28501神速lightning speed; amazingly rapid; incredible pace of development
28505秘笈secret book or collection of books
28507空子gap; unoccupied space or time; fig. gap; loophole
28508窖cellar; to store in a cellar
28511筛(bound form) a sieve; to sieve; to sift; to filter; to eliminate through selection; to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water); to pour (wine or tea); (dialect) to strike (a gong)
28513粉刺pimple; comedo; blackhead; acne
28515绝色(of a woman) remarkably beautiful; stunning
28518维稳to maintain social stability
28522芈to bleat (of a sheep)
28523义士high-minded and righteous person; patriot; loyalist
28524翻看to browse; to look over (books)
28526听得懂to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says)
28527卧铺a bed (on a train); a couchette
28528自刎to commit suicide by cutting one's own throat
28530艰difficult; hard; hardship
28533苦楚suffering; misery; pain (esp. psychological)
28534草民the grass roots; the hoi polloi
28536菜谱menu (in restaurant); recipe; cookbook
28539苇(bound form) reed
28541兰州市Lanzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu Province 甘肃省 (GānsùShěng)
28551说书folk art consisting of storytelling to music
28553议价to bargain; to negotiate a price
28555谶(literary) prophecy; omen
28556谳to decide judicially
28558赏心悦目warms the heart and delights the eye (idiom); pleasing; delightful
28561趋缓to slow down; to ease up; to abate; slowdown; downturn
28563轩辕Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黄帝 (Huángdì)
28567回廊winding corridor; cloister; ambulatory (covered walkway around a cloister)
28568进贡to present tribute (to a suzerain, the emperor etc)
28569遇险to get into difficulties; to meet with danger
28570过客passing traveler; transient guest; sojourner
28572还俗to return to normal life (leaving a monastic order)
28573乡绅a scholar or government official living in one's village; a village gentleman; squire
28574配售to ration merchandise (esp. food in times of shortages)
28576钼molybdenum (chemistry)
28578鉴证appraisal; verification; authentication; forensic investigation
28582开门见山lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
28583阇defensive platform over gate; barbican
28584关山fortresses and mountains (along the Great Wall); one's hometown
28587陈腐trite; clichéd; empty and trite; banality; platitude
28592预热to preheat; (fig.) to warm up; to prepare for
28595飞刀a throwing knife; fly cutter (machine tool); (coll.) surgeons operating at other hospitals during off-hours
28596飞地enclave; exclave (territory belonging to one jurisdiction but entirely surrounded by another)
28599惊诧to be surprised; to be amazed; to be stunned
28600闹翻to have a falling out; to have a big argument