I was surprised by his shabby clothes.

I came, I saw, and I won.

He was gazing at the distant mountains.

Himiko is my best friend.

He always tries to make judgments based on the long run.

An affricate refers to a specific type of sound in phonetics.

I worship the statue of Guanyin every day.

The treble clef is often used in musical scores.

He is good at reading the treble clef.

Palatalization is a part of phonetics, referring to the process where a certain sound approaches the palate.