斤: catty, (PRC) weight equal to 500 g, (Tw) weight equal to 600 g, (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g...
选拔: to select the best...
元宵节: Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival, on5th of first month of the lunar calendar...
干戈: weapons of war, arms...
亏本: to make a loss...
举世瞩目: to receive worldwide attention...
水利: water conservancy, irrigation works...
泛滥: to be in flood, to overflow (the banks), to inundate, to spread unchecked...
说明书: (technical) manual, (book of) directions, synopsis (of a play or film), specification (patent)...
注定: to foreordain, to be bound to, to be destined to, to be doomed to, inevitably...
