Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- fear of strangers; to be afraid of strangers (of small children)
- for the past few years
- to have time (to do sth)
- communication; social intercourse
- to criticize; criticism; CL:次[ci4],番[fan1]
- to make friends; (dialect) to start an affair with sb
- ill at ease; uncomfortable
- ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime
- to embroider; to do embroidery
- useless
- 双 Shuāng: 双 Shuang1: surname Shuang双 shuāng: 双 shuang1: two; double; pair; both; even (number)
- needle; pin; injection; stitch; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
- to weave; to plait
- to apply in practice; practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science)
- limited; finite
- money; currency
- impressive; stylish; magnificent; imposing manner; dignified air
- in silence; not speaking
- mouth; in the mouth; on one's lips; speech; words
- brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss
- conventional greeting; polite formula
- direct ratio; directly proportional
- to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
- 家传 jiā zhuàn: 家传 jia1 zhuan4: family history (as a literary genre)家传 jiā chuán: 家传 jia1 chuan2: handed down in a family; family traditions
- ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
- to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself
- to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement
- passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation
- not only; not just
- to entertain; to be hospitable to
- to rack one's brains
- to sell off
- in my opinion
- life's necessities
- personal; oneself
- flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor
- concert; CL:場|场[chang3]
- crowded; to throng; congestion
- difference; to distinguish; to discriminate; to make a distinction; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (purchase) order
- Johnson or Johnston (name)
- trading company