Vocabulary
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| 饿殍遍野 餓殍遍野 | 饿: hungry; greedy for; hunger · 殍: to starve to death · 遍: everywhere, all over, throughout · 野: open country, field; wilderness | Idiom |
| 翻来覆去 翻來覆去 | to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again | Idiom |
| 一无所有 一無所有 | not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking; without two sticks to rub together | Idiom |
| 任人宰割 任人宰割 | to get trampled on (idiom); to be taken advantage of | Xiehouyu |
| 刻不容缓 刻不容緩 | to brook no delay; to demand immediate action | Xiehouyu |
| 不定 不定 | indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious | Xiehouyu |
| 奔波 奔波 | to rush about; to be constantly on the move | Xiehouyu |
| 小人 小人 | person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character | Xiehouyu |
| 耗 耗 | to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally | Colloquialism |
| 改日 改日 | another day; some other day | |
| 清明 清明 | Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 5th-19th April; Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April) | |
| 旱灾 旱災 | drought | |
| 宽厚 寬厚 | tolerant; generous; magnanimous; thick and broad (build); thick and deep (voice) | |
| 不服 不服 | not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to | |
| 底子 底子 | base; foundation; bottom | |
| 纵然 縱然 | even if; even though | |
| 一概 一概 | all; without any exceptions; categorically | |
| 叮嘱 叮囑 | to warn repeatedly; to urge; to exhort again and again | |
| 威望 威望 | prestige | |
| 旱 旱 | drought | |
| 顺应 順應 | to comply; to conform to; in tune with; adapting to; to adjust to | |
| 波折 波折 | twists and turns | |
| 来年 來年 | next year; the coming year | |
| 恩赐 恩賜 | favor; to give charity to sb out of pity | |
| 跟上 跟上 | to catch up with; to keep pace with | |
| 根基 根基 | foundation | |
| 抱负 抱負 | aspiration; ambition | |
| 风气 風氣 | general mood; atmosphere; common practice | |
| 默默无闻 默默無聞 | obscure and unknown (idiom); an outsider without any reputation; a nobody; an unknown quantity | |
| 暂且 暫且 | for now; for the time being; temporarily | |
| 弊端 弊端 | systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices) | |
| 次序 次序 | sequence; order | |
| 资历 資歷 | qualifications; experience; seniority | |
| 担子 擔子 | carrying pole and the loads on it; burden; task; responsibility | |
| 益处 益處 | benefit | |
| 远见 遠見 | foresight; discernment; vision | |
| 大宗 大宗 | large amount; staple; influential family of long standing | |
| 甘心 甘心 | to be willing to; to resign oneself to | |
| 牵制 牽制 | to control; to curb; to restrict; to impede; to pin down (enemy troops) | |
| 屡 屢 | time and again; repeatedly; frequently | |
| 固然 固然 | admittedly (it's true that...) | |
| 参见 參見 | to refer to; see also; compare (cf.); to pay respect to | |
| 平日 平日 | ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually | |
| 闹事 鬧事 | to cause trouble; to create a disturbance | |
| 格局 格局 | structure; pattern; layout | |
| 顶多 頂多 | at most; at best | |
| 章程 章程 | rules; regulations; constitution; statute; articles of association (of company); articles of incorporation; charter (of a corporation); by-laws | |
| 荒 荒 | desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect | |
| 费劲 費勁 | to require effort; strenuous | |
| 估算 估算 | assessment; evaluation |