一向a period of time in the past; always
不仅beyond a certain quantity or range; not only...
台阶staircase; opportunity to extricate somebody from embarrassment or predicament: way out
后来afterwards; newly arrived/come
好容易with great difficulty; very easy
孔hole; used for oil wells, kilns, cave dwellings, etc.
开场白prologue; introductory remarks
打发send/dispatch somebody on an errand; dismiss
打退堂鼓beat the drum before the magistrate withdraws from the court; retreat
教案teaching plan; missionary case
看法view; unfavourable/critical view of somebody
腔调systematic tune of operas, such as xipi and erhuang, etc.; tone
角色role; type of character in life
话说it is said that...; talk about
难道used to reiterate/give force a rhetorical question
面front part of the head; towards