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impressive-looking but useless

China / Chinese / surname Zhong

within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right

to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)

pleasant to the eye / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 kan4]

to look after / to take care of / to watch / to guard

to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (an illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after verb) to give it a try / Watch out! (for a danger)

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

not impressed by

unfit for anything / no good / useless / (of a sick person) beyond hope

useful / helpful / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 yong4]

to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore