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expression; manner; vigorous

supply does not meet demand

Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar; Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar

to forgive; to pardon; to spare

to spur on; to urge on; to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)

to sum up; to summarize; to conclude from facts

kindly; benevolent (often of older person)

to slight; to neglect

to guard a pass; to check on sth

to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light

equally matched; about the same

vast; extensive

to work hard; to look after

unreasonable; shocking; outrageous

program (i.e. plan of action); guiding principle

after all; in the final analysis; ultimately

daydream; fantasy; to fantasize

to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)

to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished

to seep in; to influence; to nurture

fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worries about the future consequences; often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"

to engulf; to bury; to overlook

to lean on; to prop on

deep-rooted (problem etc)

in sequence, step by step (idiom); to make steady progress incrementally

propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action

shipping; boats

in every possible way (idiom); meticulous

to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation

at one's wit's end; unable to find a way out

micro-; subatomic

to be a real headache; to find sth a real headache; to beat one's brains

dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out

fable; fable; allegory; parable; CL:則|则[ze2]

(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible

spirit; boldness; positive outlook

hills

to agree; to go along with; to echo (what sb says)

compass

wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)

to increase steadily; to grow with each passing day

(idiom) conscientious; assiduous

firmly; resolutely; without hesitation

striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another; (idiom) to compete to be first; to scramble to get ahead; to rush forward for fear of falling behind

public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station)

incorruptible; unbribable; honest

border area; borderland; frontier

fertile

off season; slow business season; see also 季

daily renewal, monthly change (idiom); every day sees new developments; rapid progress