Dictionary

complexion

serene

lever; pry bar; crowbar

(bound form) side; edge; boundary

to capture; to take; to overcome

careless; negligent; sloppy

clumsy; awkward; stupid

dictatorship

to breathe deeply; to pant; to gasp; to take a breather; to catch one's breath

tip of branch

bay serving as a harbor

to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative; (idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative

one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open

grave; solemn; dignified

to belittle; to disparage; to play down

callous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve (as in 心)

mountain range; CL:條|条[tiao2]

Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 市, Taiwan; Tamsui or Danshui, district of New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan; freshwater

to entertain; to be hospitable to

position in a ranking of names; place; rank

gangster; bandit

to bake; to heat by fire; to set off by contrast

on the other hand...; conversely...

to loathe; to despise; contempt

reward; prize; award

to endure; to suffer; hardships

to ask for instructions

vanity

attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc

to infer; inference; corollary

to throw sth a long distance; to hurl; to throw at

worldview; world outlook; Weltanschauung

ignorant; uneducated; ignorance

cervical vertebra; the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck of humans and most mammals

absolutely unrestrained; unbridled; without the slightest scruple

lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed

harmonious; to mediate; to reconcile; mediation

greasy food; oily food; (of food) greasy; oily; fatty; (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious; pretentious; vulgar

slow; sluggish

expression; look

directly; head-on (collision); in one's face (of wind)

to play a critical role (idiom); influential

intrinsic to sth; inherent; native

to whistle; to scream; to whiz

refined; educate; cultured

etiquette

to exist at the same time; to coexist

to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine

ability; competence

to make an item of clothing; to tailor