- affairs of the heart; mutual relationship
- experienced person; an old hand at sth
- to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
- to fall into
- net; fishing net; bird net
- fact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- dead atmosphere; lifeless; spiritless
- an exit; CL:個|个[ge4]; to speak; to export; (of a ship) to leave port
- a noose for hanging criminals
- lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom); fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse
- close-fitting; closest (translation)
- to choke; to stifle; to suffocate
- 土地 tǔ di: 土地 tu3 di5: local god; genius loci土地 tǔ dì: 土地 tu3 di4: land; soil; territory; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
- to harvest; to reap; to gather in crops
- to return; to come back
- dim; dark; overcast; darkness; shadow; (fig.) dismal; gloomy; somber; murky; shadowy (side)
- barn
- 任 Rén: 任 Ren2: surname Ren任 rèn: 任 ren4: to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
- to rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt
- circumstances; facts (of a case); case; feelings; love affair
- conclusion; ending
- how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things?
- to divorce
- to elope
- see 白頭偕老|白头偕老[bai2 tou2 xie2 lao3]
- secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret
- 调 diào: 调 diao4: to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody调 tiáo: 调 tiao2: to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite
- (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
- (bound form) rail; track; course; path
- have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- agriculture; farming
- exhibition; show
- improved type; good breed; pedigree
- hog; pig; swine; CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2]
- excrement; feces; night soil
- fertilizer; manure
- to evaluate (by comparison)
- (of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine); to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun; (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share"); (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to
- long underwear pants
- to think too much of oneself; self-important; arrogant
- 郎 Láng: 郎 Lang2: surname Lang郎 láng: 郎 lang2: (arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status; a youth
- concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)