上岗go on guard; go to one's post
交锋engage in a battle; cross swords
出栏clean up a domestic animal's place; send mature livestock to the slaughterhouse
出炉take out from a furnace/stove; make something known to the public
卸妆remove ornaments or formal dress or cosmetics
发稿dispatch news releases to newspapers; send manuscripts to press
对症be directed against an illness
开窍inducing resuscitation; begin to understand
扎根put down roots; take or strike root
扭头turn one's head; turn around
投稿submit a piece of writing for publication
抗旱fight a drought; be drought-resistant
拨款allocate funds/money; money appropriated
捧场be a member of a claque; flatter
探亲go home to visit one's family or folks
接轨connect the rails; bring in line with
搭车take advantage of something; take/ride
撒娇behave like a pampered/spoiled child
放屁break/pass wind; talk nonsense
服役be on service; do corvée labour
来稿contribute; manuscript received by an editor or publisher
没劲be exhausted/listless; boring
灭火put out a fire; cut out/turn off an engine
牵头be the first to do something; act as go-between
犯罪commit a punishable offence by breaking the law
犯规break/violate the rules; foul
监考supervise a test; invigilator
穿孔bore or pierce a hole; perforate
脱胎a process of making lacquerware; be born out of
赌气act rashly out of a sense of injustice
越狱escape from prison; jailbreak
退役retire from active military service; retire from a professional position