Kamus Bahasa Mandarin

nonstandard, stigmatizing transliteration of "AIDS", now replaced by 艾滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4]

Sven Hedin (1865-1952), famous Swedish adventurer and archaeologist, whose 1894-1900 Central Asian expeditions uncovered Kroraina or Loulan 樓蘭|楼兰

hubcap

Alexander Dubček (1921-1992), leader of Czechoslovakia (1968-1969)

to tumble; to fall; fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)

to afford a magnificent sight (idiom); enchanting

to read; to study; to attend school

(bird species of China) vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis)

anchor

to accuse the victim (while being the guilty party)

blood clot; coagulated blood

polyurethane

(math.) vector product; cross product

to be located at; to be situated in

variant of 獎|奖[jiang3]

to be satisfactory

grief; remorse; deep in sorrow; bitter (anguish)

to drink water by scooping it up with both hands

to entrust

liquid nitrogen

prefabricated building; prefab; mobile home; caravan

sacrificial vessel used for grain offerings; also pr. [lian2]

Democracy Wall, Beijing (1978-1979), and bulletin boards inspired by it, in some Hong Kong universities

fine grain; fine-grained