Daily vocabulary history

dialect

strategic decision

experienced and knowledgeable (idiom)

joyful; happy; glad

ant

lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom)

manner

spontaneous

from start to finish (idiom)

world

to encourage

reluctant to part (idiom)

to wind

to guide

enduring while the world lasts (idiom)

to dazzle

clouds tinged with sunset hues

(lit.) a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom)

uncooked rice

gift

to raise one and infer three

surname Li

ambassador

unrivaled (idiom)

hoof

sultry

(idiom) half true and half false

modal particle indicating that sth is obvious

(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately

(idiom) to skip ones sleep and meals