Kamus Bahasa Mandarin

court music and vulgar music (i.e. 雅樂|雅乐[ya3 yue4], music of the court, and 鄭聲|郑声[Zheng4 sheng1], music of the state of Zheng, which was regarded as lewd)

type of wood used to make punting poles for boats (old)

world record

congenial

to go straight to; to make a beeline for

to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support

to show one's true colors

day by day; more and more; increasingly; more and more with each passing day

Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County, in Huaihua City 懷化市|怀化市[Huai2 hua4 Shi4], Hunan

two-stringed bowed instrument; also called 墜琴|坠琴[zhui4 qin2]

to read extensively and thoroughly; nonstandard pronunciation of a Chinese character, e.g. the reading [hao4] in 愛好|爱好[ai4 hao4] rather than the usual [hao3]

business profit; auspicious; lucky; small sum of money offered on festive days

dung beetle

crab of the family Potamidae of freshwater crabs

tiger's den; dangerous place; the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand

Holy sacrament; Christian rite (esp. Protestant); also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics

to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents; to hide one's light under a bushel

lust; desire; sensual

to overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... !

keen interest; concentrated attention

ground plane (in perspective drawing)

Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country

gladiator

biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu