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awkward; difficult; uncomfortable

pattern; style; design

to knead; to massage; to rub

profit; gain; to make profits

books; works

to be convinced; to be sure; to firmly believe

to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate

moreover; besides; in addition

to endure; to bear with; to exercise patience

soil

to resist; to boycott; to refuse (to cooperate)

avaricious; greedy; rapacious

educational background; academic qualifications

to commit an offense; to violate the law; excuse me! (formal)

to take care of oneself

luxurious; extravagant

grim; severe; rigorous

public opinion

to sb's face; in sb's presence

deed; past achievement; important event of the past

to incline; to lean; to slant

goods; supplies

similar to; like

so far; up to now; still (not)

mainstay; pillar; prop

hunger; starvation; famine

hollow; emptiness; meaningless

variant of 竖; variant of 豎|竖[shu4]; to erect

horn (automobile etc); loudspeaker; brass wind instrument

substance; essence

artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin

to bother about; to haggle; to bicker

to sell; to peddle; to traffic

to dazzle; dazzling

slow and patient; chronic (disease); slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison)

plane (flat surface); print media

to draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)

wrapping cloth; a bundle wrapped in cloth; load

main point; essential

to get rich

usual; customary

to conceal; to hide; covert

emergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods

to distinguish; to differentiate; to resolve

to describe; to portray

to praise; to approve of; to show approval

to send (on a mission); to dispatch

just as in the past (idiom); as before; continuing as always

Anning District of Lanzhou City 兰州市, Gansu; Anning City, to the west of Kunming 明, Yunnan

to return sth; to revert