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(idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent; articulate

size; height; stature

parenthesis; parentheses; brackets

papermaking process

erhua variant of 兜; pocket; bag

to be effective over an extended period

to one's liking

to back sb up; to support sb in an argument; (lit. to beat nearby drum)

lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances

talking endlessly; long-winded; (idiom) talking endlessly; long-winded

the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom); one's future prospects are brilliant

to play games; to joke around; to play a joke on sb

variant of 洋; variant of 得意洋洋[de2 yi4 yang2 yang2]

to follow the crowd; going with the tide

upright and honest; integrity

the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan)

unwilling to concede; defiant; indignant

abreast of modern developments; to keep up with the times; progressive

erhua variant of 人缘; relations with other people

from now on; henceforward

from morning till night; from dawn to dusk; all day long

(attributive) low-carbon; low-carb (diet)

convenience store

variant of 作证; variant of 作證|作证[zuo4 zheng4]

to make known to the public (for information or to seek comments); public notification

say no more; don't bring it up; drop the subject

impossible; can't be done; no can do

to create (sth original); (adj.) original; originality

profitable to both sides; a win-win situation

to take the blame (for sb else)

unable to get anything to eat; to miss a meal

trunk; boot (of a car)

failed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died; to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship)

to grin

who would have thought that ...?

big data (computing)

erhua variant of 大腕; (coll.) big name; (coll.) big shot

if; if one were to say

alternately soaring and plunging

cost-performance ratio

erhua variant of 打盹; to doze off

kiosk; newsstand

to answer the phone

search and rescue

to get people to laugh; funny; hilarious

to control; to manipulate

sometimes good, sometimes bad

extremely few; a small minority

positive energy; positivity

shower gel