旗袍: Chinese-style dress, cheongsam...
接待: to receive (a visitor), to admit (allow sb to enter)...
掐: to pick (flowers), to pinch, to nip, to pinch off, to clutch, (slang) to fight...
水管: water pipe...
越来越: more and more...
样本: sample, specimen...
稳定: steady, stable, stability, to stabilize, to pacify...
爱惜: to cherish, to treasure, to use sparingly...
因为……所以……: because.. so......
霞: rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset...
