- earnest; ardent (hope etc)
- (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
- to overemphasize some topic (at the expense of others); overdoing it; to go overboard
- the sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科[wen2 ke1])
- one's weak area
- at least; (to say the) least
- mathematics
- 难 nán: 难 nan2: difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good难 nàn: 难 nan4: disaster; distress; to scold
- geometry
- course; academic program; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2],門|门[men2]
- to reconstruct; to repair; to revamp; to revise; to retake a failed course
- phenomenon; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]; appearance
- on the other hand; another aspect
- linguistics
- achievement; performance records; grades; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- exceptional; outstandingly good
- even; so much so that
- to excel the common (idiom); surpassing; preeminent; outstanding
- graduation ceremony; commencement exercises
- to issue; to promulgate; to award
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to
- (college, university) president; headmaster; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- to praise highly; an accolade
- Latin; (in former times) to press-gang; to kidnap and force people into service
- (broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
- to compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race
- to design; to plot; to plan out; to compose; to draw a mental sketch; conception; plan; idea; composition
- elaborate
- (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- to reflect on; to ponder over
- meaningful content; implication; (semantics) connotation; inner qualities (of a person)
- clearly; evidently; obviously
- already at an earlier time
- to put one's heart (and soul) into sth; with great care
- language; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]
- to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app
- to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning
- for example; for instance; such as
- to recite; to repeat from memory
- the Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- 背 bèi: 背 bei4: the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; (slang) unlucky; hard of hearing背 bēi: 背 bei1: to carry on one's back; (fig.) to bear; to shoulder (a burden, blame etc)
- 几 jī: 几 ji1: small table几 jǐ: 几 ji3: how many; how much; several; a few几 jī: 几 ji1: (literary) almost
- (loanword) pence; penny
- capability; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
- intelligence; intellect
- to grow to adulthood; fully grown; adult; the whole year