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common; everyday; average

to simplify; to reduce

to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short

layman; amateur

capital; (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)

flabbergasted; astonished

as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability; within one's powers

common saying; proverb

water conservancy; irrigation works

lake

a list; to list; to enumerate

you might as well (do it); simply; just

to stand side by side; to be juxtaposed

to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc)

to pay (taxes etc)

to sing the praises of; to extol; to eulogize

to yield; to adapt to; to accommodate to (sth)

crack; gap between two objects; gap in time between two events

to display; to exhibit

for many generations; generation; era

to discuss

stalk; stem

Weixin county in Zhaotong 通, Yunnan; see 威信縣|威信县[Wei1 xin4 Xian4]; prestige

obvious at a glance (idiom)

happy; entirely free from worry

to inspect and accept; acceptance

might; awe-inspiring authority; impressive

to inlay; to embed; to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring)

carefree and without worries (idiom); (idiom) carefree; without worries

plain; simple; guileless

based on...; in conformance with..; taking as one's main principle

diaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone

preliminary competition; to hold preliminary heats

to establish; to fix; to settle

diligent; industrious (in one's studies); to study hard

to put an end to

to examine or inspect; self-criticism; review

to draw up; to draft; to formulate

group; sect; clique; faction; school

esthetics; appreciating the arts; taste

fertilizer; chemical fertilizer

substantial; robust; ample; abundant

saturated; filled to capacity

vulgar; tacky; tawdry

to draw close to

to recite; to repeat from memory

desolate

arable land; to plow land

to link up; to connect; to join

to suppress; to crack down on; to prohibit