20501卡门Carmen (name); Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美 (Méilǐměi)
20502原装genuine; intact in original packaging (not locally assembled and packaged)
20503参拜to formally call on; to worship (a God); to pay homage to sb
20506吟to chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems); (literary) to lament; to groan; (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects; (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴 (gǔqín)) (cf. 猱 (náo), wide vibrato)
20508单挑to pick; to choose; to fight a duel; Taiwan pr. dāntiāo
20509国画traditional Chinese painting
20512地块parcel of land; (geology) massif
20513垫底to put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime; to lay the foundation; to come last in the rankings
20514外媒foreign news media (abbr. for 外国媒体 (wàiguóméitǐ))
20516大侠knight; swordsman; noble warrior; chivalrous hero
20517天意providence; the Will of Heaven
20518天顺Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁镇 (ZhūQízhèn) (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, temple name Yingzong 英宗 (Yīngzōng)
20519失传(of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct
20521奋起to rise vigorously; a spirited start
20524宝玉precious jade; treasures
20525尊称to address sb deferentially; title; honorific
20527尼玛(Internet slang) alternative for 你妈 (nǐmā); (transcription from Tibetan) the sun
20534带子belt; band; ribbon; strap; girdle; (coll.) audio or video tape; Farrer's scallop (Chlamys farreri); comb pen shell (Atrina pectinata)
20535平整smooth; level; to level off; to flatten (remove bumps)
20537幸灾乐祸lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune; Schadenfreude
20538幽remote; hidden away; secluded; serene; peaceful; to imprison; in superstition indicates the underworld; ancient district spanning Liaonang and Hebei provinces
20542快照(photography) snapshot; (computing) snapshot; cached copy
20543恰巧by chance; as chance would have it
20549扶养to foster; to bring up; to raise
20550拉近to pull sb close to oneself; (fig.) (typically followed by 距离 (jùlí)) to bridge (the distance between people) (i.e. to build a closer relationship)
20551拍打to pat; to slap; (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
20553拚to strive for; to struggle; to disregard; to reject
20555掌门sect leader (often in wuxia 武侠 (wǔxiá) fiction)
20557挣脱to throw off; to struggle free of; Taiwan pr. zhēngtuō
20560掩to cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc); (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid; (literary) to launch a surprise attack
20563撅to protrude; to stick out; to pout (also written 噘); to embarrass (people)
20572暴发to break out (of disease etc); to suddenly get rich (or prominent)
20574朔beginning; first day of lunar month; north
20575李光耀Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015), founding father of modern Singapore, prime minister 1959-1990
20576梯队echelon (military formation); (in an organization) group of persons of one level or grade
20577棒子stick; club; cudgel; maize (corn); ear of maize; corncob; (derog.) Korean
20579橹scull (single oar worked from side to side over the stern of a boat)
20582正派(of a person) upright; respectable; decent; (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable
20586民进China Association for Promoting Democracy (abbr. for 中国民主促进会 (ZhōngguóMínzhǔCùjìnhuì))
20590江浙Jiangsu and Zhejiang (abbr. for 江苏 (Jiāngsū) + 浙江 (Zhèjiāng))
20596渺小minute; tiny; negligible; insignificant
20597浑muddy; turbid; brainless; foolish; (bound form) simple; natural; (bound form) whole; entire; all over
20598沧桑great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes; abbr. of 沧海桑田 (cānghǎisāngtián)
20599卤to stew in soy sauce and spices; alkaline soil; salt; brine; halogen (chemistry); crass; stupid
20600滚开(of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot; (rude) get out!; go away!; fuck off!