Chinese phrase translation: 草根 (cǎo gēn) grass roots...

Chinese phrase translation: 炮灰 (pàohuī) cannon fodder...

Chinese phrase translation: 插手 (chāshǒu) to intervene...

Chinese phrase translation: 吃苦 (chīkǔ ) to suffer or to bear hardships...

Chinese phrase translation: 开小差(kāi xiǎo chāi) slope away...

Chinese phrase translation: 拔尖（儿）bájiān(r) the top best...

Chinese phrase translation: 里程碑 (lǐchéng bēi) milestone...

Chinese phrase translation: 小菜一碟 (Xiǎocài yìdié) a piece of cake...

Chinese phrase translation: 软柿子 (ruǎn shìzi) a push-over...

Chinese phrase translation: 跳槽 (tiàocáo) job hopping...

Chinese phrase translation: 闷葫芦 (mèn húlu) an enigma...

Chinese phrase translation: 纸老虎 (Zhǐ lǎohǔ) a paper-tiger...

Chinese phrase translation: 风凉话 (Fēng liáng huà) an onlooker's unsolicited comments...

Chinese phrase translation: 卖关子 (Mài guānzi) stop a story at a climax to keep the listeners in suspense...

Chinese phrase translation: 得手 (Dé shǒu) to succeed in doing something smoothly...

Chinese phrase translation: 跑腿 (pǎotuǐ) run errands...

Chinese phrase translation: 活字典 (huó zìdiǎn) a walking dictionary...

Chinese phrase translation: 动心 (dòngxīn) to be moved mentally...

Chinese phrase translation: 放鸽子 (fàng gēzi) to fail to keep an appointment...

Chinese phrase translation: 红颜 (hóngyán) a beauty...