Kamus Bahasa Mandarin

Canis Minor (constellation)

(bird species of China) grey-headed parakeet (Psittacula finschii)

lyxose (type of sugar)

Ili River in central Asia

(four proverbial names) Tom, Dick and Harry

battalion commander

to make new advances; to move forwards

cooking skills; culinary talent

to be placed in a coffin; (fig.) to die

variant of 大材小用[da4 cai2 xiao3 yong4]

prefabricated; preinstalled; bundled (software)

World Bank

sluice gate

Robespierre (name); Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), French revolutionary leader, enthusiastic advocate of reign of terror 1791-1794

to recognize talent

methyl alcohol; methanol CH3OH; wood alcohol; wood spirit

to stand upright (physically); to establish oneself (morally or socially); to conduct oneself with integrity

to float in the wind; by ext., to lead a wandering life

tide; current; trend

Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618

(idiom) to be so evil that even death would be insufficient punishment

rainbow; CL:道[dao4]

a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself); Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia

Eastman (name); George Eastman (1854-1932), US inventor and founder of Kodak 柯達|柯达[Ke1 da2]; Max F. Eastman (1883-1969), US socialist writer, subsequently severe critic of USSR