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cost of living; living expenses; alimony

conference; symposium; rap session

inn; small hotel

(in) the past few days; recently; (within) the next few days

place name; toponym

fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown

inside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately

to withdraw money from a bank

season; time

house price; cost of housing

newspapers and periodicals; the press

to take a beating; to get thrashed; to come under attack

to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to

cleaner; janitor; garbage collector

to save money

less than, <

multimedia

draft of a document; script; manuscript

printer

queen; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

industry and commerce

powdered milk

self-study; to study on one's own

to repair a bike (car etc)

ink; CL:瓶[ping2]

father and daughter

assembly hall; auditorium

pillar; CL:根[gen1]

age (number of years old)

finger; toe

test point; to carry out trial; pilot scheme

teach; lecture

in former years; in previous years

often; constantly

to look after

to save energy; energy-saving

solely engrossed in one thing; just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest); simply

even more (so)

good faith; devotion; loyalty

cock; rooster

warship; military naval vessel

square meter

Ministry of Education

coach; bus; passenger train

in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r]

singles (in sports); CL:場|场[chang3]

to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants

department head; section chief

black cloud

mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan); Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)