35802深谙to know (sth) very well; to be an expert in
35806温存tender; affectionate; tenderness
35807渐趋to become more and more; to gradually become
35809灌水to irrigate; to pour water into; to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping); to cook the books; to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums
35810火药味smell of gunpowder; (fig.) combative tone; belligerence
35813无精打采dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out
35814炼焦coking; the process of producing coke from coal
35816烧纸to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
35819爽朗clear and bright (of weather); straightforward; candid; open
35820牵线to pull strings; to manipulate (a puppet); to control from behind the scene; to mediate
35821犊calf; sacrificial victim
35823现形to become visible; to appear; to manifest one's true nature
35827疫(bound form) epidemic; plague
35828发回to send back; to return
35829发威to unleash one's power; (of an animal) to go on a rampage; (of a typhoon, earthquake etc) to wreak havoc; (of a figure of authority) to erupt in anger; to assert one's dominance
35830益州name of old state in modern Sichuan
35831尽忠to display utter loyalty; to be loyal to the end
35832眉眼brows and eyes; appearance; looks; countenance
35834真意real intention; true meaning; correct interpretation
35840礼炮gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute); salvo
35841秃鹫vulture; (bird species of China) cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)
35842秀山Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重庆 (Chóngqìng)
35845秦桧Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飞 (YuèFēi)
35846空泛vague and general; not specific; shallow; empty
35851糟粕dross; dregs; rubbish; fig. useless residue
35852约法temporary law; provisional constitution
35854终局endgame; conclusion; outcome; final part of a chess game
35856绥芬河Suifen River, a river in China and Russia that flows into the Sea of Japan
35857继往开来to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition; forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
35858罗荣桓Luo Ronghuan (1902-1963), Chinese communist military leader
35860老巢(fig.) lair; den; stronghold (esp. of criminals or hostile forces)
35863肖邦Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer
35865胫lower part of leg
35866临阵just before the battle; to approach the front line
35867自愈to heal oneself; to repair itself; self-healing
35868船民people who live and make a living on boats
35870花丛cluster of flowers; inflorescence; flowering shrub
35873万劫不复consigned to eternal damnation; with no hope of reprieve
35877蓼polygonum; smartweed
35879藩镇lit. fence town; buffer region (between enemies); Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor 节度使 (jiédùshǐ)
35880蛀虫insect that eats into wood, books, clothes etc; fig. vermin
35881虾仁shrimp meat; shelled shrimp
35885衣食住行(lit.) clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom); (fig.) people's basic needs
35887褚padding (in garment); to store up; pocket; Taiwan pr. chǔ
35888见面礼gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time
35889试演audition; dress rehearsal; preview (of a theatrical performance); dummy run
35890诗话notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old); a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties
35899贴文(social media) to post; a post