Kamus Bahasa Jepang, Mandarin, dan Korea

sensitive; emotional

weekly publication

no first use (policy for nuclear weapons); NFU

to accept a position on a provisional basis, in the absence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.)

variant of 風采|风采[feng1 cai3]

Year of the Ox or Bull (e.g. 2009)

tube; pipe; drinking straw; CL:根[gen1]

the Chanshui river in Henan

dragon beard noodles; dragon whisker noodles

mound; burial mound; senior (i.e. eldest child or senior in rank)

mouth ulcer

Shuangpai, a county in Yongzhou City 永州市[Yong3 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan

trousers; pants; CL:條|条[tiao2]

the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles); prime minister

bead; pearl; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]

Riverside

seed; CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]

to speak one's mind; to speak candidly (idiom)

(idiom) unprecedented; unheard of

to fill a blank space; to fill a slot (in a newspaper column, a TV program etc)

weeds that regrow from cut-down roots

a problem appears; to break down

Taizhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3]

(bird species of China) brown prinia (Prinia polychroa)