1 scanty

2 meager

1 to understand thoroughly

2 to see beyond the facade

3 to see through (sb)

1 surname Bo

1 to penetrate

2 to pass through

3 thoroughly

4 completely

5 transparent

6 to appear

7 to show

1 transparent

2 open (non-secretive)

1 harsh and merciless (idiom)

1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)

1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living

2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)

1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)

2 good preparation is the key to success

3 to be well prepared

1 to be on the verge of eruption (idiom)

2 (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance