Dictionary

distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle

strait; channel

to dominate; to rule; to dictate

to visit (as a customer)

hesitation; misgivings; doubt

unable to restrain emotions; cannot help

architect

martyr

cage; basket; container

to flee for one's life

to like; fond of; to prefer

nightclub; nightspot

garlic; CL:頭|头[tou2],瓣[ban4]

doorstep; sill; threshold

later period; end stage; terminal

imbecility; dementia

not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant; without an inkling

to sound out; to probe; to feel out

to expand; to strengthen

disturbance; riot; to create a disturbance

ground or first floor; bottom (of a pile); lowest rung (of society)

to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated

to assume; to suppose; supposed

daughter's husband; son-in-law

anonymous

to rise; to spring up; to burgeon

(to take) a turn for the better; to change planes

to sneer; to laugh grimly; grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc)

to indicate; to foretell; to forebode

vacuum; (physics) vacuum; (fig.) vacuum

fiddle; violin

model; prototype; archetype

to check; to verify; to audit

grave; tomb; embankment

not long ago; not long before

to placate; to pacify; to appease

four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬; four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]

to deduct

source material (in literature and art)

hypnosis

to discard; to abandon

unexpected (idiom); surprising

to pay; to spend money; to fork out

to ride as a passenger; to travel by (car, plane etc)

to cut

potential; hidden capability

to be on foot

sea area; territorial waters; maritime space

newsreel; documentary (film or TV program)

sweat; perspiration