"二把刀" originally meant assistant cook. Later, it refers to a person whose skill, ability for work, or knowledge is not enough.

"压(根儿) {yàgēn(r)}", often used in spoken language, means altogether or in the first place.

The grass on the top of a wall sways with wind. This word is used to refer to a person who doesn’t have his own view.

"发烧友" refers to a group of people who are enthusiastic fans of something, e.g. music, football, or car etc.

“倒栽葱”literally means a reversed-planted green onion.

As a dialect, “冷不丁” means unexpectedly or suddenly. We also say “冷不防”.

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"挑刺儿" literally means taking out the sharp and small splinter in the flesh. In dialect, it is extended to mean finding faults or picking holes on purpose.

"过来人" refers to a kind of people who had some experiences of doing something.

“碰钉子（pèng dīngzi）”means someone is denounced or his requests is rejected. It also refers to someone meets with a difficult status.

people call the funny or humorous persons who always make other people happy “开心果（kāixīn guǒ）”.

“拍马屁（pāi mǎpì）” means someone praises a lot to please others without regarding the reality.

People use“鸿门宴”to indicate a feast or meeting set up as a trap for the invited or something ill-disposed.

“饭桶”is a metaphor of an incapable person who cannot do anything.

“臭美”describes a person who particularly likes to dress up.

“铁哥们儿”literally means the relation between brothers is as hard as iron. It refers to close friends, usually male friends.

“嘴硬”literally means a tough mouth. It is used to describe a person who knows his or her own faults, but refuses to admit.

As a derogatory term, “做手脚”（ zuò shǒujiǎo） refers to do something secretly or employ bad means in order to achieve certain goals.

The original meaning of “做文章”（zuò wénzhāng）is writing an essay. It is a metaphorical saying of making an issue of something or laying emphasis on doing something.

Chinese people consider crow as a bird of ill omen. So “乌鸦嘴” is used to describe people who usually say sth. ominous directly . What’s more, the prediction could be efficacious.