Kamus Bahasa Mandarin

animal training; taming wild beast (e.g. lion-taming)

hydrogen balloon

(bird species of China) streaked rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides)

tick (tock)

bamboo fish trap; used in names of places connected with Shantou 汕頭|汕头[Shan4 tou2]

a piece of land of 1.3 mu 畝|亩[mu3]; (fig.) one's turf

finite element (method)

nocturnality; nocturnal

meddling in other people's business

Beihai, prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]

catalog of stars and nebulae

ski jumping

fair trade

to cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential

surname Que

see 隆林各族自治縣|隆林各族自治县[Long2 lin2 Ge4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]

used in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin

lit. as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom); fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation

common name for cormorant

amniocentesis (abbr. for 羊膜穿刺[yang2 mo2 chuan1 ci4])

convertible (car)

a type of clay found in the region of Yixing 宜興|宜兴[Yi2 xing1], used to make Yixing stoneware, with its distinctive russet or dark purple coloring

speed of sound

the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through