- pound sterling
- as it turns out; by lucky coincidence; (of number, time, size etc) just right
- equivalent to
- salary; wage
- half
- lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom); fig. to spend money like water; extravagant
- to dare to; to be brave enough to
- to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure
- to disappear; to fade away
- (idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
- to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth; reluctant; barely enough
- middle class
- upper layer
- to struggle arduously
- to signify; to mean; to imply
- to accomplish; to achieve
- to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to admit (a student); to hire (a job candidate)
- bachelor's degree
- undergraduate student
- studies; schoolwork
- to plan; to seek; scheme
- 贝 Bèi: 贝 Bei4: surname Bei贝 bèi: 贝 bei4: cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)
- duke; dukedom
- second son
- special duty; assigned full time to a task
- 差事 chāi shi: 差事 chai1 shi5: errand; assignment; job; commission; CL:件[jian4]; see also 差使[chai1 shi5]差事 chà shì: 差事 cha4 shi4: poor; not up to standard
- afterward; later; subsequently; following that
- vacancy
- formal; official
- until; (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止)
- later generation
- to look back; to review
- to judge (a competition); to appraise
- reputation; declaration
- talent; CL:份[fen4]
- to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation; CL:次[ci4]
- a speech; to speak; to talk; to address; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to extract; to excerpt; excerpt
- sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc)
- very few
- it seems; seemingly; as if
- ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
- however; but; yet