Kamus Bahasa Mandarin

betrothal money (given to the bride's family)

to read through to evaluate; to referee

older male cousin through a female relative

undue trouble; Thank you for having gone out of your way to help me.

joyous; happy; pleased

hazelnut

space alien; extraterrestrial

one-stop service

Jorge Luis Borges

to make a copy of

wording

pink

to take a percentage of the winnings (in gambling); tap (in an electromagnetic coil); drawer (of a desk etc)

to stain; to dye

creek; rivulet

Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County in Kunming 昆明[Kun1 ming2], Yunnan

percussion instrument

lit. violating heaven and reason (idiom); immoral character

to appraise; to evaluate; to judge

Zhouzhi, a county in Xi'an City 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi

lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company; to be all alone (idiom)

bright; warm

Ni Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] during his unsuccessful 1915 bid for Empire

to stir up trouble