Vocabulary

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China)

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (China)

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (China)

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China)

Tibet Autonomous Region (China)

Chongqing (China)

video card; graphics card

mysophobia; germophobia

(military) unit flag; unit colors

hardcore crowd; people who take their hobby or interest very seriously

graphics card; video card

(video) capture card

(video) capture board; capture card

smoking implement; smoking device

Carpesium divaricatum (species of flowering plant)

hair-pencil picture; wash drawing

fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)

straining (with physical exertion); crying; groaning; huffing and puffing

to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction

awfully; terribly; tremendously; exceedingly; extremely

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (China)

rooftop amusement park

Velcro

rapid transit (in Taiwan)

bit (horse mouthpiece)

congratulatory visit to the Imperial Palace (for New Year and the Emperor's birthday)

lone criminal; sole perpetrator

bar which also provides meals

putting the blame on others; blaming others; (playing the) blame game

extrapunitive; tending to blame others

intropunitive; tending to blame oneself (rather than others)

plastic waste; plastic pollution

to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding

film, play, novel, etc. with parallel storylines focusing on different characters; multiprotagonist story; multi-POV story

plastic waste; plastic refuse

Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū

a cold can lead to all sorts of illnesses

Summer Olympics

to attract someone with food

have a happy New Year