- East Asia
- educationalist
- maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- to grow up
- secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions
- slowly; gently
- to preach; a sermon
- crisis
- always (previously)
- to exist; to survive
- to retort; to refute
- to drive (vehicle); to drive out; to chase away; to herd (people towards a gate)
- 东海 Dōng hǎi: 东海 Dong1 hai3: see 東海縣|东海县[Dong1 hai3 Xian4]东海 Dōng Hǎi: 东海 Dong1 Hai3: East China Sea; East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
- tricky; problematic; difficult; to scratch one's head (in puzzlement)
- nature; temperament
- advantageous; favorable
- 周游 zhōu yóu: 周游 zhou1 you2: to travel around; to tour; to cross周游 zhōu yóu: 周游 zhou1 you2: to travel around
- to withdraw; to hole up
- very small room; tiny, cramped space
- every day
- next door; neighbor
- common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory; barbarian
- to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
- Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
- the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards; Xionites (Central Asian nomads)
- a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (idiom) to glare at
- a statue; a Buddhist image; sculpture; to carve
- Confucius
- "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
- idol
- to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency)
- girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old); CL:個|个[ge4]
- wry face; to grimace; to pull a face; comic face; face mask; devil mask
- to drop (subject etc)
- 倒数 dào shù: 倒数 dao4 shu4: inverse number; reciprocal (math.)倒数 dào shǔ: 倒数 dao4 shu3: to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down; from the bottom (lines on a page); from the back (rows of seats)
- to dance; to wield; to brandish
- to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
- to adjust; to redistribute (resources etc); (fig.) (of an activity) to provide variety in one's daily life; to serve as a change of pace; (of a pharmacist) to fill a prescription
- classroom (CL:間|间[jian1]); class session
- (loanword) humor; humorous