

for wikitonary:

“Workers can be quite literally under the pump if a concrete pour is occurring and the steel reinforcing and form-work is still being finished. The concrete pump would be reaching out above the workers, who would be completing their duties at a frantic pace. Once the concrete has been delivered, the ‘pour′ must occur ASAP or it may begin to set. Hence being under the pump describes the situation of working at feverish pace to meet a specific deadline.”

忘记 [wàng jì]

forget

忘　forget

记　remember

e.g 忘记(wàng jì) put the word

上班 [shàng bān]

to go to work

上　up, as a direction / to go to, as a verb

班　work shift

上学 to go to school

学 [xué] learn / study

polyglot [ˈpɒl iˌglɒt]

Someone who is able to write or speak in lots of different languages.

“Our team has a lot of polyglot programmers”

折纸 [zhé　zhǐ]

origami

折　fold 纸　paper

tarde [’taɾde]

A latin based word (Tardus) that is common in Spanish that is used in English as another way of saying someone is ‘late’ or ‘slow’.

This is another Spanish word that is used in english converstations, like ‘gracias’ or ‘ciao’.

“You are tarde today”

“Erica has been tarde in buying a cake for the team”

庆祝 [qìnɡ zhù]

celebrate

e.g

 庆祝fruition!

 Celebrate for fruition!

夜晚 [yè wǎn]

evening

night

e.g 美丽的夜晚

beautiful night

fruition [frʊˈɪʃ(ə)n]

Realization - the state of being real or complete

“When the wombats released the communication platform, a long project had been brought to fruition”

明亮 [míng liàng]

bright.

明 bright

亮 bright;shining

e.g Bright Eyes

明亮 的(de)眼(yǎn)睛(jīng)

stalagmite [ˈstaləɡmʌɪt]

a mound or tapering column rising from the floor of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water and often uniting with a stalactite.

“The ‘Messages ready to send’ graph on the dashboard looks like stalagmites”

patisserie [pəˈtɪs ə ri]

A shop that sells cakes and pastries

“If I forget to do word two more times, I will need to go to the patisserie!”

周末 [zhōu mò]

weekend.

周 zhōu week

末 mò the end

周末愉(yú)快(kuài)！ Happy a nice weekend.

愉(yú)快(kuài) means happy like 开心、快乐

didgeridoo [ˌdɪdʒ(ə)rɪˈduː]

1. an Australian Aboriginal wind instrument in the form of a long wooden tube

完美 [wán měi]

perfect

e.g Perfect plan！ 完美的计划

宅男 [zhái nán]

indoorsman.

技术宅男 [jì shù zhái nán]

geek

技 jì: technicial 术 shù 宅 zhái: house 男 nán: man

e.g XY是个宅男

天气 [tiān qì]

weather.

天 tiān: day

气 qì: air; gas

e.g The weather is good 天气很好

bedlam [ˈbɛdləm]

noun \ˈbɛdləm\

1. a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion.

“there was bedlam in the retro”

跳舞 [tiào wǔ]

dance.

跳 tiào jump

舞 wǔ dance

petrichor [ˈpɛtrʌɪkɔː]

noun \ˈpɛtrʌɪkɔː\

1. a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.

“other than the petrichor emanating from the rapidly drying grass, there was not a trace of evidence that it had rained at all”

schlep [/ʃlɛp/]

To carry something or move slowly and tediously.

“Can someone give me a lift? I don’t want to schlep all the way there by bus.”

孤独 [ɡū dú]

lonely.

孤独一人：just one person alone here.

颜色 [yán sè]

color.

红 hóng red

橙 chéng orange

黄 huáng yellow

绿 lǜ green

青 qīng cyan

蓝 lán blue

紫 zǐ purple

peninsula [/pəˈnɪns yə lə/]

An area of land almost completely surrounded by water except for a small, narrow strip of land connecting it with the mainland.

什么 [shén me]

what

e.g What is it?

是什么？

too easy [tuː ˈiːzi]

slang, various locations \tuː ˈiːzi\

1. Another way of saying “I understand, I’m all over it”

Not to be taken literally, may be used even if the said task is not easy at all

“Delivery Lead: Hey Joe, would you be able to stop what you are doing and pick up feature number 75 from the wall instead? Its become quite urgent”

“Joe: Sure, too easy”

新闻 [xīn wén]

news

新: new

闻: hear; smell

e.g today‘s news

今天的新闻

slack

adjective /slak/

1. Being a bit lazy

“Trent has been slack updating word for the day”

1. not taut or held tightly in position; loose.

“not enough slack in the rope”

师父 [shī fu]

master, qualified worker

徒儿 [tú er]

disciples

师: master; teacher; expert;

父: farther

徒 apprentice; disciple;

儿 son

e.g

最著名的师父与徒弟 The famous master and apprentice

发布 [fā bù]

release

发: hair；send out;

布: fabric；announce；spread

e.g We released yesterday

我们昨天(zuó tiān)发布了

fotiaoqiang / God Use VPN

noun

佛跳墙

• fó tiào qiáng
• buddha jumps over the wall / a famous traditional Chinese dish / Steamed Abalone with Shark’s Fin and Fish Maw in Broth.
• God use VPN

元宵节 [yuán xiāo jié]

元宵: sticky rice dumplings

节: festival

灯笼: lantern

Example:

在[zài]元宵节，我们都[dōu]会[huì]吃[chī]元宵、挂[guà]灯笼。

In the Lantern Festival, all of us will eat sticky rice dumplings and hang lanterns.

opportune [ˈɒpətjuːn]

adjective \ˈɒpətjuːn\

1. (of a time) especially convenient or appropriate for a particular action or event.

“he couldn’t have arrived at a more opportune moment”

春[chūn] 天[tiān]

春: spring

天: day; sky

春夏秋冬 chūn xià qiū dōng

spring summer autumn winter

春天

夏天

秋天

冬天

Example:

- 春天来了

- spring is coming

contrary [/kənˈtrɛər i/]

Used to describe a person who argues just because they want to, not because they actually care about what they are arguing about.

It is mostly known in English because of a children’s song:

“Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?”

电[diàn] 影[yǐng]

noun.

电: electronic

影: image/picture/reflection/shadow

Pattern:

电X: describe something powered by electronic

  电 + 话(speak) = telephone
  电 + 灯(light) = light
  电 + 视(vision) = television
  电 + 梯(ladder) = lift/elevator
  ...

Example:

- 我们去看电影吧

- let's go to watch a movie

duang / 成龙

adj.

• with special effects

Example:

- duang~duang~duang~ I have blackish hair!

grace [/ɡreɪs/]

gracias (grah-thee-ahs)

Gracias and grace are derived from the Latin word gratus, which had meanings such as “pleasing,”

Gracias is a common word used in Spanish (and also in some English conversations) to say ‘Thank you’.

benevolent [bɪˈnɛv(ə)l(ə)nt]

adjective \bɪˈnɛv(ə)l(ə)nt\

1. If someone is Benevolent, they are very kind and nice to people.

“Rupi is benevolent as he reminds Mat to do the word when it is his turn”

棒 [bàng]

adj.

• Great/Awesome

Example:

- 真 zhēn : very

- 你 nǐ (You) 真 zhēn (are very) 棒 bàng (Awesome)！

rationale [ˌraʃəˈnɑːl]

noun \ˌraʃəˈnɑːl\

1. a set of reasons or a logical basis for a course of action or belief.

“he explained the rationale behind the change”

酷[kù]

adj.

• ruthless (the original meaning)
• cool (extended meaning)

e.g.

• 你[nǐ]太[tài]酷[kù]了[le]

  you’re super cool.

• 酷[kù]毙[bì]了[le]

  cool cool cool.

haggle [/ˈhæg əl/]

Negotiate a cost for something. Normally, each person picks an unreasonable amount, and then they eventually agree at a mid-point.

• Trent might need to haggle with Herry if we need more people on our team.

左右 zuǒ yòu

左: left

右: right

example：

左边 zuǒ biān: left side

左手 zuǒ shǒu: left hand

羊 yáng

goat, sheep

山羊(shān yáng): goat

绵羊(mián yáng): sheep

2015 is the year of the goat.

生肖(shēng xiào): the Chinese Zodiac

The bronzes(sculptures) were once part of a fountain that displayed the 12 animals of the chinese zodiac at the old summer palace.

dale

dale is not an english word but instead a Spanish interjection.

The singer Pitbull has made this word famous by using it at least 3 times in every song he has made.

兄妹 xiōng mèi

the relation of elder brother and younger sister

兄 xiōng elder brother

弟 dì younger brother

姐 jiě elder sister

妹 mèi younger sister

兄弟姐妹 brothers and sisters

Sample: Fei and Trent are 兄妹

ataraxy [ˈatəraksi]

noun \ˈatəraksi\

1. a state of serene calmness.

2. a state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquillity.

knackered [ˈnakəd]

adjective \ˈnakəd\ 1. extremely tired.

“you look absolutely knackered”

萌萌哒 méng méng dā

萌: adj. Cute, Lovely

哒: an auxiliary word and means nothing. Actually it is “的”, but this word “哒” looks more cute than “的”.

Example:

# When you want to express something or somebody really cute, you can use this phrase.

- I feel myself 萌萌哒 today because I wear a really cute T-shirt.
- 你 nǐ (You) 好 hǎo (are very) 萌 méng (cute).

oblivious [/əˈblɪv i əs/]

Not knowing anything at all

• Rupi told me it was my turn to do word… But I was oblivious!

等等 děng děng

等: equal; wait; grade/class; and so on/.etc

Example :

等等 wait

1 + 1 等 2

The first prize 一等奖(jiang)

equilibrium [/ˌiːkwɪˈlɪbrɪəm,ˌɛkwɪ-/]

noun: when different forces balance out

There are roots in the word ‘equal’. Equilibrium: A well balanced state of mind.

• “The task of maintaining equilibrium”
• “Nash equilibrium in Game Theory”

春天 chūn tiān

Spring

春: Spring

天: day

春节(chūn jié): Spring Festival

节(jié): Festival

Sample 1: 春节快乐 Happy Spring Festival

Sample 2: 春天 is comming~

groundwork [ɡraʊn(d)wəːk]

noun \ɡraʊn(d)wəːk\ 1. preliminary or basic work.

“let’s lay the groundwork for push notifications work”

但是 dàn shì

but / however

Sample: It's good, but ... / 很好，但是……

tacit [/ˈtæs ɪt/]

Understood without actually being said.

“I asked on slack if anyone was worried about deploying and no one answered, so I had tacit approval.”

别磨叽 [bié mò ji]

别 don’t

磨叽 dawdle

E.g.

快(kuài) 点(diǎn), 别(bié) 磨叽(mò ji)

慢点 màn diǎn

走路 zǒu lù

慢点 slow down

慢: slow

点: a little, tiny; dot;

走路 walk, on foot

走: walk,wend

路: road

Example : Icy road, 慢点走 请慢点, Wait for me

Question 1: When Mat is late, he is….

Question 2: When Erica starts talking about games when she started talking about work

Question 3: When Rupi says things to make us feel good and want to improve

Question 4: When we are a massive unstoppable force taht crushes everything in our path

Question 5: Trent is enjoying eating

Question 6: Something that you say when you are annoyed at yourself

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boost

drat

tardy

juggernaught

nom nom

digress

C-1.Slow down.

E-1.While talking, letting the topic wander away from the main purpose, or the thing which you are supposed to be talking about.

C-2.City.

E-2.An exclamation, to show that something unwanted or unplesant has occurred.

C-3.Moring.

E-3.Help or encourage (something) to increase or improve.

C-4.Plan.

E-4.A massive unstoppable force that crushes everything in its path.

C-5.Hurry up.

E-5.Something late or delayed.

C-6.Wombat.

E-6.Express pleasure at eating, or at the prospect of eating, delicious food.

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计划 jì huà  早晨 zǎo chén 袋熊 dài xióng 城市 chéng shì 慢点 màn diǎn 快点 kuài diǎn
boost  digress  tardy  juggernaut  drat  nom nom

袋熊 dài xióng

袋熊 wombat

袋熊侠 wombat man

袋: bag

熊: bear

侠(xiá): man, esp when describe super heros, we use 侠 for the word man.

Example : Our team name is 袋熊侠

boost [buːst]

verb \buːst\ 1. help or encourage (something) to increase or improve. “a range of measures to boost tourism”

快点 kuài diǎn

快点！Hurry up

快: hurry up

点: a little, some

Example : 快点！It’s time for stand-up!

drat [/dræt/]

An exclamation, to show that something unwanted or unplesant has occurred.

“Drat! I forgot to put my word up before stand up!”

tardy [ˈtɑːdi]

adjective

• something late or delayed

Mat Adams is always tardy (for standup).

Please forgive this tardy reply

计划 jì huà

the plan / to plan

计 to calculate

划 to scratch a surface

Sample: We 计划 everyone wear plaid shirt today.

早晨 [zǎo chén]

morning

E.g.

we have a standup meeting mei(每) tian(天) zao(早) chen(晨)

juggernaut [ˈdʒʌɡənɔːt]

noun \ˈdʒʌɡənɔːt\

• A juggernaut is a massive unstoppable force that crushes everything in its path

Lets keep the our accounts and notifications juggernaut delivering!

• a large, heavy vehicle, especially an articulated lorry.

the juggernaut thundered through the countryside

• a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force.

the juggernaut of public expenditure

nom nom [nɒmˌnɒm]

exclamation \nɒmˌnɒm\

• used to express pleasure at eating, or at the prospect of eating, delicious food.

Xi'an style cumin lamb ribs for dinner, nom nom!

• noun. delicious food.

there were all kinds of nom noms—onion rings, hot dogs, burgers, and fries

城市 chéng shì

city

digress [/dɪˈgrɛs/]

While talking, letting the topic wander away from the main purpose, or the thing which you are supposed to be talking about.

足球 zú qiú

football.

E.g.

There'll be a 足球 match next week

游戏 yóu xì

game.

E.g.

Minecraft is a kind of 游戏。

知音 zhī yīn

A kind of friend who knows about you deeply on mind, interests, hobby etc.

E.g.

Rupi是Xiaojun的知音, because they both 非常喜欢 aircraft.

prowess [ˈpraʊɪs]

noun \ˈpraʊɪs\

• skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.

  her prowess as a ruby developer

• bravery in battle.

  the hereditary nobility had no monopoly of skill and prowess in war

点餐 diǎn cān

order food

点: order 、dot

餐: food

点菜 diǎn cài

order dishes

“我要点餐”

因噎废食 [yin1 ye4 fei4 shi2]

idiom

• stop eating for fear of choking

• refuse to do what one should for fear of running a risk

因 because

噎 choke

废 stop

食 eat

Example sentences

Though there’re risks for this solution, but we shouldn’t 因噎废食.

deluge [/ˈdɛl yuʒ]

noun

1. a huge flood of water or rain

2. something that is as overwhelming as a flood

“Friday’s deluge caused the trains to run slowly”

“When the SOLUS email went out, we got a deluge of unsubscribe requests”

panic [ˈpanɪk]

verb

1. feel or cause to feel panic. The feeling of stress when something is wrong

“We were running late to ship our product and our Delivery Lead and Product Manager started to panic!”

“Matt panicked when he heard that Responsys had issues.”

大哥大 dà ɡē dà

cellular phone, especially the analog cell phones.

大

big

大哥

eldest brother, gang boss

苹果

apple

小苹果

small apple, iphone

大苹果

big apple, ipad

reconvene [riːkənˈviːn]

verb /riːkənˈviːn/

1. to gather, call together, or summon again, especially for a formal meeting.

“We will reconvene tomorrow to discuss this further””

手机 shǒu jī

mobile phone.

手

hand

机

machine

孩子 hái zi

kid.

孩子们 hái zi men

kids.

小屁孩儿 xiǎo pì hái er

little kid.

小（xiǎo）：little，cute，young

mirth [ˈmərth]

noun \ˈmərth\

• gaiety or jollity, especially when accompanied by laughter:

the excitement and mirth of the holiday season.

• amusement or laughter:

He was unable to conceal his mirth.

我饿了 wo e le

I’m hungry

我 I

饿 hungry

了 Particle

fluster [ˈflʌstə]

To be agitated or confused

“I was really flustered by the amount of work we have to do.

哦，天哪！ o, tiān na

Oh, my god!

哦 Particle. Like "oh"

天 day / sky / gods

哪 Particle, always using in the end of a sentence.

bauble [ˈbɔ bəl]

A decoration. Normally small and very showy, but with no practical purpose.

“I put lots of baubles on my Christmas tree this year”

回家 huí jiā

[n.] go home

我要回家 I will go home

圣诞快乐 shènɡ dàn kuài lè

Merry Xmas!

圣 saint

诞 birth

快乐 happy

barbie [ˈbɑr bi]

An Australian short version of ‘barbecue’.

Either an outdoor grill, or an event where food is cooked on an outdoor grill.

“We’re having a barbie in the park to celebrate the end of the year.”

新年快乐 xīn nián kuài lè

Happy new year!

新 new

年 year

快 quick

乐 happy / 开心

Bloody oath! [ˈblʌdi əʊθ]

This is two words. ‘Bloody’ and ‘oath’.

Bloody: covered, smeared, or running with blood.

Oath: a solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness, regarding one’s future action or behaviour.

Bloody oath! Its very true!

花 huā

flower

草 căo

grass

树 shù

tree

木 mù

wood

Describe the world.

明天 míng tiān

[n.] tomorrow

“明天是Friday”

bamboozle [bæmˈbu zəl]

verb: to trick someone. One who has be tricked has been bamboozled

雪 xuě

snow

下 xià

fall/down

正在 zhèng zài

-ing/doing

外面 wài miàn

outside

外面正在下雪

It’s snowing outside.

dodgy [ˈdɒdʒi]

adjective:

Someone dishonest or unreliable.

“Mat is looking a little dodgy today”

eski/esky [ˈɛskɪ]

Noun:

A portable ice chest, often used at barbecues

“Can someone bring an eski for the drinks?””

知道 zhī dào

to know / to understand.

知道了

Got it.

不知道

I don’t know.

A: 我不知道这个故事，你知道吗？

B: 我知道。

A: I don’t know this story, what about you?

B: I know.

珍惜 zhēn xī

cherish.

我很珍惜

I cherish so much.

很(hěn)：so much

balderdash [ˈbɔl dərˌdæʃ]

Noun:

stupid or illogical talk; senseless rubbish

“The explanation Rupi gave me was balderdash!”

吃饭 chī fàn

吃: eat 饭: meal ———– eat meal

Can be use to representing breakfast/lunch/dinner

e.g. “it’s time to 吃饭” “吃饭饭”

rapport [ræˈpɔː]

Noun:

• a relation or connection with someone or something.

“a teacher trying to establish a close rapport with students.”

“It’s easy to make a hypnotic suggestion to someone you have a good rapport with.”

Note - the “T” is silent!

喜欢 xǐ huān

[vt.] like; love; enjoy

[misc] be fond of; be keen on

“我喜欢 Trent’s show and tell”

stuffy [ˈstʌf i]

Either:

• A room or place which has bad air movement and is not very ‘fresh’, or
• A person who is a bit self-important, and not very flexible in his or her attitudes/personal behaviour.

“Someone should open a window, this meeting room is getting stuffy.”

“The head of the committee was a bit stuffy.”

事故 shì gù

[noun.] accident/ incident/ event

事(shì)：event/ affair
故(gù)： unexpected(thing)

brouhaha [bruˈhɑ hɑ]

An episode involving excitement, confusion, etc., especially over a minor or ridiculous cause

Excited public interest, or discussion

“There was a brouhaha as a result of missing the delivery date”

故事 gù shi

[noun.] story / tale.

故(gù)：[adj.] old / [noun.] reason
事(shì)：matter / thing

phantom [ˈfæntəm]

An appearance or illusion without material substance, as a dream image, mirage, or optical illusion.

“I was debugging a phantom bug in our code.”

epitome [ɪˈpɪt ə mi]

A person or thing that is typical of or possesses some characteristic to a very a high degree.

“Our code is the epitome of quality.”

木 mù

wood.

林 lín

woods/forest.

森林 sēn lín

forest.

hijinks [ˈhaɪˌdʒɪŋks]

Lively enjoyment

“The Search and Notifications team usually gets up to a fair bit of hijinks when visiting China.”

项目 【xiàng mù 】

project

项(xiàng)：item
目(mù)：item

catalyst [ˈkæt l ɪst]

Chemistry: A substance that causes or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected. General use: something that causes activity between two or more persons or forces without itself being affected. A person or thing that causes a change.

“chlorine acts as a catalyst promoting the breakdown of ozone”

“Her brown bag was a great catalyst that led to more widespread use of Docker within the organisation”

高富帅 【 gāo fù shuài 】

tall-rich-handsome man

高(gāo)：tall
富(fù)：rich
帅(shuài)：handsome

白富美 【 bái fù měi 】

white-rich-beautiful lady

白(bái)：white
富(fù)：rich
美(měi)：beautiful

flabbergast [ˈflæbəˌɡɑːst]

Extremely surprised. Normally used as an adjective (flabbergasted).

Etymology: Unknown, 19th century

程序 【chéng xù】 program

程序 【chéng xù】 program

程， rules,standards
序， sequence，process
程+序 = 程序

程序员 【chéng xù yuán】 programmer

员， people

to say it with self-deprecating humour~

程序猿 【chéng xù yuán】 programmer/coding monkey?

猿 monkey

猿 and 员 have same pronunciation。

码农 【mǎ nóng】 coding peasant

luddite [lʌdaɪt]

A person who rejects or fights against new techology and innovation.

Etymology: From “Ned Lud”, a 19th Century textile (cloth) worker who destroyed machines which he thought would replace his job.

开心 kāi xīn

feel happy / have a great time.

我很开心

I’m very happy.

我不开心

I don’t feel happy.

开(kāi)：open
心(xīn)：heart / mind
很(hěn)：very much
不(bù)：not