Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
- pitfall; snare; trap
- to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions
- unmarried
- to sculpt; to carve (jade); ornate artwork; overly elaborate prose
- extremely grateful; very thankful
- to receive orders; to follow orders; to act under orders
- in front; in advance of the field
- amusing; entertaining; (loanword) cola
- to resist (with great difficulty)
- (bound form) sluggish; stagnant
- blunt; stupid
- to relax; to slacken; to loosen
- qualified; competent (professionally); to be up to a task
- train of thought; emotional state; mood; feeling
- repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return
- to live alone; to spend time alone (or with a significant other)
- to look up at; to look up to sb hopefully
- to infuriate; to enrage; to exasperate
- (idiom) (under) the public eye; the stares of many people
- deeply felt; heartfelt; sincere; honest
- tunnel; cave; burrow; dugout
- 钻 zuàn: 钻 zuan4: drill; auger; diamond钻 zuān: 钻 zuan1: to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain
- to run away; to escape
- to eliminate; to remove
- inner heart; soul
- 慑 shè: 慑 she4: Taiwan pr. [zhe2]慑 shè: 慑 she4: (bound form) to fear; to be cowed; (bound form) to frighten; to intimidate; Taiwan pr. [zhe2]
- to place under house arrest; to imprison
- to cherish the memory of sb; to think of with respect
- completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless
- air of arrogance; haughtiness
- servant
- deeply attached; devoted
- unyielding integrity (idiom); unwavering
- (idiom) full of vitality; relaxed and alert
- to amuse oneself; to play with; to tease