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Absolute Beginner Season 1
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Four-Character Idiom 2
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Four-Character Idiom 2
15 words
tariki hongan
他力本願
(n)
depending on others for everything
shirimetsuretsu
支離滅裂
(n)
incoherent
jikyūjisoku
自給自足
(p)
be self-sufficient
haranbanjō
波瀾万丈
(p)
full of ups and downs
tenpenchii
天変地異
(p)
extraordinary natural phenomena
sentenhisshõ
先手必勝
(p)
victory goes to the swiftest
kūzenzetsugo
空前絶後
(p)
the first and probably the last thing in history
manshinsōi
満身創痍
(p)
be covered with cuts and bruises
jidaisakugo
時代錯誤
(p)
be anachronistic
shushasentaku
取捨選択
(p)
sort something out
saishokukenbi
才色兼備
(p)
be beautiful and accomplished
mugamuchū
無我夢中
(p)
lose oneself in something
isshinittai
一進一退
(p)
one step forward, two steps back
yujūfudan
優柔不断
(p)
be weak and vacillating
hyakusenrenma
百戦錬磨
(p)
be an old veteran
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