31403洼地low-lying ground; depression
31404窑洞yaodong (a kind of cave dwelling in the Loess Plateau in northwest China)
31406立竿见影(lit.) set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom); (fig.) to get instant results
31407精疲力尽spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent; drained; washed out
31409红粉rouge and powder; (fig.) the fair sex
31412绍兴市Shaoxing, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省 (ZhèjiāngShěng)
31417纵身to leap; to spring; to throw oneself
31418织布woven cloth; to weave cloth
31424脾胃spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM); preferences; one's taste (e.g. in literature)
31431自贡市Zigong, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省 (SìchuānShěng)
31434舞姿dancer's posture and movement
31435英灵spirit of a martyr; spirit of the brave departed; (literary) person of remarkable talent
31436茅台酒maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou)
31437草书grass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
31438莫言Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature
31443虎牙(coll.) eye tooth (maxillary canine tooth)
31444处女座Virgo (constellation and sign of the zodiac); popular variant of 室女座 (Shìnǚzuò)
31445蛟a legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods
31446螺栓bolt (male component of nut and bolt)
31451见报to appear in the news; in the papers
31452视同to regard the same as; to regard as being the same as
31453亲家parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law; relatives by marriage
31454解惑to dispel doubts; to clear up confusion
31455订金an initial payment; earnest money; deposit
31457课余after school; extracurricular
31458谨记to remember with reverence; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
31460丰县Feng County or Fengxian, a county in Xuzhou City 徐州市 (XúzhōuShì), Jiangsu
31462象限(math.) quadrant (of the coordinate plane)
31463贞德Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English; also called Jehanne Darc, the Maid or Orleans, Joan of Arc or St Joan
31464贪图to covet; to seek (riches, fame)
31465贪得无厌avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
31466贬义derogatory sense; negative connotation
31468走运to have good luck; to be in luck
31469身不由己(idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control; unable to do anything about it; (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself)
31470身临其境(idiom) to experience it for oneself; to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc)
31471车模model car; auto show model
31472载明to state explicitly in writing; to specify; to stipulate
31476游刃有余handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily
31479遽hurry; fast; suddenly
31480邓小平理论Deng Xiaoping Theory; Dengism; the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control
31481野史unofficial history; history as popular legends
31482金主financial backer; bankroller
31485锗germanium (chemistry)
31486长治市Changzhi, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省 (ShānxīShěng)
31487阿尔泰Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk
31492领教much obliged; thank you; to ask advice; (ironically or humorously) to experience; to taste
31494飞逝(of time) to pass quickly; to be fleeting
31496饺dumplings with meat filling
31497养母foster mother; adoptive mother
31498鸭绿江Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border