//Slow Chinese/15 July 2023

服	fú	to submit
鸡肋	jī lèi	something of little value, but discarding it seems a waste
傻白甜	shǎ bái tián	easily fooled
靴子落地	xuē zi luò dì	the point when something decisive happens
马已今服	mǎ yǐ jīn fú	Jack Ma has submitted to the much more powerful government 
利空出尽是利好	lì kōng chū jìn shì lì hǎo	the market receives a boost after all the bad news is out
诟病	gòu bìng	to find fault with
玄机	xuán jī	underlying secret
垫背	diàn bèi	to take the blame for someone else
松绑	sōng bǎng	to relax control
折戟	zhé jǐ	to fail in one's endeavour
上扬	shàng yáng	to go up
约谈	yuē tán	to have a discussion or interview with
会错意	huì cuò yì	to misunderstand
里程碑	lǐ chéng bēi	significant achievement
风向标	fēng xiàng biāo	gauge
虚位以待	xū wèi yǐ dài	to await someone's arrival
灭顶之灾	miè dǐng zhī zāi	a catastrophic event
目瞪口呆	mù dèng kǒu dāi	to be astonished
轻装上阵	qīng zhuāng shàng zhèn	to adopt a nimble approach
大起大落	dà qǐ dà luò	drastic fluctuations
摩拳擦掌	mó quán cā zhǎng	to be eager to start
暴风骤雨	bào fēng zhòu yǔ	a tempestuous situation
雷霆之势	léi tíng zhī shì	a powerful momentum
达摩克利斯之剑	Dá mó kè lì sī zhī jiàn	the Sword of Damocles
爱之深责之切	ài zhī shēn zé zhī qiè	deep love is accompanied by high expectations