- critical circumstances; risky conditions; danger zone
- to condense; to solidify; to coagulate; clot (of blood)
- water vapor; steam; moisture
- rime; hoarfrost
- to crystallize; crystallization; crystal; crystalline; (fig.) the fruit (of labor etc)
- frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting; (skin) cream
- prism
- fiber; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- to adhere; attachment
- crust; hard shell
- sharp pointed end; the tip; the cusp; tip-top; most advanced and sophisticated; highest peak; the best
- to obscure; to confuse; to mix up; to blur; to mislead
- sediment; deposit; sedimentation (geology)
- the top; above; overhead; upwards; the top margin; above-mentioned; those higher up
- sweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely
- bread; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
- housefly; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- fourth year of university
- to acquire; to get; to obtain
- horizontal plane; level surface; water level
- lever; pry bar; crowbar; financial leverage
- to stick up; to point sth up
- minute (i.e. extremely small); infinitesimal
- to go out to sea; to enter the sea (to swim etc); (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
- hinge
- a pier; a landing-stage; a loading trestle for goods or passengers; a platform
- remainder; filtered out residue; sediment; waste product; debris; detritus; rubbish
- pit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive; (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over
- 正当 zhèng dāng: 正当 zheng4 dang1: timely; just (when needed)正当 zhèng dàng: 正当 zheng4 dang4: honest; reasonable; fair; sensible
- 散 sǎn: 散 san3: scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine散 sàn: 散 san4: to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack
- as far as the eye can see
- glossy; sleek; smooth