49501整饬(literary) to put in good order; to make shipshape; (literary) orderly; neat; tidy
49502新郑市Xinzheng, a county-level city in Zhengzhou City 郑州市 (ZhèngzhōuShì), Henan
49509朝纲laws and discipline of imperial court
49511本业business in which a company has traditionally engaged (e.g. before diversifying); original business; core business; (literary) agriculture
49512杏花村village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by 杜牧 (DùMù))
49518格物to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理学 (lǐxué); word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
49519乐施会Oxfam (Oxford Committee for Famine Relief)
49520横飞(of spittle, blood, bullets etc) to fly through the air
49521欲绝heartbroken; inconsolable
49522正房central building (in a traditional house); primary wife
49523步步为营to advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step; to consolidate at every step
49524杀价to beat down the price; to haggle; to slash one's prices
49525永安市Yong'an, a county-level city in Sanming City 三明市 (SānmíngShì), Fujian
49526永兴县Yongxing, a county in Chenzhou City 郴州市 (ChēnzhōuShì), Hunan
49527汐止Xizhi or Hsichih city in New Taipei City 新北市 (Xīnběishì), Taiwan
49533活口sb who witnesses a crime and is not killed by the perpetrator; a captive who can provide information
49535海枯石烂(lit.) until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom); (fig.) forever; until the end of time
49537液力hydraulic power; (attributive) hydraulic
49538淫威abuse of authority; tyrannical abuse
49539灭顶to be drowned (figurative and literal)
49541满不在乎not in the least concerned (idiom); reckless; couldn't give a damn about it; unperturbed; couldn't care less; harum scarum
49542满期to fall due; to come to the end of a term; to expire
49544乌拉特前旗Urat Front banner or Urdyn Ömnöd khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彦淖尔 (Bāyànnào'ěr), Inner Mongolia
49545乌鸡black-boned chicken; silky fowl; silkie; Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson
49546焚书坑儒to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇 (QínShǐhuáng))
49547熔毁meltdown; (of nuclear fuel) to melt down
49549烂熟(of fruit) fully ripe; overripe; (of food) cooked until very soft; to know thoroughly; to be thoroughly familiar with
49550尔虞我诈lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom); fig. each tries to outwit the other; deceit and treachery
49551猛涨(of water) to soar; (of prices) to skyrocket
49555琴酒gin (Taiwan variant of 金酒 (jīnjiǔ))
49560发毛to rant and rave; to be scared, upset (Beijing dialect)
49563蒙混to deceive; to hoodwink; Taiwan pr. mēnghùn
49566秋收起义Autumn Harvest Uprising (1927), insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces led by Mao Zedong
49567租船to charter a ship; to take a vessel on rent
49570管家婆housewife (jocular); female housekeeper of a higher rank (old); busybody
49571精瘦(coll.) lean (figure, meat etc); slender
49579置之度外to give no thought to; to have no regard for; to disregard
49581耐劳hardy; able to resist hardship
49582聚四氟乙烯polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) (often referred to by the trademark Teflon)
49583肩胛shoulder; scapular region; scapula
49585脱党to leave a political party; to give up party membership
49587膜炎inflammation of membrane; membranitis
49589自检to act with self-restraint; to examine oneself; to perform a self-test
49590自研(of an organization etc) to independently develop (a technology or product)
49594菖蒲Acorus calamus; sweet sedge or sweet flag
49596万紫千红thousands of purples and reds (idiom); a blaze of color; fig. a profusion of flourishing trades
49597搜证to gather evidence (in a criminal case)
49598蒙难to meet with disaster; killed; in the clutches of the enemy; to fall foul of; in danger
49599蒲松龄Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊斋志异 (LiáozhāiZhìyì)
49600萧邦(Tw) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer