- communal meal; formal dinner of club or group
- to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to
- Cantonese language
- 撇 piē: 撇 pie1: to cast away; to fling aside撇 piě: 撇 pie3: to throw; to cast; left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)
- immediately; suddenly
- to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
- to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly
- magnanimity; tolerance; high capacity for drinking
- 老子 Lǎo zǐ: 老子 Lao3 zi3: Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi老子 lǎo zi: 老子 lao3 zi5: father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
- saying; famous remark
- 谷 gǔ: 谷 gu3: grain; corn谷 Gǔ: 谷 Gu3: surname Gu谷 gǔ: 谷 gu3: valley
- self-sufficient; satisfied with oneself
- to put up with; to endure
- surrounded by distinguished friends (idiom); in company
- relations with other people
- fabulous; superb; excellent
- (idiom) to die a martyr; to be martyred
- 冠 Guàn: 冠 Guan4: surname Guan冠 guān: 冠 guan1: hat; crown; crest; cap冠 guàn: 冠 guan4: to put on a hat; to be first; to dub
- 服 fú: 服 fu2: clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes服 fù: 服 fu4: classifier for medicine: dose; Taiwan pr. [fu2]
- worn-out shoes; a worthless thing
- blood vessels
- to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively
- animal; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個|个[ge4]
- plant; vegetation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- cattle and sheep; livestock
- general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs; foreign office; Dept. of State
- head of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving
- herbivore; herbivorous animal
- carnivore
- to be good at; to be adept at
- (literary) to go forward
- curb; roadside; wayside
- great skill and strategy
- blueprint