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(adj.) vigorous, flourishing

(phr.) have a bright future

(adj.) surging, powerful, forceful

(v.) expand, dilate

(v.) to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge), to boost sb. in a show; to flatter, to lavish praises on, to root...

(phr.) bump one's head against a nail, get snubbed, meet rejection

(adv.) happen to, by chance, by coincidence

(v.) publish, announce, make public

(n.) spleen

(v.) mate or marry; match, fit

(adj.) secluded, isolated and quiet

(v.) match, be comparable with

(adj.) slantwise, not straight; prejudiced; subordinate; uncommon; outlying | (adv./v.) deliberately, willfully,...

(v.) favor, prefer, have partiality for, have preference

(n.) the length of an article

(v.) deviate, diverge, deflect; departure, wander

(n.) Chinese character component (structural unit of a Chinese character which is composed of two or more parts)

(v.) be partial to

(adj.) remote, far from civilization

(n.) film, movie, film reel, phonograph record; X-ray image

(n.) fragment (of speech), extract (from book), episode (of story), (video) clip

(v.) lead a wandering life, rove, wander, drift

(v.) float, hover

(v.) float on the current, drift along, rafting

(n.) box office, ticket sales

(v.) piece/join together

(adv.) again and again, repeatedly

(adj.) poor

(n.) taste and quality; (mining industry) grade; (lit.) official rank

(v./n.) to taste, to savor; to consider, to think about; (one's) taste

(n.) conduct, behavior

(v.) engage, hire; (spoken Chinese, of women) be married off, get married | (char.) (lit.) visit a state as an envoy;...

(v.) engage somebody, appoint to a position

(v.) engage, employ, appoint and employ

(v.) screen, block (something or somebody), shield, (protective) shield

(adj.) flat, uninteresting, insipid

(v.) evaluate, assess

(n.) one-storey house, bungalow

(n./adj.) Pinghe (county in Zhangzhou); gentle, moderate, placid

(n.) cheap, cut-price, par value