40201钟祥市Zhongxiang, a county-level city in Jingmen City 荆门市 (JīngménShì), Hubei
40203阆(literary) vast; spacious; (literary) lofty; (literary) tall door; (literary) dry moat outside a city wall
40204阌wen xiang, Henan province
40205闯王Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645)
40206阡road leading north and south
40207阿妈grandma (paternal) (Tw); (dialect) mother; nurse; amah; (Manchu) father
40208限流to limit the flow of passengers, customers or vehicles; to limit the spread of sensitive content; (electricity) current limiting; (computer networking) rate limiting
40211雄县Xiong County or Xiongxian, a county in Baoding City 保定市 (BǎodìngShì), Hebei
40214雪中送炭lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom); fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need
40216灵药legendary magic potion of immortals; panacea; fig. wonder solution to a problem
40217静待to wait quietly; to await; to bide one's time
40218靠边to keep to the side; to pull over; move aside!
40220顺遂everything is going smoothly; just as one wishes
40224显露出to reveal (a quality or feeling); to manifest; to evince
40227高亢high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc); high-spirited; fever-pitched (atmosphere)
40229魇to have a nightmare
40231龙脉dragon's vein, terrain that looks like a dragon
40232炮to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
40233勒to strap tightly; to bind
40234雪梨snow pear (pyrus nivalis)
40236一言堂(sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old); having things decided by the will of a single individual; autocratic rule; (contrasted with 群言堂 (qúnyántáng))
40237一锤定音lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow; fig. to make the final decision
40239不攻自破(of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc); to be discredited
40241五七干校May 7 cadre school (farm where urban cadres had to undertake manual labor and study ideology during the Cultural Revolution) (abbr. for 五七干部学校 (WǔQīGànbùXuéxiào))
40245人保personal guarantee; to sign as guarantor
40247何如how about; what kind of
40248信阳市Xinyang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省 (HénánShěng)
40249借调to temporarily transfer (personnel)
40250催情to promote estrus; to bring an animal to heat by artificial means
40261初具规模(of a project, organization etc) to have begun to take shape
40263刺破to puncture; to pierce
40264刺骨piercing; cutting; bone-chilling; penetrating (cold)
40266动土to break ground (prior to building sth); to start building
40268南无Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit); Taiwan pr. námó
40270卵泡ovarian follicle; Taiwan pr. luàn3pao
40271及时雨timely rain; (fig.) timely assistance; timely help
40272反方the side opposed to the proposition (in a formal debate)
40273反证disproof; rebuttal; reductio ad absurdum
40274受刑人person being executed; victim of corporal punishment; person serving a sentence
40279咨文(old) official communication (between government offices of equal rank); report delivered by the head of government on affairs of state
40284单质simple substance (consisting purely of one element, such as diamond)
40285嘬(literary) to gnaw; to eat ravenously
40286严整(of troops) in neat formation; (fig.) orderly
40294基友(slang) very close same-sex friend; gay partner
40297垦殖to open up land for cultivation
40298夏衍Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer