- peak; apex; world best; number one; finest (competitors); top (figures in a certain field)
- way; means; channel
- to welcome; to greet
- to do at all costs; to make an all-out effort
- lonesome; desolate
- self-discipline; self-regulation; autonomy (ethics); autonomic (physiology)
- some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such
- to board at school
- extremely important; vital; crucial; essential
- term; semester; CL:個|个[ge4]
- easy; with no difficulty
- (idiom) to take the lead
- nature; disposition; innate; natural
- aptitude; natural endowments
- to pass; to go through; process; course; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to polish; to burnish; to shine
- to encourage; to urge; motivation; incentive
- tearful; tearfully
- to see sb off; to bid farewell (to sb)
- to inquire
- class (group of students); grade (in school)
- position in a ranking of names; place; rank
- to estimate; to assess; to calculate; (coll.) to reckon; to think (that ...)
- every week
- to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking
- after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- summer vacation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- after the event
- to relax; to slacken; to loosen
- like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- 吧 biā: 吧 bia1: (onom.) smack!吧 bā: 吧 ba1: bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]吧 ba: 吧 ba5: (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.
- now; at present; currently
- need not; does not have to; not necessarily
- anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious
- Christmas; birthday of reigning Emperor; Confucius' birthday
- midsummer; second month of summer
- to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope
- once more; once again
- to win an award
- satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction