Kamus Bahasa Mandarin

finger-guessing game

colchicine (a toxic alkaloid used to treat gout)

to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case

houses; homes

pomegranate seeds; pomegranate arils

(literary) (of sunlight) to beam down; to illuminate; (used in place names and given names)

(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green; (literary) cold

to survey; to take stock of; overview

jump; leap

to turn toward

thoracic cavity; intonation; accent

lit. eating away next year's food in advance; fig. to dip into the next month's check; live now, pay later

erhua variant of 年頭|年头[nian2 tou2]

to pass on through the generations

to break ground; to start digging; to plough; to break through the ground (of seedling)

good-looking; cute

fretless (stringed instrument)

turmoil; social upheaval

crafty; astute

Pinterest (photo-sharing website)

the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom); (of a mountain road) twisting and turning; fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly; things have taken a new turn

Seoul National University (SNU or Seoul National), Korea

Pravda (newspaper)

to patch up one's lie (when inconsistencies appear); to cover (for sb who has lied)