上供place/lay offerings on an altar; grease somebody's palm
串供act in collusion/collaboration to make each other's confessions tally
作揖make a slight bow with hands folded in front
出殡carry a coffin to the cemetery
分赃get a share of ill-gotten power or gains
刮痧a popular folk treatment for sunstroke by scraping the patient's neck, chest or back
募股raise capital by floating shares
发痴become insane; stare blankly/vacantly
吃斋abstain from eating meat; eat
哈腰bend one's back; bow slightly
开斋resume a meat diet; come to the end of Ramadan
打擂join in an open competition or contest
拉线act as a go-between/middleman; pull cord
拉钩hook up the little fingers of each other's right hands and give them a pull in token of good faith
拜佛kneel before the image of the Buddha
掌舵operate the rudder; take charge of
揩油get petty advantages at the expense of other people or the state; dally with a woman
撂荒let a piece of farmland go to waste
栽赃plant stolen or banned goods on somebody; fabricate a charge against somebody
殉国die/give one's life/lay down for one's country
沾光benefit from association with somebody or something
祭灶offer sacrifices to the kitchen god
裹脚bind the feet; foot-binding bandages
触礁hit a submerged rock or reef; run into difficulty/trouble
赊账buy or sell on credit; outstanding bills or accounts
赤膊be bare/naked/stripped to the waist; naked torso
逞能show off/display one's skill or ability
销赃deal in stolen goods; destroy stolen goods
弓背back of a bow; arch one's back
拉网draw in/up the net; close in on
揽过take responsibility for other people's mistakes