Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning
- family financial situation; family circumstances
- poor; poverty-stricken; impoverished
- 摆设 bǎi she: 摆设 bai3 she5: ornament; decorative item; (fig.) sth that is merely for show摆设 bǎi shè: 摆设 bai3 she4: to set out; to display; to furnish (a room or house)
- 款式 kuǎn shi: 款式 kuan3 shi5: elegant; elegance; good taste款式 kuǎn shì: 款式 kuan3 shi4: pattern; style; design; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- diverse; diversity; manifold
- to get out of bed; to get up
- to reply to a letter
- interaction; social contact
- numbed; insensitive; apathetic; thick-skinned
- to be prompted by a sudden impulse; carried away by a whim; to have a brainstorm
- blank space
- yesterday; previous day; first day
- to go around; to roam; to tour
- effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems; panacea; elixir
- elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother; CL:位[wei4]
- to share common interests or views; to get along well; congenial
- elder brother; term of respect for a man of about the same age
- to be unable to hold back
- to be present
- text message; SMS
- (idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone
- to keep an appointment
- to settle; to finish; to conclude; to wind up
- message
- to quote
- 比如 Bǐ rú: 比如 Bi3 ru2: see 比如縣|比如县[Bi3 ru2 Xian4]比如 bǐ rú: 比如 bi3 ru2: for example; for instance; such as
- with rapt attention
- to consider; to ponder
- needle and thread; needlework
- basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
- suddenly; unexpectedly
- heat control; (fig.) mastery; (fig.) crucial moment
- it's just perfect; it's just right
- husband of younger female cousin via female line
- down; downward