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1 infraspinatus muscle

1 lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)

2 fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion

3 innocent acts may be misconstrued

1 army deserter

1 first rate

2 top rank

3 number one

1 final radiance of setting sun

2 fig. dying flash (of lucidity or activity, prior to demise)

1 to have a highly retentive memory

2 to have sth imprinted in one's memory

1 Pyxis (constellation)

1 The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fàn Zhòng yān]

1 Darwinism

1 mild

2 gentle

3 to ease up

4 to relax

1 pole

1 essential balm containing menthol, eucalyptus oil etc, used as a mosquito repellant

1 to present (a draft) for acceptance (commerce)

1 high points (of a document)

2 resume

1 a provincial capital

1 to show off

2 to try to be brave

1 usual

2 common

3 ordinary

1 (computing) slow

2 unresponsive

1 to beat

2 to pound

3 to thump

1 to appease

2 to pacify