mini patrol car; small police car
excellent machine; excellent device (e.g. camera); excellent aircraft
armoured car (for transporting valuables); security van
palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination; examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination
last flight; last bus; last train
to get off; to abandon (a ship or vehicle)
heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
even though it is not; despite not
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
all parts; various parts; every department
maintaining the status quo
first; first base; first baseman; fast
general term; generic name
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
naked eye; the physical eye
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
while moving; on the move
in perfect form; going swimmingly
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal