- dry; parched; dull; insipid
- (coll.) gathering place; public venue
- to be convinced; to accept
- obstinate; stubborn; to fixate on; to cling to
- to completely ignore (idiom); to pay no attention to; not to be in the least concerned about
- to select; to choose; to decide on
- tongue; CL:個|个[ge4]; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
- to tie a knot; to tie
- optimum; optimal; peak; best (athlete, movie etc)
- team
- to be in contact (with sb); to associate; to interact; to get along (well, poorly)
- (idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable
- ornament
- to be disgusted with; to dislike; bad reaction; antipathy
- to be well matched; to suit
- the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom); (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match
- 搁 gē: 搁 ge1: to place; to put aside; to shelve搁 gé: 搁 ge2: to bear; to stand; to endure; Taiwan pr. [ge1]
- romance novel; romantic fiction
- unable to make sense of what one is looking at
- to hover between life and death (idiom); to suffer terribly; within an inch of one's life
- to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely; to get to the heart of the matter
- to cease to feel a sense of loyalty (or gratitude etc) to sb or sth; to fall out of love with sb
- fallacious reasoning; preposterous argument
- seal (on envelopes)
- peace; peaceful
- witch; sorceress; enchantress
- to fight at close quarters; to fight tooth and nail
- to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress
- to snivel (usually humorous)
- to exhale; to breathe out; (fig.) to let out pent-up feelings; to vent suppressed emotions; (linguistics) to aspirate