Kamus Bahasa Mandarin

bamboo utensil used for washing rice in ancient times; bamboo container for a hat used in the capping ceremony 冠禮|冠礼[guan4 li3] in ancient times

bench

to dip in (ink, sauce etc)

to bring (people) closer together

meridian

you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])

flammable articles

guard

lit. sea of bitterness; abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term); depths of misery

(idiom) (of eyes) bright and full of spirit; shining with vitality and presence

Hu Jia (1973-), PRC dissident human rights activist

(medicine) giardiasis

Arthraxon ciliare; green; rhodacene

store; shop

(of a period of time) long

Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion

variant of 唯利是圖|唯利是图[wei2 li4 shi4 tu2]

mussels (as food)

Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story); separated lovers; Altair and Vega (stars)

to fall from power; to collapse; downfall

government (viewed as an organization); institutions of government; government office

coma caused by loss of blood; fainting at the sight of blood; Taiwan pr. [xie3 yun1]

Morgan Stanley (financial services company)

Shedao or Snake island in Bohai sea 渤海 off Lüshun 旅順|旅顺 on the tip of the Liaoning peninsula, small rocky island famous for snakes