- to halt; to stop; to go no farther
- smooth and unhindered; fluent
- to consider as; to take to be
- ancient city
- gentle feelings; tender sentiments
- (idiom) (of houses, scenery etc) magnificent
- Paris, capital of France
- (idiom) (of people) born and raised in the locality; (of art forms, political parties, enterprises, products etc) developed locally from the outset; wholly indigenous
- Beijing dialect
- spirituality; mental; nervous; psychogenic
- texture (of skin, surface etc)
- research institute; academy
- people in the (aforementioned) industry; practitioner; industry professional
- to be without a fixed residence (idiom)
- narrow; cramped
- hardworking; diligent
- to leave one's job to take up a position elsewhere
- to be content with one's lot (idiom); to know one's place
- to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild
- to fire; to sack; to dismiss; to terminate employment
- (oral) to write (esp. for a living); to spell out laboriously on squared paper
- to betray; to rebel; to revolt
- to detest
- smelting furnace; forge
- not to mention; leaving aside
- (of a nation) to join an alliance; (of an athlete) to join a sports team; (of an entrepreneur) to join a franchise; (of an actor) to join the cast of a movie; (of a recording artist) to sign with a label
- comparatively speaking
- celebrity; public figure
- to hold concurrent posts; concurrent job; moonlighting
- workplace; workforce (of a nation or industry etc); job market
- hired (for employment); invited (e.g. to lecture); engaged (for a task); (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family
- to make a profit; to earn a packet
- in one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc)
- host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor; (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director
- to assist