- 小康 xiǎo kāng: 小康 xiao3 kang1: moderately affluent; well-off; a period of peace and prosperity小康 Xiǎo kāng: 小康 Xiao3 kang1: Xiaokang, a Confucian near-ideal state of society, second only to Datong 大同[Da4 tong2]
- to have guts; to have courage; to be brave
- situation; occasion; context; setting; location; venue
- (bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother
- to threaten; to blackmail
- to carry out a bloodbath in (a place); (fig.) to wreak havoc on
- abbr. for 聯合國大會|联合国大会[Lian2 he2 guo2 Da4 hui4], United Nations General Assembly; abbr. for 國立西南聯合大學|国立西南联合大学[Guo2 li4 Xi1 nan2 Lian2 he2 Da4 xue2], National Southwest Combined University
- to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- victim of an accident; casualty; martyr for one's country
- one climax follows another (of thrilling story)
- to be attacked by an assassin
- (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly
- to mourn; to lament
- to put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting)
- free verse in the vernacular
- to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage)
- heavy responsibility
- humble abode; to live (in a tiny, cramped space)
- along the sides of the road; by the wayside
- devastation; miserable condition
- malignant; wicked; vicious (circle); producing evil; rapid (decline); runaway (inflation)
- inflation
- salary; wage
- discount
- to complement; to make up for a deficiency
- home-use; domestic; family expenses; housekeeping money
- to seek help from social connections
- to teach classes in addition to other duties; to hold several teaching jobs
- to engrave a seal; stamp mark; to print with carved type; to leave a deep impression
- to pawn; pawnshop
- to embark on a journey