1.to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather2.to talk incessant nonsense3.blah blah
rice tube pudding, a single-serve column of glutinous rice topped with a sauce and garnished (Taiwanese dish, originally prepared by stuffing rice into bamboo tubes and steaming them)
sperm concentration, often called sperm count
to get married and have kids; to start a family
1.lit. to go on a long detour2.fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point3.to beat about the bush
(coll.) girl who shows signs of becoming a beauty; budding beauty
to have a child late in life (esp. said of a father)
you're on your own (pun on 好自为之[hǎo zì wéi zhī])
Prince Shōtoku Taiji (574-621), major Japanese statesman and reformer of the Asuka period 飞鸟时代[fēi niǎo shí dài], proponent of state Buddhism, portrayed as Buddhist saint
1.soft in the head2.brainless3.dumb
1.to have lost one's mind2.crazy3.soft in the head
diffraction grating (physics)
1.various sages and ten schools of thought2.refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[rú] represented by Confucius 孔子[kǒng zǐ] and Mencius 孟子[mèng zǐ], Daoism 道[dào] by Laozi 老子[lǎo zǐ] and Zhuangzi 庄子[zhuāng zǐ], Mohism 墨[mò] by Mozi 墨子[mò zǐ], Legalism 法[fǎ] by Sunzi 孙子[sūn zǐ] and Han Feizi 韩非子[hán fēi zǐ], and numerous others
1.amulet2.protective talisman3.charm
to tighten one's belt; to live frugally
quantum entanglement (physics)
iron-cap prince in the Qing dynasty whose title can be passed on to subsequent generations without alteration
eggplant served sizzling on a hot iron plate
(dialect) stubborn; obstinate; inflexible
last disciple of a master
1.Meili Snow Mountains in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan2.also written 梅里雪山[méi lǐ xuě shān]
Snow lion, mythological animal, a banned symbol of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism
department of electronics
electron shell number (chemistry)
1.electronic organizer2.PDA
(slang) entertaining content such as Internet videos and TV shows that people watch while eating
ankle monitor; electronic ankle bracelet
1.(lit.) the boot hits the floor (idiom)2.(fig.) a much-anticipated, impactful development has finally occurred (an allusion to a joke from the 1950s in which a young man would take off a boot and throw it onto the floor, waking the old man sleeping downstairs who could then not get back to sleep until he had heard the second boot hit the floor)
chive pocket, savory pan-fried turnover stuffed with garlic chives and other ingredients (usually contains scrambled eggs)