- to bring out the best in each other (idiom); to complement one another well
- whole day
- to express; to present; to extend; to tender (greetings, thanks etc)
- majestic; sublime
- respect; esteem; high regard
- biological father; real dad
- (of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather
- paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary)
- wife of father's younger brother
- to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
- Christmas tree
- (of an author) anonymous
- person; figure; public figure
- to take down (in writing); notes; a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches; CL:本[ben3]
- (phonetic); declivity; steep bank
- to think; to consider
- suitable; adequate; ready; settled
- 侯 Hóu: 侯 Hou2: surname Hou侯 hòu: 侯 hou4: used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)侯 hóu: 侯 hou2: marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman; high official
- to be worth mentioning
- classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
- approximately; probably
- New Year; CL:個|个[ge4]
- eve; the day before
- child
- industrialist
- to have friendly relationships; circle of friends
- acquaintance; friend
- prestige
- to assemble; to gather
- to talk freely; to discuss without inhibition
- bizarre anecdote; extraordinary piece of news
- strange thing; curious occurrence
- to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext
- sth that people like to chat about; topic of idle conversation
- to be present; to be on the scene
- offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding; blue blood
- tall person; (of a person) tall
- slim