middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
the day after tomorrow / life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]) / acquired (not innate or congenital) / a posteriori
to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range)
to make life difficult for / to embarrass / unable to make it through
透支
tòu zhī
(banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse
Songhua River in Jilin province 吉林省 / through Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], a tributary of Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江
塑像
sù xiàng
to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal &ndash / as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process
to have experienced a lot of / to have been through
吸食
xī shí
(of an insect) to drink (nectar, sap, blood etc) / (of a person) to take (a narcotic drug) / to drink through a straw
闯关
chuǎng guān
to crash through a barrier
横飞
héng fēi
(of spittle, blood, bullets etc) to fly through the air
穿帮
chuān bāng
(TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover
(of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience
闯过
chuǎng guò
to crash one's way through
自力更生
zì lì gēng shēng
regeneration through one's own effort (idiom) / self-reliance
任重道远
rèn zhòng dào yuǎn
a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)
有惊无险
yǒu jīng wú xiǎn
to be more scared than hurt (idiom) / to get through a daunting experience without mishap
冲锋陷阵
chōng fēng xiàn zhèn
to charge and break through enemy lines
出生入死
chū shēng rù sǐ
from the cradle to the grave (idiom) / to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb
hòu tiān