- slowly; unhurriedly; little by little
- arm (from shoulder to wrist); (fig.) assistant; helper
- long sigh; deep sigh
- one breath; in one breath; at a stretch
- what?; something; anything
- 没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- directly
- to return to
- seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to sigh; to heave a sigh
- excessively; too
- frequently; often
- deep; profound
- eye socket
- to fill up
- a load on one's mind; worry; CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- to serve in the army; in active service
- rules; regulations
- to prohibit; to forbid; to ban
- staff; crew; personnel; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to investigate; to probe
- 与 yù: 与 yu4: to take part in与 yǔ: 与 yu3: (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
- content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
- main; principal; major; primary
- to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
- to pair up; to match; to arrange in pairs; to add sth into a group
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
- (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- 和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others和 hé: 和 he2: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- mood; frame of mind
- clear and bright (of weather); straightforward; candid; open
- improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]; drive (of gears and shafts etc)
- to inquire
- cause; origin; root cause; reason; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to spend all one's time together (idiom)
- a single man and a single woman; bachelors; a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
- is precisely