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1 barren sands of the Gobi desert

1 mad about money (idiom)

1 Wiktionary (online dictionary)

1 hollow ball

2 (basketball) swish shot

1 surface

2 face

3 outside

4 appearance

1 to stand alone

2 to have no one to rely on

1 at the outset

2 at first

3 early

1 to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance

1 either this or that

2 one or the other

1 useless

2 worthless

3 good-for-nothing

1 organic nitrogen

1 to listen attentively

1 War of Liberation (1945-49), after which the Communists 共產黨武裝|共产党武装 under Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 took over from the Nationalists 國民政府|国民政府 under Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石

1 Yellow River or Huang He

1 antifreeze

1 (bird species of China) collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)

1 draw out pus by applying a plaster to the affected area

1 (to start) dancing lightly and gracefully

1 variable with the times

2 transient

3 impermanent