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Question		Answer
終究 start learning		Finally
流落在臺北 start learning		Stuck in Taipei
總得有點打算 start learning		Having to form a little plan
區公所的辦事 start learning		District office staff
乾癟 start learning		Dry and shriveled, Empty [wallets]
點來點去 start learning		To order a bit of this and a bit of that
這靠年來 start learning		In the past few years
幫襯 start learning		Financial support, Help
才把這爿店面撑了起來 start learning		Without whom I wouldn’t be able to keep the store afloat
尤其 start learning		Especially
三五門子親戚 start learning		Several [distant] family connections, [Forging] a network of distant relatives
老光桿子 start learning		Old bachelors
一包三年五載 start learning		Some of them have been coming here for three or five years
李老頭 start learning		Old man Li
柳州 start learning		Liuzhou
李半城 start learning		Half City Li
開雜貨舗 start learning		To open a general store
甩在臺北 start learning		Left [him] in Taipei
滙一張支票 start learning		To send a cheque
砸破 start learning		To break, To shatter
捧起碗來便打顫 start learning		Couldn't pick up anything without trembling
老傢伙 start learning		The old codger
天雷報 start learning		"Thunderbolt";"Retribution by Thunderbolt" (name of song)
鼻涕 start learning		His nose would run
桌子菜 start learning		A tableful of food
吃的精光 start learning		To eat it all
七十大壽 start learning		70th birthday
那曉得 start learning		Who would have known? (哪曉得) [that he would hang himself]
在我們巷子口那個小公園裏 start learning		In the small park in our alley
一棵大枯樹 start learning		Big withered tree
一雙破棉鞋 start learning		A pair of cotton shoes
一頂黑氈帽 start learning		A black felt cap
滾跌在旁邊 start learning		Rolled off to one side
遭那個挨刀的狠狠搶白了一頓 start learning		Got a vicious scolding from that nasty piece of work
救濟院 start learning		Relief centre
七拖八欠 start learning		To drag their tabs, To freeload [off us]
也算我倒猩楣 start learning		"You could say I was down on my luck", It's just my luck
秦癲子 start learning		Crazy Qin
吃了大 start learning		To eat for free
調戲 start learning		To harass, To molest, To "get fresh with"
給開除了 start learning		Was laid off
瘋了起來 start learning		Ended up going mad
我看八成是花痴！ probably] start learning		"I thought he was probably a sex addict!", Woman-crazy if you ask me! [八成
廣西容縣當縣長 start learning		County head in Rong County, Guangxi
小老婆 start learning		Concubines
毛手毛腳 start learning		Light-handed, To grope
我才把他攆了出去 start learning		I kicked him out
歪着頭，斜着眼 start learning		Head cocked to one side, eyes askew
亂抓亂撈 start learning		Grabbing around, Waving his arms wildly
吆喝道 start learning		Yelling, Shouting
滾開！滾開！縣太爺來了 start learning		"Scram! His excellency the county magistrate is coming!"
摸 start learning		To feel, To touch
拿起根扁檐 start learning		Picked up her shoulder pole
罩頭一棍 start learning		Struck him on the head
他額頭開了花 start learning		His head burst open
長春路一帶淹大水 start learning		The area around the Changchun Road was completely flooded
昌出一窩窩的死雞死貓來 start learning		Out came heaps of dead hens and cats
有的爛得生了蛆 start learning		Some rotten with maggots
臭烘烘 start learning		Smelled awful, Stank to high heaven
沁消毒 start learning		To decontaminate
他裏得一身的污泥 start learning		Covered head to toe in filthy sludge
硬幫幫的 start learning		Stiff as a board
掉 start learning		To fall in
講句老實話 start learning		To tell the truth, To be honest
山明水秀 start learning		Picturesque scenery
武寧 start learning		Wuning [County]
齜牙咧嘴 start learning		Bad mannered and rough-looking
角落 start learning		Nook, Cranny, Corner, Bad place
誰個不沾着幾分山水的靈氣？ start learning		"Who hasn't had some of the power of those mountains and waters rubbed off on them?"
當年 start learning		In the prime of my life
掌櫃 start learning		Shopkeeper
桂林行營的軍爺們 start learning		The men from Guilin field headquarters
蒼蝿見了血 start learning		A horsefly looking for blood
趕也趕不走 start learning		You couldn't get rid of them
搭上 start learning		To bag (a wife)
也難怪 start learning		No wonder
任~也 start learning		Even if... still
這些風雨的折磨 start learning		The torment of these winds and rains, The battering of this weather
規矩的讀書人 start learning		A well-behaved, well-read man
斯文 start learning		Scholar[ly]
不該你 start learning		You shouldn't have
悶頭 start learning		Head lowered
背有點佝 start learning		A slightly crooked back [from hunching over books]
輪廓 start learning		Outline
體面的長相 start learning		Elegant appearance, Decent-looking
皺紋 start learning		Wrinkle
有點血氣不足似的 start learning		He seemed a bit lackluster
蹦蹦跳跳 start learning		Scampering
張開雙臂 start learning		To stretch/spread out both arms
攔住 start learning		To stop, To bar the way
極有耐心的樣子 start learning		[That] extremely patient manner/way
從前養的那隻性情溫馴的大公雞 start learning		The big tame/gentle rooster I used to keep
雞仔孵 start learning		Chick
盧興昌 start learning		Lu Xing Chang
盧老太爺 start learning		Old Mr. Lu/Venerable Grandfather Lu
道臺 start learning		Governor
培道中學就是他辯的 start learning		He founded Pei Dao middle school
原湯米粉 start learning		Undiluted stock rice noodles
你們府上 start learning		Your home
好體面的 start learning		What a grand...
半晌 start learning		After a while
大陸撤退 start learning		[When] we withdrew from the Mainland
糟蹋了 start learning		What a waste
滿了有紅是白的芍藥花 start learning		Filled with read and white peonies in bloom
能源我偏向人家盧先生嗎？ start learning		Can I be blamed for favouring Mr Lu?
一樣也落了難 start learning		Fell on hard times all the same
涵養 start learning		Self-restraint
安安分分 start learning		Well-behaved
閒話 start learning		Gossip
摔碗砸筷 start learning		Smashing bowls and breaking chopsticks
雞貓鬼叫 start learning		Screeching like chickens and cats
一肚子發生不完的牢騷 start learning		Full of bottled up complaints
蒼蠅 start learning		Fly
我就不由得光火 start learning		I couldn't help but flare up
保得佳命就是造化 start learning		You were lucky to be alive
不將將就就的 start learning		They wouldn't accept it
還要刁嘴呢！ start learning		They had to be argumentative! (Come off it!)
他們眼紅 start learning		They were green eyed (with jealousy)
腱子 start learning		Shank cut
下廚 start learning		To go down to the kitchen
滷牛肝 start learning		Braised beef liver
百葉肚 start learning		Tripe
香菜麻油一澆 start learning		Coriander and a drop of sesame oil
酒一把油炸花生米 start learning		Then a handful of fried peanuts
熱騰騰的端出來 start learning		Served piping hot
雲南過橋米線 start learning		Yunnan Passing Bridge noodles [could live up to this]
打牙祭 start learning		Something special to eat
巴結 start learning		To suck up to
秀華 start learning		Xiu Hua
姪女 start learning		Niece (brother's daughter)
排長 start learning		Platoon leader
死心 start learning		To drop the idea, To let him go
左等右等 start learning		Waited and waited
麻包工廠裏替人織痲線 start learning		Got a job in a factory weaving hemp sacks
老繭 start learning		Callus
淨淨扮扮 start learning		Neat and fresh faced
端端正正 start learning		Proper, Upright
抓 start learning		To grab hold of
點破她 start learning		"Make her see the light"
阿衛 start learning		A Wei
守一輩子 start learning		To wait your whole live
嬸娘 start learning		Aunt
榜樣 start learning		Example, Model
叔叔 start learning		Uncle
早知如此 start learning		"If I'd known it would be like this"
乖女 start learning		Dear child
只怕白用了 start learning		"I'm afraid it's no use"
痛苦 start learning		Broke down crying
多事 start learning		To meddle
姻緣 start learning		Match predestined by fate
配成 start learning		To get together
家當 start learning		Family property/Wealth
房東 start learning		Landlady
刀嘴 start learning		Sharp tongue
省吃省用 start learning		Didn't eat much and didn't spend much
嗜好 start learning		Vice, Addiction
補習 start learning		To take after-school lessons
侍候 start learning		To look after
響當當 start learning		Famous
華僑頭 start learning		By the side of the Flower Bridge
銅版 start learning		Copper coins
合不攏 start learning		Cannot close [her mouth]
妹仔 start learning		Little girl
公館 start learning		Grand mansion
知趣 start learning		To be tactful
丫頭 start learning		Maid
風光 start learning		Stylishness
行伍 start learning		Soldier
營長 start learning		Brigadier
七拼八凑 start learning		To scrape together
老闆娘 start learning		Bosslady
寅吃卯糧 start learning		Always in debt
公務員 start learning		Civil servants
荷包 start learning		Wallet
柞油水 start learning		Squeeze some more money out of [them]
廣西同鄉 start learning		Natives of Guangxi
清一色 start learning		More or less the same
攀得上 start learning		To lay claim to it
鷄抓瘋 start learning		Parkinson's disease
滿口夾七夾八 start learning		Jabbering dialect
上吊 start learning		To hang oneself
春夢婆 start learning		Day dreaming woman
扒飯 start learning		Pushing rice from the bowl into one's mouth
蔥的鼻子 start learning		Long nose

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