- (idiom) world-shaking
- deep-rooted (problem etc)
- structural
- verified; unmistaken
- production capability; productive force; productivity
- (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- to sell off (one's property)
- United States of America
- mercantilism
- for a long time now; long since
- to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression
- to stock up; to lay in supplies; to hoard (for speculation); to corner the market in sth
- to implement; to carry out; to put into practice
- (literary) to covet; to cast greedy eyes on
- my country; our country
- to spend money
- running water; (business) turnover
- opium eater; drug addict; chain smoker
- lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom); fig. to spend money like water; extravagant
- trade deficit; adverse trade balance
- strong; powerful; (linguistics) emphatic; intensive
- well-rounded argument; general survey
- to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly; to act according to convention
- to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)
- common; everyday; average
- to jeer at; to deride; to ridicule; mockery; derision
- to receive a scolding
- 若 rě: 若 re3: used in 般若[bo1 re3]; used in 蘭若|兰若[lan2 re3]若 rùo: 若 ruo4: to seem; like; as; if
- 面子 miàn zi: 面子 mian4 zi5: outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face面子 miàn zi: 面子 mian4 zi5: (medicinal) powder
- making an all-out effort (idiom); to try one's heart out; to do one's utmost
- to set foot in; to step into; to become involved for the first time
- to establish; to set (a new record)
- new high
- to sink down to; to be reduced to (sth inferior)
- overseas; abroad
- to speed up; to accelerate; (economics) growth rate
- unilateral
- tired and feeble
- volume of trade (between countries)