While semi-homemade, 30-minute meals have sadly become de reigueur these days, they were a foreign concept to us.

Mount T’ai bestrides the Ch’i and Lu districts [of' Shantung], while its most remarkable scenery is at Lung-yen.]

A realistic appraisal of the situation.

If you leave a bin unattended for a few weeks, the rubbish inside will turn rotten.