崛起: to rise abruptly (to a towering position), to tower over, to spring up, to emerge suddenly, the emergence (e.g. of a power)...
玄机: profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism), mysterious principles...
大批: large quantities of...
恶化: to worsen...
靴子: boots...
航天: space flight...
介入: to intervene, to get involved...
打交道: to come into contact with, to have dealings...
寓意: moral (of a story), lesson to be learned, implication, message, import, metaphorical meaning...
池子: pond, bathhouse pool, dance floor of a ballroom, (old) stalls (front rows in a theater)...
