- (idiom) experienced and knowledgeable
- to give a hollow laugh; to force a smile; forced laugh; CL:聲|声[sheng1]
- to read a book; to study; to attend school
- university student; college student
- 大学 Dà xué: 大学 Da4 xue2: the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism大学 dà xué: 大学 da4 xue2: university; college; CL:所[suo3]
- offal; cooked minced offal; chop suey (American Chinese dish); incoherent (information); (derog.) asshat; jerk
- 炸 zhá: 炸 zha2: to deep fry; (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable); Taiwan pr. [zha4]炸 zhà: 炸 zha4: to burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb; (coll.) to fly into a rage; (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter
- school; CL:所[suo3]
- captive
- armed forces; troops; CL:支[zhi1]
- 参 shēn: 参 shen1: ginseng; one of the 28 constellations参 cān: 参 can1: to take part in; to participate; to join; to attend; to counsel; unequal; varied; irregular; uneven; not uniform; abbr. for 參議院|参议院 Senate, Upper House参 cēn: 参 cen1: used in 參差|参差[cen1 ci1]
- (bound form) army; military
- oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword)
- to focus; to concentrate; to give one's full attention
- to burst; to rupture; (of a relationship etc) to break down
- steep slope; steep incline
- to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
- inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash
- brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- dim; sad
- (coll.) father; dad; CL:位[wei4]
- ma; mom; mother
- to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth
- in front of; in the presence of
- normal; regular
- 高中 gāo zhōng: 高中 gao1 zhong1: senior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])高中 gāo zhòng: 高中 gao1 zhong4: to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)
- mother
- silicon (chemistry)
- city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
- ocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan
- to exile; to banish; to deport; to float (logs) downstream
- presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely
- this place; here (literary)
- to return to; to come (or go) back
- or; either one or the other
- descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations
- prison
- to compile; to draw up; to fabricate; to invent; to concoct; to make up; to cook up
- to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance