- circumstances; situation; terrain; CL:個|个[ge4]
- no good
- 咱 zá: 咱 za2: see 咱[zan2]咱 zán: 咱 zan2: I or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)
- 溜 līu: 溜 liu1: to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate溜 lìu: 溜 liu4: swift current; rapids; (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled; proficient; (of movements) quick; speedy; (bound form) rain runoff from a roof; (bound form) roof gutter; classifier for rows, lines etc; surroundings; neighborhood; (dialect) to practice; (dialect) to plaster; to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc)
- time; auspicious time; time and date; long period of time; this day
- 打 dǎ: 打 da3: a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")打 dá: 打 da2: (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- 常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
- to take along with one
- funds; capital
- graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words; cheating wheedling; dishonest rhetoric
- to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
- bank; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
- to lend on interest; to borrow; a loan; leniency; to make excuses; to pardon; to forgive
- to arrive; to come
- economy; economic
- dog meat
- skunk
- to evoke; to induce; to call to mind; to pick up with a hook
- bored; boring; senseless
- 生意 shēng yi: 生意 sheng1 yi5: business; CL:筆|笔[bi3]生意 shēng yì: 生意 sheng1 yi4: life force; vitality
- a turn for the better; to pick up; to improve
- to control; to curb; to restrict; to impede; to pin down (enemy troops)
- all; without exception
- to rely on
- to open a business; to open a practice; open (for business)
- ten; 10
- the Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- to vow; to swear an oath
- to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately
- to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
- to seep out; to exude
- teardrop; tears
- old; aged; (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous; forceful
- should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned
- to doubt; to distrust; unconvincing; to puzzle over; misgivings; suspicions
- to treat as; to regard as; to look upon as
- dying
- approaching death; on one's deathbed
- to request; to ask; request (CL:個|个[ge4])
- friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- to pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase