to control; to restrict; to moderate; to temper; moderation; sobriety; to administer
rhythm; tempo; musical pulse; cadence; beat
to extract; to excerpt; excerpt
integrity; moral principle
holiday; festival; festival day; red letter day
to economize on gasoline; fuel-efficient
to control flow; to choke; weir valve; a throttle; a choke
(of a woman) indomitably chaste
to save electricity; power saving
saving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on
to economize; to conserve (resources); frugal
to practice birth control
to save energy; energy-saving
step by step; little by little
excerpt; selection (from a book); to select; to choose an extract
to diet; to save food; to go on a diet
compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
throttle pedal; accelerator
arthropod, segmented animals with jointed limbs; same as
节肢动物
festive season; happy time; noble principle
etiquette; ceremonial protocol
joint (physiology); key point; critical phase
to abridge; to cut a text down to size for publication
betrayal; defection; turncoat; to change sides politically
(major) festival; important matter; major principle; high moral character
to be disloyal (to one's country, spouse etc); to lose one's chastity
chastity of a widow (old usage)
faithful (to the memory of betrothed); constant (of widow who remains unmarried)
a minor matter; trivia; bar (music)
to pay respects during a festival
inessentials; minor detail
branches and knots; (fig.) side issue; minor peripheral problem
to sacrifice one's life by loyalty (to one's prince, one's husband etc)
moral integrity; unflinching righteousness
the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)
round segment; segment (of annelid worms); connection; link; sector; annular ring
(lit.) muscles and joints; by ext. the relations between parts in a speech, composition etc
to adjust; to regulate; to harmonize; to reconcile (accountancy etc)
chastity; virginity (of women); moral integrity (of men); loyalty; constancy
to celebrate a festival; after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
resident; permanently stationed
nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts)
a diplomatic group; a delegation
megabyte (2^20 or approximately a million bytes)
articular capsule (of joint such as knee in anatomy)
articular cavity; joint cavity
articular facet (anatomy); surface in joint
monosyllabic; a monosyllable
to solicit a bribe; to accept a bribe
gigabyte (2^30 or approximately a billion bytes)
great fast; Christian lent
recurring section of a rational decimal
elongation stage; jointing stage (agriculture)
carnival (esp. Christian)
to facilitate by means of bribery
repeated segment (networking)
accented syllable; stress
to bow and scrape; to act servilely
polysyllabic word; Chinese word made up of three or more characters
radio program; broadcast schedule
unabridged edition; uncut edition
convoluted and over-elaborate (document); unnecessarily elaborate writing; mumbo-jumbo
tiny insignificant details; niceties
memorial arch in honor of a chaste widow
talent show; talent competition
at the Chinese New Year or other festivities
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
intrauterine device (IUD)
doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day
(from a poem by Wang Wei 王维)