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1 high-sounding and impractical

1 strength

2 energy

3 vigor

4 talent

1 (bird species of China) chestnut munia (Lonchura atricapilla)

1 no matter what

2 despite

3 to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)

1 French dressing

2 vinaigrette

1 Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border

1 to face into the wind

2 against the wind

3 fig. against the law

1 the name does not reflect the reality (idiom); more in name than in fact

2 Reality does not live up to the name.

3 Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.

1 positive (electric.)

2 sun

3 male principle (Taoism)

4 Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yīn]

1 to melt

2 to fuse

1 (bird species of China) Mrs. Hume's pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae)

1 physiotherapy

2 physical therapy

1 Cerro Aconcagua, mountain in the Americas

1 to cease trading (temporarily or permanently)

2 to close down

1 ingrained habits are hard to overcome (idiom); bad old practices die hard

1 strikes you in the face

1 Yongxin county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi

1 to step on

2 to tread on

3 to wear (shoes)

4 (slang) to dump (sb)

5 Taiwan pr. [deng4]

1 promissory note

2 IOU