- to make a living by writing; to write (as an author)
- in one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc)
- reputation; fame
- frequently; often
- to immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc)
- 清 Qīng: 清 Qing1: Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644–1911); surname Qing清 qīng: 清 qing1: (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)
- to distribute; to emit; to give off
- 墨 mò: 墨 mo4: ink stick; China ink; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead墨 Mò: 墨 Mo4: surname Mo; abbr. for 墨西哥[Mo4 xi1 ge1], Mexico
- fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; CL:根[gen1]
- long-time; long-term; lasting; enduring; permanent; for a long time
- a carved inscription
- childhood
- to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
- to recollect; to remember; memory
- 启蒙 qǐ méng: 启蒙 qi3 meng2: to instruct the young启蒙 qǐ méng: 启蒙 qi3 meng2: to instruct the young; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; primer; enlightened; the Enlightenment; Western learning from the late Qing dynasty
- audition; to give sb an audition; to check by listening
- to sleep; to lie down
- aloud; loud; loudly
- to read aloud
- or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- 陈 chén: 陈 chen2: (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale陈 Chén: 陈 Chen2: surname Chen; Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state; Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nan2 Chao2]
- interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
- direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- to teach by words and example (idiom)
- case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example
- 告诉 gào su: 告诉 gao4 su5: to tell; to inform; to let know告诉 gào sù: 告诉 gao4 su4: to press charges; to file a complaint
- childhood
- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency)
- one climax follows another (of thrilling story)
- to be out of the question
- heart-rending (drama, music, poem etc); deeply moving
- to meet; to run into; to come across
- vexed; distressed
- trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble
- ordinary person
- to witness; to see at first hand; to see with one's own eyes
- lord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocrat; aristocracy
- child; the younger generation
- to humiliate; humiliation
- to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
- to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- study (room)