笔: pen, pencil, writing brush, to write or compose, the strokes of Chinese characters, classifier for sums of money, deals...
灭: to extinguish or put out, to go out (of a fire etc), to exterminate or wipe out, to drown...
地位: position, status, place...
养生: to maintain good health, to raise a child or animal, curing (of concrete etc)...
订婚: to get engaged...
电影院: cinema, movie theater...
煤气: coal gas, gas (fuel)...
恢复: to reinstate, to resume, to restore, to recover, to regain, to rehabilitate...
欠条: IOU, certificate of indebtedness...
苦力: bitter work, hard toil, (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times...
