More words from 非诚勿扰：
摸索 - to feel around (still in the process of discover) eg:
还在摸索的阶段
铺张 - extravagrant
鉴定 - to appraise. Eg: 鉴定个人的成就
左右 - to obstruct. Eg: 我也不想左右你。
挑毛病 - to pick on. It's like Sgporeans normally say
找麻烦。挑我毛病；找我麻烦。
虚度人生 - to spend life aimlessly
语言犀利 - very incisive words. Can also say 语言尖锐。
指标 - a standard. Like 标准
恒定 - constant
信号 - signal
酝酿 - to be fermented
沉淀 - to settle (like sediments)
低陷 - to settle down. Can refer to dust settling down.
尘埃低陷到地上去。
故障 - malfunction. Eg: MRT 这几天连连发生故障。
牙缝 - gap between the teeth
设想 - to think in consideration of / to imagine
抒发 - to express (emotion)
娇气 - feminine aura
高不成，低不就 - A saying whereby a person will not do something too
tough, nor do something ordinary too. Neither here nor there.
微妙 - subtle
改造 - to change a structure or form
抵触 - to contradict.
情怀 - mood
高调 - not just simply meaning "high pitch" but also to describe
someone as talking big. Eg: 讲的话很高调。
剪接 - to edit ( a film / video)
缠绵悱恻 - extremely saddening
蹂躏 - rou2 lin4 To bear the brunt of (something
which has happened). Eg: 饱受战火的蹂躏。
栏目- segment. Can be in a newspaper or radio. Eg: 杂志里时尚潮流的栏目。
How do we say "better to have none than something
mediocre"? 宁缺毋滥 ning4 que1 wu2 lan4
How do we say that someone is a control freak?
这人有超强的掌控欲。
We all know air stewardess is 空姐 but what about a term for all
of them in general? Males and females. 乘务员。