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1 the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year

1 to know

2 to be informed of

1 effective action

1 unanimous

1 acute angle

1 to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom)

2 to beat one's brains out

1 careless

2 casual

3 vague

4 not so bad

5 so-so

6 tolerable

7 fair

1 an original idea

1 two

2 both

3 some

4 a few

5 tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jīn] (old)

1 Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4]

1 modulus rupture

1 received in full (goods, payment)

1 to board a plane

1 commander-in-chief

2 top military commander for a country or theater of operations

1 in ancient times

2 in olden days

1 electric field

1 to prohibit

2 to ban

3 to suppress

1 lacking in cohesion and unity of purpose

1 adaptability

2 flexibility

1 disappointed

2 frustrated