social life; social intercourse
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
sense of values; values; value system
proposal; proposition; suggestion
one's house; one's home; one's family
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
river; stream; River; the ... river
bank; weir; embankment; levee
if so; in that case; in that situation
people; men and women; each person; everybody
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
convenient; handy; useful
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
people; citizens; subjects; folk
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
public expense; public funds; public money; public expenditure
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
public works; public-works projects; public utilities
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
retail store; retail shop
to be profitable; to yield a profit
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)