Chinese fermented black beans
chili sauce; chilli sauce
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to eat greedily; to devour; to wolf down; to gobble up
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
specialist shop; shop specializing in a particular type of product
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
4th day of the month; four days
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
8th day of the month; eight days
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
why; how; for what reason
like this; this sort; this way
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
(Chinese-style) almond jelly; dessert of powdered and jellied apricot kernels with fruit
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that