- office; duty
- gatehouse; lodge; gatekeeper; porter
- deferential; respectful
- local guide; tour escort
- portable
- briefcase; attaché case
- office; business premises
- to subdue; to check; to bring under control; (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status; uniform (army, party, school etc); livery (for company employees); CL:套[tao4]
- to arrive; to come
- office worker; staff member; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- to bow; (literary) to bend down
- direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for
- seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- committee member
- one by one; one after another
- to shake hands
- appropriate to the occasion; fitting
- (say) a few words
- to handle official business (usu. in an office); to do (office) work
- to fall short of; not as good as; too late
- to be good at; to be adept at
- to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- simple; not complicated
- to do things in a strictly businesslike manner (idiom)
- (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms
- ambience; atmosphere
- secretary
- to promote; to advocate
- intimate
- intonation; tone of voice; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of
- to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture; CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4],個|个[ge4],通[tong4]
- one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face
- serious about the matter
- half an hour; 30 minutes
- director; head; CL:個|个[ge4]
- child
- to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
- from beginning to end; all along
- beaming; all smiles
- straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- to continue; to persist; to last; sustainable; preservation