- military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose"); flag signal; semaphore
- (idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority
- 为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to
- 行 háng: 行 hang2: (bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines行 xíng: 行 xing2: (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon行 héng: 行 heng2: used in 道行[dao4 heng2]
- knight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero; heroic
- (bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- 听 yǐn: 听 yin3: smile (archaic)听 tīng: 听 ting1: to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- just now; a moment ago
- that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- free and at ease; natural; unconstrained
- otherwise; if not; or (else)
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
- (idiom) high-spirited; full of mettle
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 余 yú: 余 yu2: (literary) I; me余 Yú: 余 Yu2: surname Yu余 yú: 余 yu2: extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me
- lonely; solitary
- to lose (sth); to drop (sth); to feel a sense of loss; frustrated; disappointment; loss
- (Tw) (coll.) to be driven crazy (with frustration, stress, anger etc); to tear one's hair out; to freak out
- to be discouraged
- perhaps; maybe
- like this; so; such
- to analyze; analysis; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- to assign; to entrust (a task); to give; to bestow
- 新 xīn: 新 xin1: new; newly; meso- (chemistry)新 Xīn: 新 Xin1: abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]; abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin
- rather
- exactly; just; precisely; (loanword) cha-cha; cha-cha-cha (dance)
- 抹 mò: 抹 mo4: to plaster; to go around; to skirt抹 mā: 抹 ma1: to wipe抹 mǒ: 抹 mo3: to smear; to wipe; to erase; classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
- lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom); fig. the transformations of the world
- background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
- as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft; to have nothing; vacuous; hollow; empty (argument, head etc)
- clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about
- two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- 林 Lín: 林 Lin2: surname Lin; Japanese surname Hayashi林 lín: 林 lin2: (bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); (bound form) a collection (of similar things)
- 愈 yù: 愈 yu4: the more...(the more...); to recover; to heal; better愈 yù: 愈 yu4: to heal
- still; calm; quiet; not moving
- to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- child
- 后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- youth; youthful years; young person; the young
- baby; doll