- island
- close range
- tribe
- legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- (idiom) to have no basis in fact; to be the product of sb's imagination
- item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
- satisfied; pleased; contented
- Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
- betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut
- bamboo; CL:棵[ke1],根[gen1]
- pomelo tree (Citrus maxima or C. grandis); shaddock; oriental grapefruit
- mimosa; sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched)
- mountains; a range of hills
- dignified; imposing; august; awe-inspiring; awe; prestige; dignity
- tens of thousands; numerous
- Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup
- nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods
- fine food; delicacies; delicious food
- Strait of Malacca
- the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea)
- (idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
- to forward (a letter, email, package etc)
- to cover up; to conceal; to go into hiding
- to tease; to play tricks on
- to take action; to adopt policies; to move on some issue
- or; either one or the other
- to bring to justice; to file away (a document)
- forever; eternal
- unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. crimes); still at large
- as easy as blowing off dust; effortless; with ease
- to give; to deliver; to hand over
- to extradite
- dilatory; sluggish; muddled; roundabout
- to lag behind
- (idiom) inevitable; unavoidable
- a number of; each and every one; one by one; one after another
- to come one after the other
- to have an opportunity that one can exploit (idiom)