- to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine; to purify; to process
- to draw a lesson (from a setback)
- pertinent; apropos
- embroidered banner
- delicate; fine; careful; meticulous; painstaking
- entirely different; different as black and white
- factor; (genetic) trait; (math.) factor; divisor
- man; fellow; (dialect) husband
- (lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy; (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties; to threaten
- wrist; trickery; finesse; ability; skill
- to have an abundance
- to make a draft; to draw up (plans)
- to have heard what was said
- (literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together; (literary) to be alike
- stunned; amazed
- (literary, or bound form) to look at
- senior
- senior; older generation; precursor
- as if; to seem like
- to antagonize people; to make an enemy of sb
- 名利场 Míng lì chǎng: 名利场 Ming2 li4 chang3: Vanity Fair (novel and magazine title)名利场 míng lì chǎng: 名利场 ming2 li4 chang3: competitive environment where individuals vie for recognition and material gain
- 得罪 dé zùi: 得罪 de2 zui4: to commit an offense; to violate the law; excuse me! (formal); see also 得罪[de2 zui5]得罪 dé zui: 得罪 de2 zui5: to offend sb; to make a faux pas; a faux pas; see also 得罪[de2 zui4]
- paranoia; monomania
- arrogant and obstinate (idiom); unyielding
- to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters; condescending; to go about with one's nose in the air
- lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom); fig. troublemaker; black sheep; rotten apple
- declaration; manifesto
- by contrast; but as for this...; viewed from another angle; subjectively; introspection
- even if; even though
- never (in the past); never did