Dictionary

cultural recreation; entertainment

vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)

oral examination; oral test

writing desk

(of an academic course) required; compulsory

to run a school

foreign investment; foreign investment; foreign capital

to show respect for; to think highly of

to espy; to spot

exam question

Chinese opera

eager to study; studious; erudite

to burn the midnight oil; to work late into the night

elementary (i.e. easy)

local bus or train; slow train with many stops

(used at the end of a letter to introduce a polite salutation)

to chat; to gossip; erhua variant of 聊天

nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...

ATM

Poke

(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?

fried potato chips

outwardly; superficially; on the face of it