government office building
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
harvesting rice while it is still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE)
fortress; stronghold; citadel
town; city; municipal; urban
scale; scope; plan; structure
village; hamlet; countryside; country
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
edict; ordinance; proclamation
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to set (sun); to become dark
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
on the cheap side; comparatively cheap; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score
private citizen; civilian
compensating; making up for; supplementation
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...