- shortage
- total (amount or value)
- convertible debt; convertible bond
- Africa; abbr. for 阿非利加洲[A1 fei1 li4 jia1 Zhou1]
- local tyrant; local strong man; (slang) nouveau riche
- creditor
- property; assets
- economic crisis
- start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
- human nature; humanity; human; the totality of human attributes
- 施 Shī: 施 Shi1: surname Shi施 shī: 施 shi1: (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc); to apply (fertilizer etc)
- celadon, classic Chinese style of ceramic glaze
- court lady; palace maid; traditional painting of beautiful women
- to wine and dine; to feast; banquet
- tint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character
- (of colors) garish; rich
- appliance; utensil; gear; equipment
- chinaware; porcelain
- koi (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus)
- aquatic plants; water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals); (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw
- easy and comfortable; easy
- firm; unswerving; loyal to the end
- 叉 chá: 叉 cha2: to cross; be stuck叉 chǎ: 叉 cha3: to diverge; to open (as legs)叉 chà: 叉 cha4: used in 劈叉[pi3 cha4]; used in 分叉[fen1 cha4]叉 chā: 叉 cha1: fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect; "X"
- spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms); cuttlefish (on dining menus); (literary) beautiful woman
- originally; original; former
- to burst with joy (idiom); to be over the moon; to be elated
- to question intensely; to interrogate; to demand information
- closed-circuit television
- to watch; to view
- to give up smoking
- the urge to smoke; tobacco addiction
- alcohol addiction
- financial market
- to plunder; to rob
- wealth; riches
- gorgeous; resplendent or rich color