- deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
- to discuss; to have a chat
- eyesight; visual acuity
- to lose one's eyesight; to become blind; blindness
- to go to war; to engage in war
- progress; to advance
- robust; healthy
- not long ago
- sequence; order
- to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom); to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
- interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
- information; news; message
- to read newspapers
- 涨 zhàng: 涨 zhang4: to swell; to distend涨 zhǎng: 涨 zhang3: to rise (of prices, rivers)
- retirement pension; pension payments received after retirement
- younger sister's husband
- to die in battle
- difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation
- to know the facts; to understand; to be familiar with the situation
- saving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on
- (idiom) to no avail; of no use
- to sell off (one's property)
- cent; penny
- to survive; to keep on living
- black market
- foodstuff; cereals; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- lost battle; defeat
- Alsace, French department
- Lorraine (region in France)
- to fall into enemy hands; to be occupied; to degenerate; to submerge
- a few years; several years; how many years?
- bank; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
- worthless (idiom); no use whatsoever
- to pay
- to take possession of; to get hold of
- to bid
- (idiom) to be duped; to get scammed
- waste paper
- famous painting