- word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4 chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
- to mumble to oneself
- to approximate; to be similar
- timidity; timid; cowardly
- due to; to stem from; to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc); to go against (expectations)
- to anticipate; to expect; expectations
- clumsy; awkward; stupid
- an exit; CL:個|个[ge4]; to speak; to export; (of a ship) to leave port
- to look forward to; to await; expectation
- to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb)
- 礼 Lǐ: 礼 Li3: surname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites礼 lǐ: 礼 li3: gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy
- apathetic; indifferent; unsympathetic
- calamity
- to accompany
- to comfort; to console
- Sparta
- to keep totally silent; noiselessly
- to be terrified; to terrify sb
- born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot
- lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom); fig. to be frightened stiff; spooked out of one's mind; terror-stricken
- encounter with a beautiful woman; romance; affair
- happy; joyous
- to wane; to vanish gradually
- other half; (fig.) spouse; one's better half
- 颇 Pō: 颇 Po1: surname Po; Taiwan pr. [Po3]颇 pō: 颇 po1: rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [po3]
- charm; fascination; glamor; charisma
- unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as
- to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to
- to meet a challenge
- to break into; to force one's way into; to barge into
- to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhao1ji2]
- to expect; to anticipate
- spring
- to remain in existence; to retain
- lit. like the man of 杞[Qi3] who feared the sky would fall (idiom); fig. to entertain groundless fears
- comical; funny; amusing (old pr. [gu3 ji1]); huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
- lust; desire; sensual
- nemesis; bane; fated to be ill-matched