Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- to restrict; to restrain; constrained; awkward; ill at ease; uncomfortable; reticent
- ill (euphemism)
- Party and government administration
- to spread (by word of mouth)
- lit. to add oil and vinegar (idiom); fig. to embellish; to exaggerate (a story, a narration etc)
- lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy; to feel beleaguered
- (idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly
- to stop for a rest
- to do all one can; to give all one has
- high speed; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1 su4 gong1 lu4])
- population; people
- to increase rapidly; to shoot up
- to construct; to build
- Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries; Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan
- (of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult; challenging; demanding
- vast; huge
- engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]
- topography; terrain; landform
- culture and education
- foundation (institution supported by an endowment)
- board of directors
- to store up; reserves
- spiral; whirlpool; eddy; vortex
- theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute; severe
- night clothes; pajamas
- slippers; sandals; flip-flops; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- in the dead of night (idiom)
- Lee Teng-hui (1923–2020), Taiwanese politician, president of the Republic of China 1988–2000
- polite greeting; civilities; to exchange pleasantries
- panic-stricken (idiom); to be in a flustered state; also written 張惶失措|张惶失措[zhang1 huang2 shi1 cuo4]
- to nominate