to eat hot pot; to cook thinly sliced meat briefly in boiling broth at the table
miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han)
1.platitude2.pointless talk
1.fire tongs2.hair curling tongs
1.croquettes2.deep fried food balls
1.mullet roe (salted and dried)2.bottarga
1.(coll.) bullheaded2.obstinate
1.key point2.crux3.(old) Daoist (facetious)
to swing one's sleeve (in anger)
1.Master Dengtu, a famous historical lecherous character2.lecher; skirt-chaser
to carry out gymnastic tricks on horizontal bar
1.eyeball2.fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
Shihezi, sub-prefecture-level city in Northern Xinjiang
guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc
(not do sth) for fear of offending sb
Tanegashima, Japanese Island off Kyushu, the Japanese space launch site
1.poor but spirited person2.(old) (derog.) peasant
(fig.) supply of grain to the public
1.stream of particles2.particle flow
(of two parties, e.g. police and the community) to team up; to pair up; to form a cooperative association
1.tricky2.involved3.to beat about the bush
1.(coll.) to die2.to kick the bucket
1.old methods2.old habits
1.old situation2.things as they were
1.(coll.) wily old fox2.crafty fellow
1.eardrops (pendant jewelry)2.earrings
1.waist2.small of the back3.(fig.) backing