Kamus Bahasa Mandarin

to poach

(literary) farmland that has been cultivated for two years

irony; to satirize

old variant of 凶[xiong1]

Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

(idiom) to act like the scholar who wrote at length about buying a donkey without even mentioning the word "donkey"; to write at length without ever getting to the point

to speak cautiously; to guard one's tongue

dish; plate

boy

public phone; CL:部[bu4]

lamentations fill the roads (idiom); severe suffering all around

to repay debts of gratitude; to repay kindness

sleeping sickness; African trypanosomiasis

official salary

surname Lü

to bewitch; to captivate

poor; impoverished

concentrating one's thoughts and efforts; single-minded; bent on; intently

the prehistoric Shang dynasty (c. 16th-11th century BC)

Kai Tak Airport, international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 to 1998

tree stump

to release from custody

cerebral hemorrhage; stroke

deadline (loanword)