Maria Skłodowska-Curie or Marie Curie (1867–1934), Nobel laureate in both physics (1903) and chemistry (1911)
Friesland, province of the Netherlands
1.from the inside to the outside2.through and through3.thoroughly
both publicly and privately; both overtly and secretly; both explicitly and implicitly
winding and turning (idiom)
Meili Snow Mountains, with peaks up to 6000 m., in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
to return home with honor
Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author of the Elements 几何原本[jǐ hé yuán běn]
to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away (idiom)
Manzhouli, a county-level city in Hulunbuir City 呼伦贝尔市[hū lún bèi ěr shì], Inner Mongolia
1.to proceed from the outside to the inside2.to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance
to observe; to take it all in
Conakry, capital of Guinea
1.(onom.) chaotic or dynamic noises (pattering, crashing, rustling, clattering, sobbing etc)2.smashed to pieces; completely routed
(adverbial phrase used with verbs such as 归[guī] or 赴[fù] etc) traveling a great distance
1.neighbors2.the whole neighborhood
1.outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems2.saying one thing but meaning sth different
1.uneven2.in disorder3.everything sticking out
1.to act from inside in coordination with attackers outside2.attacked from both inside and out
1.to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom)2.(fig.) to act together
one's words carry an implicit meaning
1.fighting everywhere over a thousand miles (idiom); constant fighting across the country2.never-ending struggle
Ngari, prefecture in Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治区[xī zàng zì zhì qū]
1.amidst the clouds and mist2.(fig.) mystified3.puzzled
1.penetrated2.trenchant3.incisive
Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007), French cultural theorist and philosopher
鹏程万里鵬程萬里HSK 7–9 1.the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom)2.one's future prospects are brilliant
1.Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic2.formerly Königsberg, capital of East Prussia
Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island)
1.light-years (apart)2.a million miles (apart)3.(i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
Paramaribo, capital of Suriname
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Russian composer and pianist
1.Ussuriisk city in Russian Pacific Primorsky region2.previous names include 双城子[shuāng chéng zi] and Voroshilov 伏罗希洛夫
Uliastai, the Qing name for outer Mongolia
Trieste, port city in Italy
Dhaulagiri, mountain massif in the Himalayas
Tengger Desert, located in Inner Mongolia and Ningxia
加里宁格勒州加里寧格勒州 Kaliningrad Oblast
新喀里多尼亚新喀里多尼亞 New Caledonia
车里雅宾斯克車里雅賓斯克 Chelyabinsk town on the eastern flanks of Ural, on trans-Siberian railway