- to pick up; to collect; to gather
- mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling
- tree bark
- 签 qiān: 签 qian1: to sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document; visa签 qiān: 签 qian1: inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag
- a good deal of; quite a lot
- profits
- contract; agreement; CL:份[fen4]
- to use; to exert
- to give it your all; to go at it with all you've got; to throw your whole weight behind it; also pr. [hun2 shen1 jie3 shu4]
- slightly-built; petite
- affluent; very rich
- trafficker; dealer; monger; peddler
- all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
- luxury item
- 生意 shēng yì: 生意 sheng1 yi4: life force; vitality生意 shēng yi: 生意 sheng1 yi5: business; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- to roar; to howl; to shriek; roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage
- (coll.) to be incompetent; useless; good-for-nothing
- to be limited to; to be confined to
- conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort
- lit. to push the boat with the current; fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
- benefit; (in sb's) interest; CL:個|个[ge4]
- baby; small child; doll
- to cremate; to incinerate
- crematorium
- bone ash; cremation ashes; cremains
- ancestor; forebear
- used in 瑪瑙|玛瑙[ma3 nao3]
- opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match
- weak; feeble; flabby
- to care about; to take offense; to mind
- (derog.) old but still alive; old fart; old bastard
- corrupt practice; bad habits; malpractice
- low level; rudimentary; vulgar; low; inferior
- to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1]); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])
- brimming with; steeped in
- to go out; to go away (on a trip etc)
- old people; the elderly
- ancestors; forefathers; ancestry
- family; clan
- elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother; CL:位[wei4]
- clan; clansman