- ambition; goal; ideal; aspiration
- to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms
- sleeve
- stratagem; method; approach; (martial arts) movement; social connections; (sb's) background story
- family influential for generations; aristocratic family
- seventeen; 17
- to pass by or through
- brothel
- to come (formal); before; previously
- mat used to cover a pillow; (literary) bed
- words; speech; to say; to talk
- to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)
- bound feet (traditional)
- brocade
- mud; sludge
- the whole body; (typography) em
- drenched; wet through
- to bring; to fetch; to get
- to have one's wishes fulfilled
- displeased; annoyed
- to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time)
- extremely; exceedingly
- (informal) note; CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- incorrectly written or mispronounced characters
- to brave the rain
- (speak) without thinking the matter through
- to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to
- son-in-law; husband
- prostitute
- since then; henceforth
- first class; grade A
- all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
- eating and drinking; food and drink; diet
- to rely on; to depend on
- the world of the living
- to consecrate; to enshrine and worship; an offering (to one's ancestors); a sacrifice (to a god)
- to feel attached to; to long for; to love
- to exonerate; to clear (from an accusation); to rehabilitate