- to resign; to dismiss; to decline; (literary) to take leave; (archaic poetic genre) ballad
- day and night; around the clock
- to accompany
- to talk sb round; to straighten sth out; to enlighten
- (optics) inverted image
- to evaporate; (fig.) to vanish; to disappear
- strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled
- dame
- to treat; treatment
- concise; succinct; pithy
- to worry about
- to boast
- alone
- doll (of Western appearance)
- visitor; guest; customer; client; CL:位[wei4]
- head; skull; brains; mental capability; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- (idiom) that's all; just this and nothing more
- indolent; negligent; slack
- to treat people (politely, harshly etc)
- noble and lowly; high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism
- to spurn; to reject
- to place great importance on; to treasure
- to appeal (to reason, sentiment, charity etc); to resort to (a course of action)
- norm; standard; criterion
- to esteem; to admire
- to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care
- to drift about; to wander; to roam; nomadic; homeless; unsettled (e.g. population); vagrant
- orphan
- board and lodging; room and board
- to urge; to exhort
- hard lot; bitter fate; unfortunate
- (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; CL:位[wei4]; (coll.) boobies; breasts
- to visit a grave
- to salute; to make one's salutations
- cruel; merciless; ruthless
- inconstant in love; fickle
- (idiom) to say not a single word about it
- 平 Píng: 平 Ping2: surname Ping平 píng: 平 ping2: flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
- sin; crime; wrongdoing
- explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve; CL:個|个[ge4]
- foreign country
- to learn (sth); to learn about
- various kinds; all sorts
- to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- to become a mere formality
- to be studying (at a school or research institute)
- unavoidably; can't help; really; rather