Kamus Bahasa Mandarin

to fight hand-to-hand

to win a prize at a lottery

Yongning, a district of Nanning City 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2 ning2 Shi4], Guangxi

participant

national prestige

lit. always with a book in hand (idiom); fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking

foreign land; a place far from home

to install (water pipes, landmines etc) underground

up until now; so far

fa gao, a type of steamed sponge cake, usu. sweetened, commonly consumed at Chinese New Year

to walk around; turn back midway

Qinghemen, a district of Fuxin City 阜新市[Fu4 xin1 Shi4], Liaoning

to go everywhere; to scour (the whole town)

to whisper

to return to; to come (or go) back

(slang) hard-earned wages (pun on 窩囊廢|窝囊废[wo1 nang5 fei4])

a close friend over many years

our mindset frames how we view the world

variant Chinese character

posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2] (1162-1227)

Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997

ionization chamber

Société Générale

to understand thoroughly; to see beyond the facade; to see through (sb)