- to extricate oneself; way out
- to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
- (idiom) as everyone knows
- 钉 dìng: 钉 ding4: to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on钉 dīng: 钉 ding1: nail; to follow closely; to keep at sb (to do sth)
- to gold-plate; to gild; (fig.) to make sth quite ordinary seem special
- guests; visitors
- tall and straight
- to be like sth; similar to; alike
- to lengthen
- Bentley
- high-sounding speech; bombast; high-profile
- actually; as it turns out; indeed; of course
- everyone
- neckcloth; neckerchief
- shiny
- brown
- windbreaker; wind cheater; wind jacket; CL:件[jian4]
- to sneer at
- to strike a pose (Chinese opera); (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc); (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
- strong card; honor card (card games); very popular or successful person; self-important
- to put on clothes; to get dressed
- mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix
- lower jaw; mandible
- lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom); fig. to keep one's distance; (of a relationship) lukewarm; vague
- to float; to drift; to wander
- flash
- to spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc); sufficient (to cover); enough
- extravagant; luxurious
- confused and disoriented
- panoramic view
- to appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance); to demonstrate
- ostentatious; pretentious; showy
- lit. sth hits one in the face; directly in one's face; sth assaults the senses; blatant (advertising); eye-catching; (a smell) assaults the nostrils
- to surround; to circle; to revolve around
- the Acropolis (Athens)
- temple
- yurt (round tent)
- (bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition; (bound form) to describe; (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit; (bound form) certificate
- crystal
- to disperse (a crowd etc); (fig.) to dispel (misgivings etc)
- to draw; to draft (a map, blueprint, diagram, illustration etc)