卡: to block, to be stuck, to be wedged, customs station, a clip, a fastener, a checkpost...
打: dozen, beat, strike, break, mix up, build, fight, fetch, make, tie up, issue, shoot, calculate, since, from...
不堪: cannot bear, cannot stand, utterly, extremely...
蘑菇: mushroom, to pester, to dawdle...
核桃: walnut...
秧歌: Yangge, a popular rural folk dance...
书架: bookshelf...
前辈: senior, older generation, precursor...
脉搏: pulse (both medical and figurative)...
挥霍: to squander money, extravagant, prodigal, free and easy, agile...
