good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
alternating current; AC; analogue computer (analog); average cost; adult child
power outage; power failure; power cut; blackout
fully prepared; all ready
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
looking aside; looking away; (from the) eyes of an onlooker; outsider's view; looking on from the side
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
complete darkness; total darkness; pitch darkness
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug
emergency light; emergency lamp
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
calculator (electronic); pocket calculator
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; repeatedly
from what (I've) seen; given that ...
minced meat or fish that is seasoned and fried (usu. served on top of rice); tattered; ragged; fine; small
Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan
stir-fried shrimp in chili sauce
Zen monk's early morning meal; refreshment; cakes; simple Chinese food; dim sum
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede
doubanjiang (Chinese broad bean chili paste)
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
very popular; highly favoured
Szechuan cuisine; Sichuan cuisine
home (of something); place famous for its ...; place of origin; birthplace; morning session; last session in the morning
hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste
red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on