- solemn; dignified; stately
- ceremony; celebration
- spirit trembling with excitement (idiom); in high spirits; lively and full of enthusiasm; full of energy; con brio
- to become exhilarated (idiom); in high spirits; full of zest
- noon; midday; CL:個|个[ge4]
- Nobel Prize
- banquet; feast; dinner party; CL:席[xi2],個|个[ge4]
- outstanding (idiom); incomparable
- (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that)
- natural sciences
- a professional
- 约 yuē: 约 yue1: to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise约 yāo: 约 yao1: to weigh in a balance or on a scale
- euro (currency)
- to promote sales
- to sell; to market; sales (representative, agreement etc)
- summit; apex; pinnacle (of one's career etc); peak (of a civilization etc)
- 沾 zhān: 沾 zhan1: to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch沾 zhān: 沾 zhan1: to moisten
- expensive; costly
- gramophone; phonograph
- Alexander (name); Alexandria (town name)
- heavenly emperor; "the Great" (title)
- one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open; to think about; to cherish
- conqueror
- motive power; (fig.) motivation; impetus
- boyfriend
- 雷 Léi: 雷 Lei2: surname Lei雷 léi: 雷 lei2: thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
- similar; analogous
- progress; improvement; to improve; to progress
- to attract; to incur
- lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom); fig. arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive
- attention
- to ebb; to go down; to decline
- wind direction; the way the wind blows; fig. trend; direction of events; how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself); public opinion (concerning one's actions); publicity (usually derog.); limelight
- 盖 gài: 盖 gai4: lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build盖 Gě: 盖 Ge3: surname Ge
- desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly
- 啦 lā: 啦 la1: (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat啦 la: 啦 la5: sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples
- to freeze to death; to die off in winter
- Christmas; birthday of reigning Emperor; Confucius' birthday
- eve; the day before
- 好处 hǎo chu: 好处 hao3 chu5: benefit; advantage; merit; gain; profit; also pr. [hao3chu4]好处 hǎo chǔ: 好处 hao3 chu3: easy to get along with