1 Hawaii, US state

1 to despise

2 to disdain

3 to look down upon

1 unimaginable

2 outrageous

3 freakish

1 base

2 mean

3 contemptible

4 despicable

1 macadamia nut

1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)

2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)

1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster

1 sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)

1 lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)

2 fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly

1 to state one's humble opinion (idiom)