sympathy; compassion; pity
tone (of argument); tenor; drift
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
round-table conference; roundtable; round-table; round-table meeting
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
Republic of China (Taiwan); ROC
phase of decline; ebb; twilight
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
very popular; highly favoured
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
porcelain; china; chinaware; ceramics; pottery
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
import; importation; introduction; afferent
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
Guangzhou (China); Kwangchow; Canton
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
to pull in (fish); to land
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
going through; going via; going by way of
poisonous; toxic; addictiveness
withdrawal symptoms; abstinence syndrome
overprescription; overmedication; drug dependence
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of