- number of people
- to confess one's crime; first model, version, kind etc (of gadgets, software, cars etc)
- neck of a bottle; (fig.) bottleneck; problem that impedes progress
- late (with a task etc); slow
- chain; cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m); chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m); to chain; to enchain
- fracture; rupture; to break apart
- gearbox; transmission
- vexed; distressed
- Department of Transportation; (PRC) Ministry of Transport
- originally; the original; original copy; original version
- (electronics) silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR); thyristor
- to have no contact with; to be cut off from; (electricity) to insulate
- fence; also pr. [shan1]
- to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
- to obtain (sth) in exchange; to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
- (physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence); quality and quantity
- to hand over; to deliver
- selling price
- act; action; activity; move; movement
- to place an order; to book ahead
- dissatisfied; discontented; resentful; (before a number) to be less than
- to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- meet and greet; fan meeting
- angry; indignant; wrath; ire
- to besiege; to beleaguer; to attack from all sides; to jointly speak or write against sb
- almost; nearly
- to faint; to swoon; to black out; to become unconscious
- to lose money; to suffer a financial loss; to pay for damages
- awkward situation; predicament
- soon; in a moment; to look on as sth happens
- awkward; embarrassed
- lowest point; nadir
- explosion; to explode; to blow up; to detonate
- fireball
- aggressive and grand (idiom); ambitious; pushy