apartment building with an automatically locked entrance
spring picking; first flush (tea)
winning straight victories; making a clean score
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
I sincerely believe in Amitabha; Lord have mercy on me
ages; long time; decade; ten years (ago)
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
practice of buying a bottle of spirits at a bar which is then kept there for the customer
Chinese dish with fried egg and crab
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
cinema fan; cinema-goer; cinephile; film aficionado; film buff; film fan
half-florescent; half-bloomed
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
confirmation; certification; ascertainment
falling plump; falling down flat
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion
to take a big bite; to take the best part; to steal all the good parts; to steal the show
Chinese-style stir-fry containing green peppers and meat; pepper steak (US)
intermediate color; intermediate colour; neutral color or tint; neutral colour
excellent machine; excellent device (e.g. camera); excellent aircraft
regular train; local train; train that stops at every station
disposable camera; single-use camera
your honor (honour); his (or her) honor (honour)
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
over-the-knee socks; overknee socks