- substance; essence
- brief (statement, summary etc); briefly; brevity
- foreword; introduction
- to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)
- to take the lead; to be first to start
- socks; stockings; CL:隻|只[zhi1],對|对[dui4],雙|双[shuang1]
- 温泉 wēn quán: 温泉 wen1 quan2: hot spring温泉 Wēn quán: 温泉 Wen1 quan2: see 溫泉縣|温泉县[Wen1 quan2 Xian4]
- the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori
- to misunderstand; misunderstanding
- perfume; fragrance
- a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
- to learn to read; able to read; literate
- to die
- (bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
- 涂 tú: 涂 tu2: to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street涂 Tú: 涂 Tu2: surname Tu
- 圣 kū: 圣 ku1: (literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables)圣 shèng: 圣 sheng4: (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacred
- earnings; profit
- idle fellow; lazybones
- careless; casual; vague; not so bad; so-so; tolerable; fair
- with utmost care; fine; meticulous; detailed
- moody; gloomy
- to mishear
- misconception; illusion; misperception
- to fix a time; fixed time; timed (of explosive etc)
- to relieve boredom or melancholy; a diversion
- to meet with (sb who is paying a visit); CL:次[ci4]
- to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom); to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
- to waken (to action); to rouse (the masses); to evoke (attention, recollection etc)
- real situation; the truth; true emotions; true feelings
- (reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department
- thin and weak
- skeleton; skinny person; a mere skeleton
- out of the ordinary; unusual
- to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath)
- it may be assumed that
- withered; shriveled; dried-up
- to go back to one's roots; to return to one's native place; by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
- a warrior; a brave person
- home; homeland; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to coalesce; to gather together; to amass