to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
conviction; belief; confidence
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
fourth day of the month; four days
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
store interior; inside of a shop
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
several times; several degrees
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
old clothes; secondhand clothing
knit; knitted fabric; knitted garments; nit (unit of surface brightness equal to 1 candela per square meter)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
senior high school student
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency