Vocabulary: 俄罗斯套娃
- manor; feudal land; villa and park
- 买卖 mǎi mai: 买卖 mai3 mai5: purchase and sale; transaction; shop; store买卖 mǎi mài: 买卖 mai3 mai4: to buy and sell
- animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc); beast of burden
- agreement; pact; protocol; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- December; twelfth month (of the lunar year)
- to plan; to seek; scheme
- position; post; job
- still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often
- to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office
- one's elders; older generation
- to admire and respect
- Wednesday
- mother
- to miss an appointment; to break an appointment
- Christmas time; Christmas season; Christmas
- to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on
- to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
- to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
- apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
- Nash (surname)
- (old) enclosed carriage for carrying passengers; (automotive) sedan
- to dote on sb
- child
- home
- already; since; both... (and...)
- (grand) total
- considerable (cost etc); bountiful (crop etc); high (social status etc)
- commission
- to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle
- crisis
- to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day; more (or better etc) with each passing day
- grim; severe; rigorous
- father and mother; parents
- to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect
- good luck
- for example; for instance; such as
- to sell
- opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- on end; in a row; in succession
- to go on a tour; to have an outing