Vocabulary: 宠魅
- huge sum of money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- insane; crazy
- wealthy woman
- to make one's home; to take shelter
- commander-in-chief (military); star player (sports); key figure (in an organization)
- to pierce; to poke through
- to attach most importance to
- alliance; union; coalition
- (fig.) to have a slice of the pie; to get a piece of the action
- profitable
- an old grudge; old scores to settle
- rare; rarely seen
- to match one's strength with; to compete; more competitive; to set oneself against sb; disobliging; to make a special effort
- to make one's name; to become famous
- well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)
- to rebuff; to refuse; to turn down
- a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom); sth too embarrassing to mention; an embarrassing illness
- inside information; the ins and outs of the matter; how things stand; what's up
- tea and cake; refreshments; tea and dim sum
- having a unique or distinctive style
- temple (on the sides of human head)
- one and a half
- younger female cousin through a female relative
- to be on duty
- reserved; aloof
- to spoil (a child)
- attire; clothing
- lit. dressed up animal (idiom); fig. immoral and despicable person
- call in (one's subordinates); summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview
- (of actors) to make up; to disguise oneself
- to go downstairs
- to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience
- lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun; to play along according to local conditions
- (idiom) not bat an eyelid
- to turn up without being invited; unsolicited
- to be arrested; under arrest
- fortuitously; luckily; as chance has it