- operation; action; CL:個|个[ge4]; to move about; mobile
- to question; to quiz; to grill
- to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by
- pardonable (of interruption, misunderstanding etc)
- to take seriously; serious; No joking, really!
- firmly; safely
- to control; to accuse; to charge; to sue; to invert a container to empty it; (suffix) (slang) buff; enthusiast; devotee; -phile or -philia
- accurate; exact; precise; precision
- to control
- to plot actively (idiom); scheming; calculating
- to advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step; to consolidate at every step
- lofty quality; mettle; spirit
- to sleepwalk; to journey in a dream
- secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions
- book; booklet; classifier for books
- life or death
- fate; one's fortune
- early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans
- (dialect) obviously; clearly
- Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
- 少 shào: 少 shao4: young少 shǎo: 少 shao3: few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
- to approximate; to be similar
- each; every
- bookshelf; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to cry; to weep
- other; another; separate; separately
- to become fashionable; to catch on; to be popular
- 量 liáng: 量 liang2: to measure量 liàng: 量 liang4: capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word
- enormous; great; (math.) maximum
- (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- manpower; staff; human hand
- Venice; Venezia
- the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group
- (bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- German person or people
- Thomas (male name)
- handsome; large; long
- theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute; severe