- to fall short of; not as good as; too late
- region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
- 东方 dōng fāng: 东方 dong1 fang1: east东方 Dōng fāng: 东方 Dong1 fang1: the East; the Orient; two-character surname Dongfang
- 于 yú: 于 yu2: to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle于 Yú: 于 Yu2: surname Yu于 yú: 于 yu2: (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- United Kingdom (UK); Britain
- (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
- great; grand
- to narrate; to recount; narrative
- chip; fragment; splinter; tatter
- fine; meticulous; careful
- textual criticism
- unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- youth; youthful years; young person; the young
- scholar
- special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex
- 雷 Léi: 雷 Lei2: surname Lei雷 léi: 雷 lei2: thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
- (literary) not; used in transliteration
- 罗 Lúo: 罗 Luo2: surname Luo罗 lúo: 罗 luo2: gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift
- used in 琥珀[hu3 po4]
- sharp criticism
- critic; reviewer
- to establish; to fix; to settle
- main key (of a musical composition); keynote (speech)
- to criticize; criticism; CL:次[ci4],番[fan1]
- assistance; aid; to help; to assist
- historiography
- there; that place
- to receive
- to invite; invitation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- foreign country
- 大学 dà xué: 大学 da4 xue2: university; college; CL:所[suo3]大学 Dà xué: 大学 Da4 xue2: the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism
- many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- those
- to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire
- to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with
- the West; the Occident; Western countries
- about to; on the point of; soon
- to fall; to drop; to decline; to deteriorate; to go downhill
- to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly; the emergence (e.g. of a power)
- point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; CL:個|个[ge4]
- country; nation; state
- all one's life; throughout one's life
- the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
- time; era; period of time