Vocabulary: 爱是什么
- to thwart; to foil (sb's plans); a setback; a failure; a defeat
- to press on
- psychology
- item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
- to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on
- to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw
- week; CL:個|个[ge4]; day of the week; Sunday
- greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle
- courage
- 好处 hǎo chu: 好处 hao3 chu5: benefit; advantage; merit; gain; profit; also pr. [hao3chu4]好处 hǎo chǔ: 好处 hao3 chu3: easy to get along with
- 打 dǎ: 打 da3: a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")打 dá: 打 da2: (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- to phone sb up
- number of times; frequency; order number (in a series); power (math.); degree of a polynomial (math.)
- bad; harmful; unhealthy; (of a device, connection, material etc) defective; faulty
- normal state
- recent developments; current situation
- last time
- wide; broad; extensive; vast
- to be all alone in the world
- housing estate; community; neighborhood; (telecommunications) cell
- muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess
- intention; regard; kindly feelings
- to be gratified
- (bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- to ascend; to rise; to promote; to elevate; liter; unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- 落 lào: 落 lao4: colloquial reading for 落[luo4] in certain compounds落 lùo: 落 luo4: to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement落 là: 落 la4: to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind
- warmth
- respect; esteem; high regard
- to be employed; to be in post; on-the-job
- 场 cháng: 场 chang2: threshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout场 chǎng: 场 chang3: large place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play); classifier for sporting or recreational activities; classifier for number of exams
- neighbor; neighborhood
- whence; where