In modern society, “大选” refers to the parliamentary or presidential elections of certain countries or regions.

“捧杀” means giving excessive compliments or flattery to make someone feel complacent and fall behind, even leading to degeneration or failure.

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“汗颜” is when one’s face sweats because of humiliation. It refers generally to feeling deeply ashamed, and it is usually used in formal writing.

“思想包袱” means that someone is carrying a mental burden, or that something weighs heavily on the mind.

Rib cartilage in the human body is fragile and easily damaged. As such, “软肋” means the weaknesses of someone or something (similar to one’s Achilles’ heel).

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“黄牛” is someone who deliberately buys a large number of tickets in a specific and improper way and then sells them at a high price to make a profit.

The original meaning of “逆天” is to go against God’s will.Later, with the development of the internet, netizens began to use it to express emotion when they exceed the normal range of emotion

绝活” is a unique skill, one that is an original creation and not easily learned by others.

“露一手(lòu yì shǒu)”means to exhibit one’s unique or rarely shown skills or abilities to others.

“母老虎(mǔ lǎohǔ)” means a tigress and is a metaphor for a shrew whose talk and behavior intimidate other people.

"过瘾(guòyǐn)" means satisfying a craving or doing something to one’s heart’s content.

“心虚(xīnxū)" has two meanings. The first one is to indicate that someone is afraid of being found out about the wrong thing or bad deed he/she did; the second one means being lacking in self-

"打盹（儿）(dǎdǔn(r))" means to take a nap. When one is “打盹（儿）”, he is usually seated or lean on something.

The phrase "钻牛角尖(zuān niújiǎojiān)" has a negative meaning which is commonly used to criticize those people who pay too much attention to small details or problems that cannot be solved f

"猴年马月(hóunián mǎyuè)" means there is no specific deadline for an on-going thing or specific date for occurrence of the thing.

“飞毛腿 (fēimáotuǐ)”originated from the ancient postal system.

“知音” means a person who really and truly understands you.

“炒作” is, by means of certain skills and tactics, to create hype about oneself or one’s works, all in order to boost popularity and reputation.