Vocabulary: 过得刚好
- one's thoughts; mind; intention; willingness to accept new ideas; baseless suspicions
- shuanggui, an extralegal system within the CCP for detaining and interrogating cadres who fall from grace
- everyone present applauds; universal acclaim; a standing ovation; to bring the house down
- to love and respect; love and respect
- sweet-talking; ingratiating
- abdomen; stomach; belly
- honey
- double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
- (literary) to slip; (of looks etc) to fade away; (of time) to slip away; to squander (time, opportunities); to dillydally
- of little value
- everyone present; the whole audience; across-the-board; unanimously; whole duration (of a competition or match)
- low pitch; quiet (voice); subdued; low-key; low-profile
- to have low self-esteem; to abase oneself
- 冯 píng: 冯 ping2: to gallop; to assist; to attack; to wade; great冯 Féng: 冯 Feng2: surname Feng
- due to; to stem from
- beyond the pass, i.e. the region north and east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1] or the region west of Jiayu Pass 嘉峪關|嘉峪关[Jia1 yu4 guan1] or both
- snow lotus herb; Saussurea involucrata
- iceberg; ice-covered mountain; (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long; CL:座[zuo4]
- see 冬蟲夏草|冬虫夏草[dong1 chong2 xia4 cao3]
- Qinghai and Tibet
- see 廬山市|庐山市[Lu2 shan1 Shi4]; Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi; Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot
- (bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) leisurely; relaxed; (bound form) to surpass the ordinary; outstanding; (bound form) reclusive
- plastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials)
- greenhouse
- greenhouse; polytunnel
- radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon; CL:根[gen1]
- Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable
- potherb mustard (Brassica juncea var. crispifolia)
- famous dishes; specialty dishes
- 粥 yù: 粥 yu4: used in 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1 yu4]粥 zhōu: 粥 zhou1: congee; gruel; porridge; CL:碗[wan3]
- yesterday evening; last night
- old friend; the deceased
- the ways of the world; the morals of the time
- daring; bold; audacious
- demon
- Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645
- bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland