苦尽甘来: bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning...
供暖: to supply heating (in a building), heating...
起点: starting point...
哀求: to entreat, to implore, to plead...
沉默: taciturn, uncommunicative, silent...
开拓: to break new ground (for agriculture), to open up (a new seam), to develop (border regions), to open up (new horizons)...
空白: blank space...
久: (long) time, (long) duration of time...
地带: zone...
缩影: miniature version of sth, microcosm, epitome, (Tw) to microfilm...
