Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- to reveal outstanding talent (idiom); to stand out as conspicuously brilliant
- prosperous; thriving; to prosper; to flourish
- year after year; with each passing year; over the years
- (law) client; trustor
- to spoil things; to dampen spirits; to feel deflated; to be dispirited
- enthusiasm for doing sth
- to advance courageously (idiom); to press forward
- advantage; gain; net profit
- to commend; to praise
- blemish; flaw; defect
- startled
- to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; (in football etc) to pass to
- to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant
- to lose one's temper
- to resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off; to withstand
- touching; moving
- to order sb around; (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc); Taiwan pr. [shi3 huan4]
- crook of the arm
- (but) then again; (but) on the other hand
- to play with fire
- 中意 Zhōng Yì: 中意 Zhong1 Yi4: Sino-Italian中意 zhòng yì: 中意 zhong4 yi4: to take one's fancy; to be to one's liking
- brown
- 沾 zhān: 沾 zhan1: to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch沾 zhān: 沾 zhan1: to moisten
- dust
- convention; usual practice
- to have something made to order
- behavior and appearance
- wealth; money
- nursery rhyme
- boom (sound of explosion); rumble
- swift; rapidly
- wood; log (CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1]); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
- strong and vigorous; sturdy; robust
- lit. diligent and never slacking (idiom); continuous concentrated effort; assiduous (in study); to concentrate
- endurance
- exchange; stock exchange
- to crowd out; to push aside; to supplant