Vocabulary: 父亲南怀瑾
- scarf; shawl; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair); contrary; to contradict
- tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy)
- (TCM) to practice bloodletting; (medicine) to perform phlebotomy; (coll.) to make sb bleed; to inflict grievous wounds; (fig.) to cough up a large amount of money; (fig.) to reduce prices drastically
- money grubber; miser
- to take an alternate route (idiom); to find an alternative; to take a different approach; to blaze a new trail
- to alternate; to follow one another
- inextricably linked (idiom); inseparable
- lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom); fig. velvet glove
- bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept; (sports) baseline; (sewing) under thread; spy; informer; plant
- improvisation; flexible; adaptable; pragmatic
- to indulge oneself
- wantonly; recklessly; willfully
- to squander money; extravagant; prodigal; free and easy; agile
- to warn; to alert; warning; cautionary
- behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future
- privately run (i.e. by a company, not the state)
- (numerical, statistical) index; (math.) exponent; index; exponential (function, growth)
- floor
- 乐天 lè tiān: 乐天 le4 tian1: carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic乐天 Lè tiān: 乐天 Le4 tian1: Lotte (South Korean conglomerate)
- flame; blaze
- wind and waves; rough waters; (fig.) hardship
- bottle gourd; Lagenaria vulgaris
- melon; gourd; squash; (slang) a piece of gossip