Kamus Bahasa Mandarin

to be underwhelmed; to be less than impressed

eloquence that generates perfume (idiom); profound and significant text

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920-2016), president of Italy 1999-2006

see 泰寧縣|泰宁县[Tai4 ning2 Xian4]

attack from the rear

as much as possible; to the greatest extent

Brest, town in Belarus

deathly pale

(attributive) of Japanese origin

concave bank

the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]

to eat hot pot; to cook thinly sliced meat briefly in boiling broth at the table

meaning (of foreign expression); translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译); paraphrase; free translation

reduced-price ticket (e.g. for students)

first class; category A

radiotherapy

who would have thought that ...?

road rage

the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581); one of the Northern Dynasties

Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist

old variant of 翕[xi1]

impossibly stupid

Second Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians

distorting mirror