Vocabulary: 繁花
- rampant; unbridled; arrogant; aggressive
- toilet paper; tissues
- lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom); fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection
- next-door neighbor; neighboring household
- bamboo pole (used to punt a boat)
- to overturn; to overthrow; to strike down (an enemy)
- domestic; internal (to a country); civil
- All Nippon Airways (ANA)
- lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling
- Japanese tea ceremony; sado
- chinaware; porcelain
- Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1 hua2 wen2 hua4] "Chinese culture"); used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国[Zhong1 hua2 Min2 guo2]
- model; example (for people to follow); (in reference to a person) role model
- the correct path; the right way (Buddhism)
- warm
- (gambling) to be the banker or dealer
- fox; (fig.) sly or crafty person
- prostitute; whore
- lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom); fig. to go all out; to come out in the open
- (of money) to come into an account; to get; to earn; income; receipts
- to know the score (idiom); to be well aware of the situation
- to hog; to keep everything for oneself
- very sweet
- Chinese celery
- to pretend to look happy; to force oneself to smile
- conforming with the norms of society
- to illuminate; to turn on the lights; to light (a blaze)
- financial affairs; finance
- dinner party held in one's home; family reunion dinner
- soup plate
- power; might; prestige
- bone china (fine white porcelain made from a mixture of clay and bone ash)
- casino
- 内地 nèi dì: 内地 nei4 di4: inland; interior; hinterland内地 Nèi dì: 内地 Nei4 di4: mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan); Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)
- to fix; to settle; to wangle
- carat (mass) (loanword)
- to provide (an asset) as security for a loan; to put up collateral
- to bid
- broad; extensive