- mist
- to change irregularly; to fluctuate
- (dialect) balcony; terrace; (literary) high building; tower; (old) stage for theatrical performance
- palace
- (idiom) (of plants) verdant; lush
- measure; step; CL:個|个[ge4]
- brute force
- to search; to seek; to explore
- sequence of movements in martial arts; routine; pattern; standard method
- military spending
- equivocal; ambiguous
- to try to find out; to trace; to track down
- wealth; money
- to press hard; to close in on
- to inspire awe
- to hear of; to hear about
- to hate; hatred; to resent; embittered
- (idiom) to reap without sowing; to get sth without working for it; to sponge off others
- 德性 dé xìng: 德性 de2 xing4: moral integrity德性 dé xing: 德性 de2 xing5: (coll.) revolting behavior; CL:副[fu4]
- third-rate; inferior
- to fling back one's head
- to look attentively at; to closely watch; to gaze at
- some; certain (things)
- to be good at using (sth); to put (sth) to good use
- to strictly maintain
- Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
- 节 jiē: 节 jie1: see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]节 jié: 节 jie2: joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)
- to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
- to remain unmoved
- to cry out in alarm or surprise
- to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge
- to spread; to disperse; to disseminate
- to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
- city resident; townspeople
- bold and unconstrained; powerful and free
- to be of no interest to anyone (idiom)
- whole city
- resident; inhabitant
- all sides