Kamus Bahasa Mandarin

acupuncture point; acupoint

ambition; desire for self-improvement

historian

a power (i.e. a dominant country)

cryolite

to mail; to send by post

mealtime (lunchtime, dinnertime etc)

four-leaf clover

flower arranging; ikebana

centralized autocratic rule

swimming; to swim

geophysics

to trisect

(bird species of China) black-throated parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis)

steel (as raw material); steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc

thatched shed

twisted; spiral; uneven stones

Centaurium pulchellum var. altaicum

see 涿州市[Zhuo1 zhou1 Shi4]

general academic senior high school (as opposed to vocational high schools)

boat tracker; boat puller; broker; middleman

shortening (fat used in cooking cakes)

One is never too old to learn. (idiom)

see 娭姐[ai1 jie3], father's mother; granny (dialect); respectful form of address for older lady