- at first; in the beginning
- to isolate; isolated; unrelated; irrelevant
- 炸 zhá: 炸 zha2: to deep fry; (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable); Taiwan pr. [zha4]炸 zhà: 炸 zha4: to burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb; (coll.) to fly into a rage; (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter
- fish fillet; slice of fish meat
- axe; hatchet; CL:把[ba3]
- winding road; road curve
- jogging; to jog; to canter; a slow trot
- (literary) to give; to accord; to render
- appropriate to the occasion; fitting
- lit. belly full of complaints (idiom); discontent; always moaning and complaining
- to lie; to tell an untruth
- to penetrate; to see through
- dirty; filthy; vile; despicable; (literary) narrow-minded; petty
- to provoke; to stir up; to incite
- kite (lit. "wind zither", traditionally explained as being named after kites fitted with bamboo whistles that produced musical sounds when flown)
- to allow to fly
- to hold concurrent posts; concurrent job; moonlighting
- boyfriend; paramour (of a woman)
- anglophone; English department
- vacancy
- cavalier; offhand; reckless
- next week
- not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit
- a squint; sideways glance; to look askance
- mistress; paramour (of married man)
- board of directors
- to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
- earnings; profit
- to make one's home; to take shelter
- to spend (time, money); to waste
- to pass one's days; to scratch out a difficult, meager existence