to perform an eye-opening ceremony for a newly-built Buddhist idol, to consecrate

puffed up with air, bloated

to find out, learn about, get to know

to inquire, to make inquiries into

a stroke of a Chinese character

to clash, to collide, to be incompatible or in conflict (in zodiac signs)

to take sides (in a dispute), to back, to be partial to

ransom money

ransom money

to redeem, to take out of pawn, to ransom