How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
Zen monk's early morning meal; refreshment; cakes; simple Chinese food; dim sum
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
century egg; thousand-year old egg; hundred-year old egg; preserved egg (Chinese delicacy)
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
even though; despite; when
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
impossible to do (although wants to)
be (that) as it may; having said that
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
such; like that; in that way
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
inside a plane; in-flight
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
land route; overland route; by land; overland
day of month; counter for days
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan