Dictionary

blessed by heaven (idiom); enjoying exceptional advantages; favored by nature

overseas Chinese; (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality

to overpraise; to flatter

the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow

how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd

lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; to overdo it

rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway

(abbr. for 斗) distinguished figure; doyen; revered authority

to make a fool of oneself

erhua variant of 馅; (of food) filling; stuffing

one's thoughts; mind; intention

to bask in the light; fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth; reflected glory

simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁体字; simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4]

erhua variant of 纳闷; puzzled; bewildered

dialectal equivalent of 什么; also pr. [shà]

(a groaning sound); (nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah

Europe (abbr. for 欧罗巴洲); Europe (abbr. for 歐羅巴洲|欧罗巴洲[Ou1 luo2 ba1 Zhou1])

prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division

sex appeal; eroticism; sexuality

oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword)

buttocks; bottom; butt

dog; Kangxi radical 94

dialectal equivalent of 怎么; dialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]; Taiwan pr. [ze2]

to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand

version; edition; release

slag (in mining or smelting); dregs

variant of 啊; variant of 啊[a1]; (bound form) to scold

criminal; penal

surname Kong; hole; CL:個|个[ge4]

sign; mark; symbol

republic

case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example

to hear (a case)

pink; white; erotic

State Council (PRC); State Department (USA)

short period of time; a moment

the more...(the more...); to recover; to heal

surname Yi; alternative name for 绛 capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)

radar (loanword); (loanword) radar

hey; ow; ouch

castle; rook (chess piece)

arm

military campaign

bond; debenture

creek; rivulet

without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless

Benz (name); Mercedes-Benz, German car maker

to loathe; to hate; disgusted with sth

at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming

to retreat