- (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
- manuscript; script
- Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer
- 双 Shuāng: 双 Shuang1: surname Shuang双 shuāng: 双 shuang1: two; double; pair; both; even (number)
- male; staminate; grand; imposing; powerful; mighty; person or state having great power and influence
- to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
- Dickens (name); Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 查爾斯·狄更斯|查尔斯·狄更斯[Cha2 er3 si1 · Di2 geng1 si1]
- 六 lìu: 六 liu4: six; 6六 lù: 六 lu4: used in place names
- Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818-1883), Russian novelist
- the eve; the night before
- Hugo (name); Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer
- Les Misérables (1862) by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果[Wei2 ke4 duo1 · Yu3 guo3]
- war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- peace; peaceful
- what?; something; anything
- monastery; convent
- to take the blame (for sb else)
- lord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocrat; aristocracy
- to exert a gradual influence; to nurture; a corrupting influence
- to thirst for; to long for
- to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)
- mediocre; indifferent; commonplace
- without hope; hopeless; without prospects
- marriage; matrimony; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]
- to carry on a clandestine love affair
- to console; to comfort; to soothe
- bright; smart; quick-witted; heart; thoughts; spirit
- to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- to amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math.) product (the result of multiplication); (TCM) constipation; indigestion
- debt; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- 山 shān: 山 shan1: mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on山 Shān: 山 Shan1: surname Shan
- (fig.) to dream of; dream
- reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested
- huge; immense; enormous; gigantic
- drop in elevation; (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc); disparity
- nowhere to go; at the end of one's tether
- George (name)
- 桑 Sāng: 桑 Sang1: surname Sang桑 sāng: 桑 sang1: (bound form) mulberry tree
- to comment on; to discuss; comment; commentary; CL:篇[pian1]