moderately wealthy person
to be eye-popping; to be staggering; to be amazing
money in one's possession
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
property; fortune; assets
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
strong person; the strong; the powerful
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
wealthy person; millionaire
mwahahaha (evil laughter)
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to have an eye on; to zero in on
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
to carry around; to carry on one's person
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence