New Practical Chinese Reader Lesson 5.58 - Page 2

to be careful

to sleep lightly; vigilant; alert

to catch cold

to entrust

to ask for help; to entrust

to look after; to take care of

to snicker; to snigger

pedantic

to take care of; to manage

alas

Xuzhuo (city in Jiangsu Province)

Pukou (name of a place in Jiangsu Province)

to say

tangerine

here; this place

to walk about

platform

railings; paling; bars

to pass through

railroad; railway

fat person; fatty

to give or take a lot of trouble

cap; hat

mandarin jacket

blue or green

cotton robe

to stagger; to limp

stretch forward one's body

to stretch forward; to explore

still; yet

to clamber; to climb

to contract; to draw back; to withdraw

fat

fat; loose

slight; tiny

to bend; to lean; to incline

tear; teardrop

to hasten; to lose no time

to wipe; to wipe away

to hold or carry in the arm

vermilion; bright red

to scatter; to disperse

to support somebody by the arm

completely

to flap; to pat

earth; soil; clay

light; relaxed

to mingle with

to run here and there

to be away from home