Dictionary

drinking water; to drink water; to give water (to animals)

to reckon; to calculate; to plan

really; as expected; sure enough

to quit school

variant of 悠闲; leisurely

special duty; assigned full time to a task

old variant of 闸; sluice; lock (on waterway)

content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness)

front-line; forward position; outpost

passenger plane

timely; apt to the occasion; in due course

fierce; violent; ferocious

(coll.) now; this moment; also pr. [zhè huǐ r]

to be careful; to pay attention to

valley; trough (as opposed to peaks); fig. low point

profile; appearance

as things really are; realistic

towards; facing (sb or sth); (coll.) to side with

air; manner; model

disciple; follower

fountain

to seek one's livelihood; to work to support oneself; to earn a living

to fall; to drop; to land (of projectile)

compared with

naked; bare; uncovered; exposed

convention (i.e. international agreement)

in arrears; behind in payments; to default on one's debts

to put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime; to lay the foundation

to roll; (to do sth) in a loop; to scroll (computing)

disastrous

to donate blood

to detain; to arrest; to hold

to cross the limit; to be over the accepted norm; excessive

to prevent; to avoid; to excuse

in charge of; to control

to conceive; concept

lower reaches (of a river); lower level; lower echelon

to be jealous of; fear; dread

widow

to purchase; to bribe

funds; a sum of money

ability; capability

all; entire; complete

disturbance; crisis; disputes

to step in; to stride forward; to forge ahead

without end; incessantly; on and on

production rejects; seconds; scrap

a shout; fig. opinion or demand, esp. expressed by a group

to weld; to solder

to go on a tour; to have an outing