- proud and aloof
- conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart
- to learn (sth); to learn about
- progress; improvement; to improve; to progress
- active; lively; excited; to enliven; to brighten up
- to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
- as easy as blowing off dust; effortless; with ease
- (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent
- to broaden one's horizons
- firm; resolute; determined
- to wrangle; wrangling
- (idiom) a person of virtue and prestige; a person of good moral standing and reputation
- attitude; position (on an issue etc)
- to have eaten and drunk to one's heart's content
- to take out of the furnace; fresh out of the oven; fig. newly announced; recently made available
- a hundred percent; to the letter; out-and-out
- height above sea level; elevation
- 米 Mǐ: 米 Mi3: surname Mi米 mǐ: 米 mi3: uncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan
- to ford (a stream, river etc)
- star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount
- 罗 Lúo: 罗 Luo2: surname Luo罗 lúo: 罗 luo2: gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift
- to cover densely
- Qobto or Kobdo, khanate of outer Mongolia
- lake
- desolate
- monotonous
- gravel; crushed rock; rock debris
- beach; shoal; rapids; CL:片[pian4]; classifier for liquids: pool, puddle
- to leak (information); to divulge; also pr. [xie4lou4]
- lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful; to fail through lack of a final effort; to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)
- to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
- the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences; incompatible standpoints
- gone forever (idiom)
- 冒 Mào: 冒 Mao4: surname Mao冒 mào: 冒 mao4: to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover
- reserve; backup
- to screen; to shield; to cover; protection; cover; CL:面[mian4]
- to resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off; to withstand
- to attack; to batter; (of waves) to pound against; shock; impact
- powerless; lacking strength
- Altai mountain range in Xinjiang and Siberia