- it seems; seemingly; as if
- undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to
- needless to say; it goes without saying
- grave; serious; severe; critical
- to despise; to have contempt for
- perhaps; maybe
- 若 rě: 若 re3: used in 般若[bo1 re3]; used in 蘭若|兰若[lan2 re3]若 rùo: 若 ruo4: to seem; like; as; if
- United Kingdom (UK); Britain
- to view as; to see as; to consider to be; to deem
- profane; secular; worldly
- art
- common; everyday; average
- 要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- 摆 bǎi: 摆 bai3: to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum摆 bǎi: 摆 bai3: hem (at the bottom of a garment)
- attitude; posture; stance
- to have as a feature or characteristic; to have an element of (confidence, sweetness, malevolence etc); to carry (a pathogen, connotation etc)
- clear; distinct; obvious
- to have low self-esteem; to abase oneself
- cruel; harsh; merciless
- fact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- inextricably linked (idiom); inseparable
- 不了 bù le: 不了 bu4 le5: no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)不了 bù liǎo: 不了 bu4 liao3: (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly
- tabletop; countertop; (fig.) public view; plain sight; (gambling) stake
- origin; to originate; to come from
- to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)
- awkward; embarrassed
- circumstances
- regular; usual; normal; usually; normally
- to take note of; to pay attention to
- house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]
- outward appearance
- (idiom) (of houses etc) sumptuous
- to defeat; to crush (in battle); beaten; ruined; destroyed; in decline
- cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely
- interior; inside (part, section); internal
- circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 吧 biā: 吧 bia1: (onom.) smack!吧 ba: 吧 ba5: (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.吧 bā: 吧 ba1: bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]
- Franz Kafka (1883-1924), Czech Jewish writer
- talent; CL:份[fen4]
- cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc); novel and competitive; new and dashing
- long-established; time-honored
- Prague, capital of Czech Republic
- to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)
- to save; to rescue
- (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this