Vocabulary: 宠魅
- startled
- to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face
- sb who is easy to deal with (usu. in the negative, e.g. after 不是[bu4 shi4])
- to misappropriate (public funds etc); to embezzle
- one's life experience; one's lot; one's past history
- 模 mó: 模 mo2: to imitate; model; norm; pattern模 mú: 模 mu2: mold; die; matrix; pattern
- adoptive father
- facing imminent catastrophe; calamity looms; all hell will break loose
- to ask; to demand
- pedantic; trite; inflexible; adherence to old ideas
- 威信 wēi xìn: 威信 wei1 xin4: prestige; reputation; trust; credit with the people威信 Wēi xìn: 威信 Wei1 xin4: see 威信縣|威信县[Wei1 xin4 Xian4]
- critical; crucial; vital
- lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped; reticent; not breathing a word
- to invite trouble
- to leave no trace; seamlessly; unobtrusively
- to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
- imminent; just around the corner (idiom)
- fat person; fatty
- output
- to extract; to squeeze out (juice etc); (fig.) to exploit
- surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)
- to bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open; (fig.) to burst with joy; (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish
- dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion; dissident group
- to harbor hard feelings
- (honorific) husband
- (coll.) every day
- literary excellence; flirtatious behavior
- rumor
- know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])
- on time; before deadline; on schedule
- gold mine; gold ore
- (courteous) home; residence (not one's own)
- (bound form) salary; stipend
- to make fun of