- words; speech; to say; to talk
- essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- security (property held against a loan); mortgaged property
- warlike
- pleasing to the eye; nice to look at
- morning and evening; (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days; (coll.) (this, or that) point of time; (dialect) at some time in the future
- to smash to pieces
- (idiom) to be devoted to a common cause; to be like-minded
- lit. target of a multitude of arrows (idiom); the butt of public criticism; attacked on all sides
- Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom); to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)
- hunting dog; hound; (fig.) running dog; lackey
- to antagonize people; to make an enemy of sb
- to turn over; to transform
- Odessa (city in Ukraine)
- account; bill; debt; CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3]
- lit. new bud; fig. new and original
- recommendation letter
- to be hell-bent on; dead set on sth; unswerving
- to look completely new (idiom); brand new; changed beyond recognition
- to count on; to rely on
- person; number of people; (per) capita; (a person's) head; (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account)
- Werther, opera by Jules Massenet; Werther, German masculine given name
- bouquet
- flowing (of speech, writing); fluent; smooth and easy
- 裁缝 cái féng: 裁缝 cai2 feng2: to make an item of clothing; to tailor裁缝 cái feng: 裁缝 cai2 feng5: tailor; dressmaker
- uneasy; ill at ease
- to tailor (clothes); to trim (expenditure)
- to go easy; unhurried; calm; Taiwan pr. [cong1 rong2]
- lining (of a container etc) (engineering)
- slope; incline
- cushion; mat; pad
- footstool
- to lend an arm to support sb
- entourage; retinue
- already fixed; set; established
- to draw; to draft (a map, blueprint, diagram, illustration etc)