- pet phrase; regularly used expression; manner of speaking
- impatient; hot-tempered
- to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water
- supervisor; foreman; head waiter or waitress
- progressively; step by step
- in order to; so as to
- bed sheet; CL:條|条[tiao2],件[jian4],張|张[zhang1],床[chuang2]
- 机 jī: 机 ji1: (bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity; (bound form) crucial point; pivot; (bound form) quick-witted; flexible; (bound form) organic机 Jī: 机 Ji1: surname Ji
- a hook; to make contact with sb
- clothes iron
- to build (esp. with simple materials); to knock together (a temporary shed); to rig up
- straw from barley or wheat
- fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings)
- to reveal (a quality or feeling); to manifest; to evince
- bad temper
- omen; sign (that sth is about to happen); warning sign
- period; phase; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to fall ill; to be stricken with an illness
- to worry; to fret; to be anxious; to become sad
- to compensate; to make up
- minute (i.e. extremely small); infinitesimal
- 金子 jīn zi: 金子 jin1 zi5: gold金子 Jīn zǐ: 金子 Jin1 zi3: Kaneko (Japanese surname)
- not easy to do sth; difficult; unchanging
- to sense; to perceive; to become aware of; to detect
- sand; grit; CL:粒[li4],把[ba3]
- cold and cheerless; desolate; deserted
- in the country; rural; pastoral
- 周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially周 Zhōu: 周 Zhou1: surname Zhou; Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: week; weekly
- unmarried; single; alone
- 期 qī: 期 qi1: period; cycle期 qī: 期 qi1: a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qi2]
- Holy Communion; Eucharist
- philosophic theory; philosophy
- to negate; to deny; to reject; negative (answer); negation
- reincarnation (Buddhism)
- creed; article of faith
- model; example (for people to follow); (in reference to a person) role model