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抠脚 | 摳腳
kōu jiǎo
  1. 1 to scratch one's foot
  2. 2 (fig.) to be stingy
  3. 3 (slang) (of a celebrity) to twiddle one's thumbs (i.e. not release any new material etc)
精卫填海 | 精衛填海
Jīng wèi tián hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition
  2. 2 task of Sisyphus
  3. 3 determination in the face of impossible odds
小惩大诫 | 小懲大誡
xiǎo chéng dà jiè
  1. 1 lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
议院 | 議院
yì yuàn
  1. 1 parliament
  2. 2 congress
  3. 3 legislative assembly
佳节 | 佳節
jiā jié
  1. 1 festive day
  2. 2 holiday
却病 | 卻病
què bìng
  1. 1 to prevent or treat a disease
拿索
Ná suǒ
  1. 1 Nassau, capital of The Bahamas (Tw)
肾上腺 | 腎上腺
shèn shàng xiàn
  1. 1 adrenal glands
三角测量法 | 三角測量法
sān jiǎo cè liáng fǎ
  1. 1 triangulation (surveying)
调皮 | 調皮
tiáo pí
  1. 1 naughty
  2. 2 mischievous
  3. 3 unruly
故吏
gù lì
  1. 1 (literary) former subordinate
八分音符
bā fēn yīn fú
  1. 1 quaver
  2. 2 eighth note
韦尔瓦 | 韋爾瓦
Wéi ěr wǎ
  1. 1 Huelva, Spain
无底坑 | 無底坑
wú dǐ kēng
  1. 1 the bottomless pit (Hell in the Bible)
  2. 2 pitless (elevator)
某种 | 某種
mǒu zhǒng
  1. 1 some kind (of)
追究
zhuī jiū
  1. 1 to investigate
  2. 2 to look into
黄嘴角鸮 | 黃嘴角鴞
huáng zuǐ jiǎo xiāo
  1. 1 (bird species of China) mountain scops owl (Otus spilocephalus)
食人
shí rén
  1. 1 man-eating (beast)
  2. 2 to eat people
  3. 3 fig. to oppress the people
外籍劳工 | 外籍勞工
wài jí láo gōng
  1. 1 foreign worker