考: to check, to verify, to test, to examine, to take an exam, to take an entrance exam for, deceased father...
月初: start of month, early in the month...
寂寞: lonely, lonesome, (of a place) quiet, silent...
干戈: weapons of war, arms...
农历: the traditional Chinese calendar, the lunar calendar...
梢: tip of branch...
支: (a measure word), to support, to sustain, to erect, to raise, branch, division, to draw money...
排斥: to reject, to exclude, to eliminate, to remove, to repel...
要素: essential factor, key constituent...
盐: salt...
