15601出世to be born; to come into being; to withdraw from worldly affairs
15603功力merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power
15604动不动(typically followed by 就 (jiù)) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc); at the drop of a hat
15606勘探to explore; to survey; to prospect (for oil etc); prospecting
15614叮to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc); to say repeatedly; to urge insistently; to ask repeatedly; to stick to a point; (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound
15615合营to operate jointly; a joint venture; cooperative
15617呸pah!; bah!; pooh!; to spit (in contempt)
15618哀伤grief; distress; bereavement; grieved; heartbroken; dejected
15619哉(exclamatory or interrogative particle)
Particle
15621嗜好hobby; indulgence; habit; addiction
15622叹气to sigh; to heave a sigh
15623嚣张rampant; unbridled; arrogant; aggressive
15624囊括to include; to embrace; to bring together
15626基调main key (of a musical composition); keynote (speech)
15629士官warrant officer; petty officer; noncommissioned officer (NCO); Japanese military officer
15633奇观spectacle; impressive sight
15634奉天old name for Shenyang 沈阳 in modern Liaoning province
15635好歹good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever
15636如意as one wants; according to one's wishes; ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune
15638娅(literary) term of address between husbands of sisters; (used to transliterate foreign names); (used in Chinese women's names)
15639学识erudition; scholarly knowledge
15640守住to hold on to; to defend; to keep; to guard
15641官府authorities; feudal official
15642官话"officialese"; bureaucratic language; Mandarin
15643专人specialist; person appointed for specific task
15648巳6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake; ancient Chinese compass point: 150°
15649平淡flat; dull; ordinary; nothing special
15650年报annual report; annual publication
15651店家(old) shopkeeper; innkeeper; (dialect) shop; store
15654张学良Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
15655后头behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future
15656忽to neglect; to overlook; to ignore; suddenly
15658患上to come down with; to be afflicted with (an illness)
15659愚昧ignorant; uneducated; ignorance
15660成龙Jackie Chan (1954-), kungfu film and Cantopop star
15662所有制ownership of the means of production (in Marxism); system of ownership
15667抽查random inspection; to do a spot check
15668抽调to transfer (personnel or material)
15669挑逗to provoke; to entice; to lure; to tantalize; to tease; to titillate
15670挪to shift; to move
15671挪用to shift (funds); to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another; to embezzle; to misappropriate
15672掠to take over by force; to rob; to plunder; to brush over; to skim; to sweep
15673撇开to disregard; to leave aside
15674撤职to eliminate; to sack; to remove from office
15675撤军to withdraw troops; to retreat
15679斯诺Snow (name); Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China
15682有别different; distinct; unequal; variable
15683有所作为(idiom) to achieve sth worthwhile; to make a positive contribution
15684杭州市Hangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Zhejiang Province 浙江省 (ZhèjiāngShěng)
15688楼盘building under construction; commercial property; real estate (for sale or rent)
15689模具(manufacturing) mold; die; also pr. mo2jù
15692欢喜happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of
15694永安Yong'an, the name of numerous other places
15700汉代the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)