- vulnerable; weak
- 本色 běn sè: 本色 ben3 se4: inherent qualities; natural qualities; distinctive character; true qualities本色 běn shǎi: 本色 ben3 shai3: natural color
- therefore; as a result; thus; and as a result, ...
- to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
- price tag
- base; mean; despicable
- chapter; section (of a written work); passage of writing; (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth)
- fisherman
- to catch fish; to fish
- to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts)
- 饮 yǐn: 饮 yin3: to drink饮 yìn: 饮 yin4: to give (animals) water to drink
- quiet
- river bank
- (fig.) to smell fishy
- 江 Jiāng: 江 Jiang1: surname Jiang; (bound form) Yangtze River; (bound form) Jiangsu Province (abbr. for 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1 su1])江 jiāng: 江 jiang1: river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]
- circumstances; atmosphere; mood
- half a year
- sequence
- world-famous
- to have a special fondness (for sth)
- origin; to originate; to come from
- lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom); fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong
- to experience; to observe
- kindhearted; tolerant; honest and generous
- to access (a network); to insert (a plug) into (a socket)
- optimistic; sanguine; generous; magnanimous; open-minded
- ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
- to join head to tail; bumper-to-bumper (of traffic jam)
- to be full of admiration
- 颈 gěng: 颈 geng3: used in 脖頸|脖颈[bo2 geng3]颈 jǐng: 颈 jing3: neck
- to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy
- rope
- to float in the air; swiftly; nimbly; easy and relaxed
- similar; same type; alike
- endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
- what are you doing?; what's he up to?
- cord; string; rope; CL:條|条[tiao2]