有两名和前夫所生的女儿has two daughters by a previous husband

　　老套的stereotypical

　　舌战verbal fireworks

　　似乎鬼上身as if possessed by an evil spirit

　　我们只是在打落水狗。

　　We're just kicking a man who's down.

　　我们只是普通朋友。

　　We're only ordinary friends.

　　我曾在天津向一名身穿警察制服的男人问路。

　　I once asked a man in a police uniform in Tianjin for directions.

　　技工craftsman

　　把表调成北京时间set their watches to Beijing time

　　沙漏hourglass

　　没有执法权has no enforcement power

　　狂性大发went berserk

　　防鲨网shark nets

　　供养的家属dependents

　　拍卖行auction houses

　　东亚病夫"sick man of Asia"

　　歧视残疾人士had shown prejudice against people with disabilities

　　法国白兰地、干邑酒cognac

　　油烟cooking fumes

　　盲流vagrants

　　直系亲属the immediate family

　　非常时期要采取非常手段。

　　Desperate times call for desperate measures.

　　便壶、夜壶chamber pots

　　叛徒renegade

　　客套说话、寒喧pleasantries

　　按摩女郎massage girl

　　是中缅混血儿was a child of mixed Chinese-Burmese descent

　　是左撇子was left-handed

　　流口水drool

　　风水师feng shui master

　　风水学家fung shui practitioner

　　香辣鸡腿包餐McCrispy Chicken Fillet Burger Meal

　　核废料spent nuclear fuel

　　烘手机/干手机hand dryer

　　耽搁／一暴十寒procrastinating

　　酒精性饮料liquor

　　酒醒sobered up

　　鬼屋a haunted house

　　国宝national treasures

　　执拾细软packed belongings

　　将近下午五时shortly before 5pm

　　得体的女孩decent girl

　　从一开始since inception

　　接近尾声entered its final leg

　　毫不起眼的工程师a nondescript engineer

　　被人拋弃的情人a jilted lover

　　被封为贵族was ennobled

　　这是错误的二分法。

　　It's a false dichotomy.

　　通用语言lingua franca

　　单脚的one-legged

　　曾缠足/扎脚had bonund feet

　　童年好友childhood friend

　　童年记忆childhood memories

　　象形文字pictorial language

　　顺其自然let things take their natural course

　　传统礼饼traditional wedding cakes

　　意向书letter of intent

　　爱斯基摩人Eskimo/Inuit

　　搪瓷器具enamelware

　　新纪元运动New Age Movement

　　节俭的frugal

　　经得起时间考验has stood the test of time

　　经济独立financially independent

　　过时的outmoded

　　零时零分on the stroke of midnight

　　划时代的转变an epochal shift

　　满嘴酒臭/满口酒气his breath reeking of booze

　　精于理财be shrewd about finances

　　精美的食物delicacy

　　说笑cracked a joke

　　轻水式核子反应堆light-water nuclear fuel reactors

　　贤妻良母a perfect wife and mother

　　养母foster mother

　　操普通话的男子putonghua-speaking man

　　历史上并无先例has no precedent in history

　　历史敏感的日子historically sensitive dates

　　诺贝尔奖的搞笑版a spoof on the Nobel Prize

　　环境问题、环保问题environmental problems

　　耸耸肩shrugged her shoulders

　　临时代用的、权宜之计makeshift

　　举行家庭会议held family meetings

　　扩大人际网络expand their social network

　　转折点a turning point

　　腊肠Chinese sausages

　　苏联国家安全局KGB

　　释囚ex-convicts

　　缠腰布loincloth

　　缠脚布foot-binding bandages

　　霸位save seats

　　驱鬼expel the evil spirit

　　魔术棒magic wand

　　黯然、忧郁sombre