- lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose; fig. to seize any opportunity; pragmatic
- lit. unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom); fig. extremely stingy
- stage wait; (fig.) awkward silence
- 蕃 fān: 蕃 fan1: foreign (non-Chinese)蕃 fán: 蕃 fan2: luxuriant; flourishing; to reproduce; to proliferate蕃 bō: 蕃 bo1: see 吐蕃[Tu3 bo1]
- endurance
- fall harvest; to reap
- flexibility
- to be deficient in; lapse; deficiency
- to expose; to reveal
- secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret
- mother's sister; aunt
- not an exaggeration; not excessive; not wide of the mark
- to tame; tame; docile
- gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time
- to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the crucial point that brings the subject to life; a few words to clinch the point
- to revitalize (assets, resources etc)
- (idiom) captivating; charming
- to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence; to trust completely; to confide in sb with entire sincerity
- to stay for a while; to sojourn
- frivolous; coquettish
- lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom); fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself
- lit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom); fig. worthless person in imposing attire
- (business) card
- paper tiger
- to attach importance to sth; to value
- 羊 Yáng: 羊 Yang2: surname Yang羊 yáng: 羊 yang2: sheep; goat; CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]
- ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; pot (dialect); to enter upon a period of (classical); Kangxi radical 206; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
- approximately; probably
- high speed; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1 su4 gong1 lu4])
- to gold-plate; to gild; (fig.) to make sth quite ordinary seem special
- Chrysler (car manufacturer)
- (coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather
- generally speaking; to sum up; in summary; in short
- to be popular; to be getting on well; much in demand
- lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows; a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on (idiom)
- to denounce; to castigate
- on the other hand; another aspect
- to do a favor to sb