Vocabulary
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| 公安局 公安局 | public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) | |
| 波涛 波濤 | great waves; billows | |
| 历代 歷代 | successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties | |
| 气魄 氣魄 | spirit; boldness; positive outlook; imposing attitude | |
| 文人 文人 | scholar; literati | |
| 鉴赏 鑑賞 | to appreciate (as a connoisseur) | |
| 衰弱 衰弱 | weak; feeble | |
| 刹那 剎那 | an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye | |
| 辽阔 遼闊 | vast; extensive | |
| 一系列 一系列 | a series of; a string of | |
| 冒昧 冒昧 | bold; presumptuous; to take the liberty of | |
| 苦力 苦力 | bitter work; hard toil; (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times | |
| 国情 國情 | the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country; current state of a country | |
| 声势 聲勢 | fame and power; prestige; influence; impetus; momentum | |
| 出任 出任 | to take up a post; to start in a new job | |
| 每逢 每逢 | every time; on each occasion; whenever | |
| 国画 國畫 | traditional Chinese painting | |
| 时隔 時隔 | separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time) | |
| 尼龙 尼龍 | nylon (loanword) | |
| 本分 本分 | (to play) one's part; one's role; one's duty; (to stay within) one's bounds; dutiful; keeping to one's role | |
| 请柬 請柬 | invitation card; written invitation | |
| 难说 難說 | hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict); cannot bring oneself to say it | |
| 相传 相傳 | to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend | |
| 旱 旱 | drought | |
| 宝库 寶庫 | treasure-house; treasury; treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom) | |
| 见义勇为 見義勇為 | to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth; acting heroically in a just cause | |
| 国宝 國寶 | national treasure | |
| 焕发 煥發 | to shine; to glow; to irradiate; to flash | |
| 恭敬 恭敬 | deferential; respectful | |
| 直观 直觀 | direct observation; directly perceived through the senses; intuitive; audiovisual | |
| 完备 完備 | faultless; complete; perfect; to leave nothing to be desired | |
| 缩影 縮影 | miniature version of sth; microcosm; epitome; (Tw) to microfilm | |
| 屹立 屹立 | to tower; to stand straight (of person's bearing) | |
| 沧桑 滄桑 | great changes; ups and downs; vicissitudes; abbr. of 沧海桑田 | |
| 深奥 深奧 | profound; abstruse; recondite; profoundly | |
| 推选 推選 | to elect; to choose | |
| 封建 封建 | system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic | |
| 蕴藏 蘊藏 | to hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc) | |
| 投射 投射 | to throw (a projectile); to cast (light) | |
| 芬芳 芬芳 | perfume; fragrant | |
| 生怕 生怕 | to fear; afraid; extremely nervous; for fear that; to avoid; so as not to | |
| 周折 周折 | twists and turns; vicissitude; complication; difficulty; effort | |
| 依托 依託 | to rely on; to depend on; support | |
| 情理 情理 | reason; sense | |
| 破除 破除 | to eliminate; to do away with; to get rid of | |
| 楷模 楷模 | model; example | |
| 感慨 感慨 | to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful; deeply moved | |
| 谜底 謎底 | answer to a riddle | |
| 祖宗 祖宗 | ancestor; forebear | |
| 凭证 憑證 | proof; certificate; receipt; voucher |