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maxilla (upper jaw)

maxillary central incisor

to eat out / to eat at a restaurant

seat of honor / first place

to offer incense (at a temple etc)

upper teeth

pliosaurus

(lit.) to cry, then shout, then threaten suicide (saying) / (fig.) to make a terrible scene / to throw a tantrum

to swarm around / flocking (to see)

see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱[yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha]

lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together

along the way / the whole way / (fig.) the whole time

at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess

see 七上八下[qī shàng bā xià]

of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave

see 三十六計，走為上策|三十六计，走为上策[sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng cè]

three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child

bottom to top

not to know one's place

don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom) / there's more than one way to skin a cat

see 天下無難事，只怕有心人|天下无难事，只怕有心人[tiān xià wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén]

to disrespect one's superiors / to offend one's elders

(fig.) to rub salt in the wound

to ascend slowly

ice-sports

lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom) / fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do

to strive for mastery (idiom) / aiming for the best result / to have high ambitions

leave it to me (idiom) / I'll take care of it

a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)

(of an employee) to be promoted to (a higher rank) / (of a student) to enter (a higher grade at school)

more than half

in principle / generally

(biochemistry) norepinephrine / noradrenaline

in history

upper right

unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal

(lit.) if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (saying) / (fig.) (of a person) too slow / can't keep up

one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb) / no pain, no gain

to be taken advantage of