second month of the lunar calendar
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
to be suspicious (of something or somebody)
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
place to go; person to turn to; someone to depend on
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
archipelago; chain of islands
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
preface; introduction; preamble
solution; solution strategy
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
coordinator; coordinating role
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
to sit silently at a meeting
on bad terms; at loggerheads
sharing a table with someone you don't know (e.g. at a restaurant)
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
charge; grounds; suspicion
representative; exemplary; model
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
true friend; close friend
and; AND (Boolean operator)
post; official position; managerial position; executive position