- background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
- overall character
- (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
- (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
- interesting; fascinating; amusing
- to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
- to forge (metal); (fig.) to create; to build; to develop
- concept; idea; CL:個|个[ge4]
- start of literary work; opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2]
- to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- special; particular; unusual; extraordinary
- cause; origin; root cause; reason; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to investigate; to probe
- effective; in effect; valid
- starting point; square one; (coordinate geometry) origin
- distance; CL:個|个[ge4]; to be apart from
- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- old; ancient; far away
- still; as before
- direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- modern man; Homo sapiens
- to be well acquainted with
- name (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[ge4]
- lasting until; up till (the present)
- to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior
- theme; subject
- (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 称 chèn: 称 chen4: to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]称 chēng: 称 cheng1: to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise
- character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- magical; mystical; miraculous
- hard to (predict, imagine etc)
- 琢磨 zúo mo: 琢磨 zuo2 mo5: to ponder; to mull over; to think through; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2]琢磨 zhúo mó: 琢磨 zhuo2 mo2: to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work
- at that time
- now; this moment
- 无 wú: 无 wu2: not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less无 mó: 无 mo2: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- 后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 以 yǐ: 以 yi3: to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)以 Yǐ: 以 Yi3: abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- to reappear
- lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom); fig. elusive
- mystery; unfathomable; enigmatic
- to refer to; to speak about; to talk about
- always