斩草除根: to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch, to eliminate completely...
身躯: body...
聘任: to appoint (to a position), appointed...
武侠: martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre), knight-errant...
坚强: staunch, strong...
对面: (sitting) opposite, across (the street), directly in front, to be face to face...
袖珍: pocket-sized, pocket (book etc)...
鼻子: nose...
千钧一发: a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom), imminent peril, a matter of life or death...
年终: end of the year...
