17202反问to ask (a question) in reply; to answer a question with a question; rhetorical question
17203吃醋to feel jealous (esp. because of a rival in love or affection)
17205含糊ambiguous; vague; careless; perfunctory
17207唯物主义materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality
17208启迪to edify; enlightenment
17211国资委State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) (abbr. for 国有资产监督管理委员会 (GuóyǒuZīchǎnJiāndūGuǎnlǐWěiyuánhuì))
17213地基foundations (of a building); base
17215执事to perform one's job; attendant; job; duties; (respectful appellation for the addressee) you; your Excellency; (Church) deacon
17216堤dike; Taiwan pr. tí
17217增生(medicine) hyperplasia; a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received (abbr. for 增广生员 (zēngguǎngshēngyuán))
17222失火to catch fire; to be on fire
17223女主female lead; female protagonist
17224娇lovable; pampered; tender; delicate; frail
17225婶婶wife of father's younger brother; aunt
17227宋朝Song Dynasty (960-1279); also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
17229富士康Foxconn Technology Group; abbr. of 富士康科技集团 (Fùshìkāngkējìjítuán)
17230寓言fable; allegory; parable
17231实证actual proof; concrete evidence; empirical
17232屏东Pingtung city, county and military airbase in south Taiwan
17234布鲁克(name) Brook; Peter Brook (1925–2022), British theater director
17235常住long-term resident; permanent residence; eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada)
17237弊detriment; fraud; harm; defeat
17239彰化Zhanghua or Changhua city and county in west Taiwan
17240彼岸the other shore; (Buddhism) paramita
17241征询to consult; to solicit the opinion of
17242心烦to feel agitated; to be troubled; to be annoyed; an upset or distraction
17244想方设法to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other
17246戒律monastic discipline; commandment
17248戏称to jokingly call; jocular appellation
17251抒发to express (an emotion); to give vent
17253拎to lift up; to carry in one's hand; Taiwan pr. līng
17255提速to increase the specified cruising speed; to pick up speed; to speed up
17256援手assistance; a helping hand; to lend a hand
17257损毁to damage; to wreck; to destroy
17258搓to rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist
17259撮to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips; to scoop up; to collect together; to extract; to gather up; classifier: pinch; Taiwan pr. cuò
17260支线branch line; side road; spur; fig. secondary plot (in a story)
17262教化to enlighten; to civilize; to indoctrinate; to train (an animal)
17266时日time; auspicious time; time and date; long period of time; this day
17267时辰time; one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
17268智者sage; wise man; clever and knowledgeable person
17272权衡to consider; to weigh (a matter); to balance (pros and cons)
17277水军(archaic) navy; person employed to post messages on the Internet (abbr. for 网络水军 (Wǎngluòshuǐjūn))
17282消磨to wear down; to sap; to whittle away; to while away; to idle away
17283消遣to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of
17287滑坡rockslide; landslip; landslide; mudslide; fig. slump; downturn; to decline
17289火线FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
17290燃to burn; to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes)
17293特派员special correspondent; sb dispatched on a mission; special commissioner