to pay in advance

埋芻: silage

埋草: silage

scale

large leaf gentian (Gentiana macrophylla, especially its root, which is used in traditional Chinese medicine)

an expression of surprise to an event that is contrary to one's expectations; unexpectedly, to [one's] surprise, contrary to [one's] expectations

confer, bring a matter before someone

immeasurable, incalculable, unfathomable

to measure / to gauge / to estimate

to conjecture, to guess / to predict / to weigh, to measure, to estimate