to fly around; to scatter
to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
to live; to reside; to inhabit
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
preserving in alcohol; pickling one's liver; drinking incessantly; being a souse
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
Saturn (Roman god); Saturn (planet)
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
soundly (of sleeping); (sleeping) like a log
taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)
the whole creation; everything in heaven and earth
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
all citizens; all the city's inhabitants; the whole city
perm (hairstyle); permanent wave
public holiday; celebration (of)
(arch.) switch (long, tender shoot of a plant); switch (cane used for flogging)
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick