- spellbound; entranced; lost in thought
- still; peaceful; quiet
- temperament; disposition
- not to know one's place
- to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to originate in
- orphanage; child asylum
- disagreeable; hateful; a pain in the neck
- to seize; to capture; to grab
- fact; actual thing; practical matter
- to change the direction or tone of a conversation
- citizen
- outer skin; surface; leather cover (of a book); drum skin; leather upper (of a shoe)
- in charge; responsible for; person in charge; manager
- benevolent; charitable
- to be patient; patience
- behavior; moral conduct
- odd story; exotic tale; fig. ridiculous argument
- lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom); restless; fidgety
- to look for; to seek; to find fault
- to insert; to take turns, alternate; to interweave; to interlace; subplot; interlude; episode; (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces
- to infer; to judge; inference; judgment; conclusion
- to report (to one's superior)
- (bound form) to sell; to retail; (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
- selling price
- lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation; cutting the Gordian knot
- to baffle; to confound; to stump
- to be busy (colloquial)
- so far; to date; until now
- style of conversation
- to be deficient in; lapse; deficiency
- to start to have doubts; to grow suspicious
- to hoodwink; to deceive; to dupe sb