- stupid; slow-witted
- to set a limit; to impose a restriction
- to make friends; (dialect) to start an affair with sb
- to share common interests or views; to get along well; congenial
- joseki (fixed opening pattern in go game)
- fence
- to take a (striding) step
- to cross over; to transcend; to cover distance; to overcome; to rise above
- lit. to die without illness (idiom); fig. to result in failure (without any outside interference); to come to nothing; to fizzle out
- hemp headcloth
- a nobody; a nonentity
- (bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
- human form; human-shaped; humanoid
- as usual
- to understand; to comprehend
- common people; ordinary folk
- to make eyes; to wink
- to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom); to denounce by word and pen
- @; at symbol
- rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1])
- character acquired through long habit; habits and properties
- one's home town or village
- the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom); (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
- to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom); poverty alleviation
- granary; barn; fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land)
- to go hungry; to endure starvation; famished
- eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss
- lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing; between laughter and tears
- constrained; restricted; forced to; under pressure to do sth
- to take into consideration; to attend to
- older brother's wife; sister-in-law; (polite address to a younger married woman) sister
- deep; profound
- to make one's home; to take shelter
- to be suspicious and jealous of
- without inconvenience; unimpeded; unhindered; unobstructed; unfettered; unhampered
- star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount
- to hang (down); droop; dangle; bend down; hand down; bequeath; nearly; almost; to approach
- Hirano (Japanese surname)
- 涌 chōng: 涌 chong1: (used in place names)涌 yǒng: 涌 yong3: to bubble up; to rush forth
- riverside; river bank
- distant; by far