- a little bit
- guest from afar
- different place; abroad
- papercutting (Chinese folk art); to make paper cutouts
- to call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill; (fig.) to resurrect (an old system etc)
- pointless; meaningless; unnecessarily
- act; action; activity; move; movement
- to go down south
- old friend
- silence; stillness
- young person; the young
- to promote; to enhance; to further; to advance (a cause etc)
- to defend oneself; self-defense
- Yu Dafu (1896-1945), poet and novelist
- trench; entrenchment
- to withdraw; to leave; to retreat; to pull out
- to hide; to dodge; to avoid
- bay; gulf; to cast anchor; to moor (a boat)
- lane; alley; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to understand thoroughly; to see beyond the facade; to see through (sb)
- hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- to take refuge; to seek asylum
- odd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange; to regard as odd; to blame; (coll.) somewhat; rather
- to whine; to be grouchy
- 乐天 lè tiān: 乐天 le4 tian1: carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic乐天 Lè tiān: 乐天 Le4 tian1: Lotte (South Korean conglomerate)
- wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent
- (literary) brazen; outrageous; defiant
- efficiency
- camel (CL:峰[feng1],匹[pi3],頭|头[tou2]); (coll.) blockhead; ninny
- grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
- casual conversation; chat; gossip; to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
- curio; antique
- to deride; to mock; (jocular) to heckle good-naturedly; to razz
- backbone; mainstay; pillar; definite view; one's own judgment
- (loanword) humor; humorous
- your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific); to erupt; to begin abruptly
- 春秋 Chūn qīu: 春秋 Chun1 qiu1: Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)春秋 chūn qīu: 春秋 chun1 qiu1: spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)
- to correct; to amend; to redress (evils)
- 挽 wǎn: 挽 wan3: to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover挽 wǎn: 挽 wan3: to draw (a cart); to lament the dead
- terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist
- 冲 chōng: 冲 chong1: (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with冲 chòng: 冲 chong4: powerful; vigorous; pungent; towards; in view of冲 chōng: 冲 chong1: thoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush; to clash