Weekly Knowledge Gains

1. 忖度他人之心 = cǔn duó = conjecture, ponder, speculate, infer, surmise, contemplate;

2. Three expensive delicacies: 鲍鱼 = abalone, 鱼翅 = shark's fin, 海参 = sea cucumber

3. Higher-level efforts to put a stop to the ingrained drinking habits have met with mixed results.

ingrained = entrenched = deep-seated = firmly established = 根深蒂固的.

4. The company was hemorrhaging capital when it was bought by another firm.

hemorrhage = to lose (something valuable) rapidly and in quantity.

5. 不虚此行(bù xū cǐ xíng) = 没有空跑这一趟，表示某种行动还是有所收获的。= It's been a worthwhile trip.

6. Sexting (a portmanteau of sex and texting) is the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photos electronically, primarily between cell phones.