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to launch a satellite; (fig.) (neologism during the Great Leap Forward, c. 1958) to achieve prominent success; (later used sarcastically) to make exaggerated claims; to talk big

mecha (human-operated robots in Japanese manga)

(onom.) to mutter; to mumble; to murmur

caterpillar

ball grid array (BGA), type of microchip package

(loanword) hackathon

Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei

feudal society

Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibetan religious leader, founder of the Gelugpa school 格魯派|格鲁派[Ge2 lu3 pai4]

electric fan

still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or

to spread falsehoods; to increasingly distort the truth; to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)

strychnine (C21H22N2O2)

butt cheek; rump

Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BC), Greek comic playwright

to be on the low side; to be inadequate (e.g. of a salary)

quartile (statistics)

lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action; his bark is worse than his bite

to tremble with fear

large drum

to engage in petty theft

mound; place name

to terrify

recruiting agency