proving ground; test site
ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
vaporization; vaporisation; evaporation
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
wavy form; ripply shape; waveform
panoramic view; bird's-eye view
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
halo; hello; hallo; harrow
artificial intelligence; AI
expected to arrive (occur) in the near future
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
interested person; volunteer; supporter
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
very thick; something extremely thick; thick, heavy thread
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
standard; set; routine; decided
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; painful to look at
locality; local area; local stock exchange; local dealer
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
origin; source; beginning; starting point
Revelation (book of the Bible); the Apocalypse
phoenix (esp. fenghuang, the Chinese phoenix)
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender