Vocabulary

utterly lacking (in ability); hopeless; useless; poor

dried Chinese onion bulb (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

inhabiting a region (esp. in China); living in a concentrated community

code; rule; regulation

party history (political)

to prevent

as always; as usual

as always; as usual

to take (medicine)

extension cord

calligraphic art; calligraphy (as an art)

government soldier

holy mountain; sacred hill

joint ownership; joint operation

bandage; dressing

passport (guaranteeing safe passage)

safe conduct (document)

safe conduct (right)

crown jellyfish (Coronatae spp.); coronated jellyfish

income concealment; (income) tax evasion

small pine; short pine tree

expresses a firm view or feeling

to crack (an egg, etc.) into a container

to have in common; to share

to break down laughing

to wear (new footwear) for the first time

to gaze out over

to peek; to peep

to well up (tears, feelings, etc.)

to distribute rice (e.g. during an emergency)

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret

misreading

misreading

to enquire; to inquire; to seek information

flood plain

additional tax charged for not filing one's return on time

holding cell; drunk tank

to have (something) innate; to be born with

lance