condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
entire family is affected (disease, etc.); whole family
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
gas station; petrol station
to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to start drawing (water)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
calm; composed; cool; quiet
surroundings; environs; circumference
decommissioned vehicle; out of service vehicle; deregistered vehicle; unregistered vehicle; deregistering (vehicle); unregistering
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to extend (e.g. a house); to add to (e.g. coals to a fire)
iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to make an appearance; to show up
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
slim; slender; slight; delicate
to be dead; to be lifeless
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
my husband; one's family; family member
to not believe one's ears
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu