- to admire; to praise; to appreciate
- inwardly; to oneself; secretly
- to be secretly delighted
- muddy; turbid
- undercurrent
- bottom of one's heart
- to well up; to boil out; to bubble forth; to spurt
- not well; out of sorts; in a bad mood; without discrepancy; accurate
- to have no alternative; frustrated; exasperated; helpless; (conjunction) but unfortunately
- as one wishes; according to one's wishes; at will; voluntary; conscious
- to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms; to place on a par with; (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)
- to spread (by word of mouth)
- moody; gloomy
- father's mother; paternal grandmother
- candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well
- to write (used before or after a quoted passage)
- to consider; to deliberate; to fill up a cup to the brim
- 降 jiàng: 降 jiang4: to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend降 xiáng: 降 xiang2: to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame
- horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
- open; overt; public; to make public; to release
- to compete; competition
- must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot
- see 事到如今[shi4 dao4 ru2 jin1]
- to shrink back; to cower
- to throw oneself into sth
- to advance bravely
- to fight over; to contest; to vie over
- breakfast; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
- dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out
- honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible
- flabbergasted; astonished
- 胡 Hú: 胡 Hu2: surname Hu胡 hú: 胡 hu2: non-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous; what?; why?; to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和[hu2])胡 hú: 胡 hu2: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]胡 hú: 胡 hu2: beard; mustache; whiskers
- public
- (idiom) to show deference to sb of lower status; to condescend; to deign
- as things really are; realistic
- 何 hé: 何 he2: what; how; why; which; carry何 Hé: 何 He2: surname He
- former southernmost province of the Chinese Empire, now northern Vietnam
- phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory
- branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb; CL:個|个[ge4]
- witness
- accusation; a (criminal) charge; to accuse
- perjury