Vocabulary: 繁花
- equal rights
- equal pay for equal work
- trafficker; dealer; monger; peddler
- to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth)
- donkey; ass
- to make steel; steelmaking
- to forge ironware
- to cut into a mountain (to open a mine); to open a monastery
- to repair a road
- stonemason
- 驾 jià: 驾 jia4: to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辭|敬辞[jing4 ci2])驾 Jià: 驾 Jia4: surname Jia
- giant; enormous
- bus; abbr. for 公共汽車|公共汽车[gong1 gong4 qi4 che1]; car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc); abbr. for 公務用車|公务用车[gong1 wu4 yong4 che1]
- heredity; to inherit (a trait); to pass on (to one's offspring)
- gene (loanword)
- independent; self-reliant; self-sustaining; to stand on one's own feet; to support oneself
- 观 guàn: 观 guan4: Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform观 guān: 观 guan1: to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; to advise; concept; point of view; outlook观 Guàn: 观 Guan4: surname Guan
- economy; economic
- seat of honor; person in a high-ranking position; to be promoted to a more senior role; (genetics) epistatic
- to earn money; moneymaking
- to expand; to inflate; to swell
- to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence
- beard; CL:根[gen1],綹|绺[liu3]
- BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust 胸圍|胸围[xiong1 wei2], waist 腰圍|腰围[yao1 wei2] and hip 臀圍|臀围[tun2 wei2]
- lipstick
- (idiom) one declines while the other flourishes; one loses out when the other one gains (as in a trade-off or a zero-sum game)
- water surface
- detailed rules and regulations; bylaws
- spiral shell; snail; conch
- 注 zhù: 注 zhu4: (bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject; (bound form) to focus (one's spirit, gaze etc) on a single point; to concentrate; (bound form) stake (in gambling); classifier for stakes, sums of money, transactions or beams of light注 zhù: 注 zhu4: to annotate; to provide explanatory notes on a written text; an annotation; an explanatory note; (bound form) to put on record; to register
- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth; female principle; ☷; ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
- 岳 Yuè: 岳 Yue4: surname Yue岳 yuè: 岳 yue4: wife's parents and paternal uncles岳 yuè: 岳 yue4: high mountain; highest peak of a mountain ridge
- clap of thunder
- 涨 zhǎng: 涨 zhang3: to rise (of prices, rivers)涨 zhàng: 涨 zhang4: to swell; to distend
- flood
- water pipe
- secret; hidden
- dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success; You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.; Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
- natural instincts; nature; inherent quality
- 火星 Hǔo xīng: 火星 Huo3 xing1: Mars (planet)火星 hǔo xīng: 火星 huo3 xing1: spark (from a fire)
- to spring up everywhere; from all around
- energetically; vigorously
- pebble; cobblestone
- delicate; fine; exquisite; refined