Vocabulary: 繁花
- to abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect)
- 嚼 jiào: 嚼 jiao4: used in 倒嚼[dao3 jiao4]嚼 jiáo: 嚼 jiao2: to chew; also pr. [jue2]
- 下咽 xià yān: 下咽 xia4 yan1: (anatomy) hypopharynx下咽 xià yàn: 下咽 xia4 yan4: to swallow (food or drink)
- certain; confident (of some outcome); calm and unhurried
- sin; offense
- lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
- restaurant; theater (old)
- fresh; new and elegant
- tea and cake; refreshments; tea and dim sum
- (dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot; to steam; to bake
- clam
- snail; Taiwan pr. [gua1 niu2]
- 参 shēn: 参 shen1: ginseng; one of the 28 constellations参 cān: 参 can1: to take part in; to participate; to join; to attend; to counsel; unequal; varied; irregular; uneven; not uniform; abbr. for 參議院|参议院 Senate, Upper House参 cēn: 参 cen1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]
- used in 䰾魚|鲃鱼[ba1 yu2]
- chicken in rice wine; also translated drunken chicken
- to eat without paying; to eat for free
- feng shui; geomancy
- beggar
- to be just about to; to be on the point of
- very far away
- empty-handed; unarmed; (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model; (abbr. for 空手道[kong1 shou3 dao4]) karate
- gold bar
- silver bar
- to hand over to; to give to higher authority; to seek connections in high places
- to bewail one's poverty; to complain about being hard up; to pretend to be poor
- to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation
- population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence; residence permit; (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account
- to pay with one's life
- belt; CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1]
- 腿 tǔi: 腿 tui3: leg; CL:條|条[tiao2]腿 tǔi: 腿 tui3: hip bone
- immediately
- to raise; to increase; to improve
- building (a relatively large, multistory one); CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
- to jump from a building (to kill oneself); fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising)
- high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity; climax (of a story, a competition etc); to have an orgasm
- mayor