韭菜 - chive, a perennial plant related to the onion and having slender leaves used as a vegetable in China. Chives grow quickly and can be harvested many times during the growing season.
Recently, 韭菜 has a derived meaning - the lowest class people. 割韭菜 (harvesting the chives), meaning - the government make the people suffer by the unfair policies.
甜酸苦辣—— The original meaning: sweet, sour, bitter, spicy. The derive meaning - various experiences from life.
e.g. 他活到这个岁数，人生的甜酸苦辣都尝遍了。
At his age, he has experienced everything in life, including happiness or disaster.
柴米油盐酱醋茶——The original meaning: firewood, rice, cooking oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea. The derive meaning: Trivial essential things in life.
e.g. 生活就是柴米油盐酱醋茶。
Life is all about the trivial essential things.
辣——The original meaning: spicy. When 辣 is compounded with 妹 or 妈，it means outgoing. e.g. 辣妹，outgoing girl. 辣妈，outgoing mom.
泼辣——outgoing, bold, not shy.
e.g. 这个女子很泼辣。
This woman is fearless.
甜滋滋——The original meaning: sweet. The derive meaning: happy.
e.g. 这位妈妈在母亲节收到孩子的礼物，心里甜滋滋的。
This mom got mother's day gifts from her kids, feeling very happy.
甜蜜蜜——The original meaning: sweet. The derive meaning: happy.
e.g. 大家祝福这对新人生活永远甜蜜蜜。
Everyone wishes this newly-wed a happy life forever.
苦哈哈——The original meaning: bitter. The derive meaning: bitter, difficult.
e.g. 因为疫情，很多餐馆都少了很多客人，苦哈哈地撑着。
Many restaurants have lost lots of costumers because of the pandemic, they're struggling to keep on.
酸溜溜——The original meaning: sour. The derive meaning: combination of jealous and dejected.
e.g. 他的同事升职了，他心里酸溜溜的不是滋味。
His coworker got promotion, he feels dejected.
吃醋——The original meaning: to sip vinegar. The derive meaning: envy of someone because of affection
e.g. 那人因为女友和别的男人打情骂俏而大为吃醋。
That man was jealous because his girlfriend flirted with other men.
醋意——The original meaning: vinegar, The derive meaning: jealousy.
她看到男友向别的女孩献殷勤，醋意大发。
She couldn't hide her jealousy when she saw her man ingratiated other girl.
刀子嘴，豆腐心——The Original meaning: knife mouth, tofu heart. The derive meaning: tough word but soft heart.
e.g. 他这个人刀子嘴，豆腐心，没有恶意。
This guy is tough in mouth but soft in heart, hasn't any hostility.
乐观 optimistic
e.g. 这个人生性乐观。This guy is born optimistic.
开朗 cheerful
e.g. 这个人个性开朗。 This person has a cheerful personality.
豁达 open-minded
e.g. 他这个人很豁达，能包容不同的意见。 He's very open-minded and can tolerate different opinions.
情绪化 emotional
e.g. 他是个很情绪化的人，做事冲动。He's a very emotional person, acting impulsively.
火爆 grumpy
e.g. 他是个脾气火爆的人。 He's a grumpy man
大方，慷慨 generous
e.g. 他出手大方，送人的礼物都很名贵。He's very generous, the gifts he gave the receivers are very expensive.
e.g. 如果我像盖茨那么有钱，我也会像他那么慷慨捐钱做公益。If I'm as rich as Bill Gates, I would generously donate lots of money to charities.
乖巧 lovely
e.g. 她是个乖巧的女孩，每个人都喜欢她。 She's a lovely girl, everyone likes her.
多愁善感 Sentimental
e.g. 她是个多愁善感的女孩，像林黛玉一样。She's a very sentimental girl, like Lin Daiyu.
*Lin Daiyu is a character in Chinese classical novel Dream of the Red Chamber. She's a delicate, talent, unhappy and very sentimental orphan living with countless relatives in a grand view garden. Now, Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 or sister Lin 林妹妹 is a synonym of a sentimental girl.
美国今年的大选(election)因为候选人(candidates)在摇摆州(swing states)的得票过于接近，又发现点票(count)软件故障及幽灵票(ghost ballots)等等问题，让选情(the situation of the election)进入胶着状态(stalemate)，官方迟迟未能宣布哪位候选人当选(won)。
川普总统认为大量舞弊(frauds)行为而导致选票结果(tallies)不正常，今天已经在多州发起法律诉讼(law sue)，誓言捍卫选举的公正(fair)，全美各地的川普支持者(supporter)也连日发起挺川(support Trump)示威。而民主党(democratic party)候选人拜登被主要新闻媒体宣布胜选(won the election)，他的团队(team)已经开始计划后续的工作。
川普和拜登的政治主张(political initiative)是南辕北辙的。川普主张：法律和秩序，减税，公平贸易，反非法移民，反滥用社会福利，反社会主义，退出不合理的国际组织。
拜登主张：加税，接收更多的世界难民，让美国国内的一千万非法移民合法化，拆掉川普的美墨边境墙，减少警察经费，重返世界组织。
目前，各方都在密切关注选举的后续情况(Follow-up situation)，美国是世界自由民主的灯塔，经济与军事的头号强国，其选举的公正与结果都与国内和全球的稳定密切相关。我们期待这次选举的结果是公正的，为以后的选举顺利铺平道路。
The U.S. election this year got big trouble, official hasn't declared the winner yet due to candidates ballots are too close to call, and found the voting software glitches and lots of ghost ballots. The election turns to stalemate.
The sitting president Trump accuses the rigged election caused the tallies abnormal. Today, he has initiated legal proceedings in many states, vowing to defend the fairness of the election, and Trump supporters across the United States have also launched demonstrations in recent days. And the Democratic candidate Biden was declared victory by the major news media, and his team has already begun to plan the post - election work.
The political views of Trump and Biden are very different. Trump advocates: law and order, tax cuts, fair trade, anti-illegal immigration, anti-abuse of social welfare, anti-socialism, and withdrawal from unreasonable international organizations.
Biden advocated: increase taxes, accept more refugees from the world, legalize 10 million illegal immigrants within the United States, tear down Trump's US-Mexico border wall, defund the police, and return to the world organization.
At present, all parties are paying close attention to the follow-up situation of the election. The United States is the beacon of freedom and democracy in the world, and the top economic and military power country. The fairness and results of its elections are closely related to domestic and global stability. We expect that the results of this election will be fair and secure the way for future elections.
今年的大选已经进入倒计时，两党总统候选人都在做最后的拼搏，他们除了到处进行竞选集会，还在各个媒体进行宣传，还有各种民调纷纷出炉，双方特别在摇摆州争夺选票，号召选民到投票站 投票，选情空前激烈。
共和党 候选人，现任总统川普，四年前出马竞选总统，这个政治素人 大爆冷门，击败政坛老手，前第一夫人希拉里，赢得选举。
今年，川普气势更猛，所到之处都有大批粉丝追捧。看来，民众喜欢务实、雷厉风行的川普多于喜欢光说不做、总是政治正确的政客。川普要“法律和秩序，美国制造，平价医疗保健，让美国继续伟大”，这些都代表了美国人的想法。他没有政治正确，只有常理，不为政治势力绑架，大获人心。在外交层面，他也唤醒了贸易公平意识和社会制度差异的反思和制衡，重组世界新秩序。所以，尽管川普本身被人诟病的地方不少，而且疫情仍然肆虐，但这些都不足以阻挡选民支持他连任的热情。
与此同时，在美国新闻媒体和社交媒体，民调却认为民主党候选人拜登领先，拜登支持者也一窝蜂地在社交媒体围攻川普。这与川普所到之处的热烈场景相比，简直冰火两重天。这不禁让人想起四年前的总统选战，四年前的选情又在真切地重演。
鹿死谁手，我们拭目以待。
Let's Talk about the election
This year’s election has entered the countdown. The presidential candidates of the two parties are doing their last fight. In addition to conducting election rallies everywhere, they are also conducting publicity in various media, and various polls have been released. The two sides are especially competing for votes in swing states. Voters are called to vote at polling stations, and competition is unprecedentedly fierce.
The Republican candidate, the current President Trump, ran for the president four years ago. This political amateur was upset and defeated the political veteran, former first lady Hillary Clinton, and won the election.
This year, Trump has become more overwhelming, with a large number of fans seeking him wherever he goes. It seems that the people like Trump, who is pragmatic and vigorous, more than politicians who keep talking but do nothing, and who are always politically correct. Trump wants "law and order; Made in USA; Affordable health care; Make America Great Again", these all represent the American thoughts. He has no political correctness, only common sense. He is not kidnapped by political forces, he seems quite success. At the diplomatic level, he also awakened the awareness of trade fairness and the reflection and balances of differences in social systems, and reorganized the new world order. Therefore, although Trump himself has been criticized a lot, and the epidemic is still raging, these are not enough to stop voters from supporting his re-election enthusiasm.
At the same time, in the U.S. news media and social media, polls believe that the Democratic candidate Biden is leading, and Biden’s supporters are also besieging Trump on social media. Comparing news media with the lively scenes where Trump goes, they're two totally ice-fire different scenes, which reminds people of the presidential election four years ago, and that election is truly repeating itself now.
We will wait and see who will win.
