- steel wire; tightrope
- words and sentences
- fiber; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- rare; strange
- to pair up; to match; to arrange in pairs; to add sth into a group
- cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai into a close-fitting dress with a high collar and side slits
- modern (loanword); fashionable
- companion; mate; partner
- leather shoes
- transparent; (fig.) transparent; open to scrutiny
- result; effect; efficacy; (theater) sound or visual effects
- sex appeal; eroticism; sexuality; sexy
- sharp weapon; effective implement; outstandingly able individual
- to conquer; to subdue; to vanquish
- super-; ultra-; hyper-
- luxury item
- luxurious; sumptuous; lavish
- sumptuous meal; banquet
- expensive; costly
- an iron law; a cast-iron rule
- wise and virtuous woman; lady
- socks; stockings; CL:隻|只[zhi1],對|对[dui4],雙|双[shuang1]
- to wear a hat; (fig.) to stigmatize; to be branded as
- to hang down; suspended
- lit. genuine goods at fair prices (idiom); fig. genuine; real; true
- in the extreme (idiom); incapable of further increase
- stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation; leeway
- (of time) to elapse; to pass; (of a situation) to develop; to evolve; to shift; to slide; to move smoothly and continuously along a surface
- to descend; to arrive; to come
- to lean on; to rest against; to rely on; support; backing; back of a chair
- reliable
- lit. (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom); fig. to flirt
- to rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to brush (past); to shred (a vegetable etc)
- snow white
- to pursue (a course, a policy)
- -ism; ideology