- telephone; CL:部[bu4]; phone call; CL:通[tong1]; phone number
- torrid heat
- bare to the waist
- lengthy (report or speech)
- prologue
- intent; intention; to intend
- to clear up; to tidy up; to dispose of
- toxin; (fig.) pernicious influence
- at the same time; meanwhile
- expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure
- totalitarianism
- to comprehend the truth; to become enlightened
- eyewitness (to an incident); witness (to a legal transaction)
- an assortment; a bit of everything; lots of different (skills)
- to estimate; to assess; to calculate; (coll.) to reckon; to think (that ...)
- to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom); to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
- it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
- naturalism (philosophy)
- in turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit
- to steadily deteriorate
- to stay in hospital; to be hospitalized
- to age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak
- to encumber; to be a burden on; to implicate
- to visit and discuss; to interview
- to dictate; to recount orally
- to think over
- appropriate; suitable
- (idiom) every word is a gem
- heart's blood; expenditure (for some project); meticulous care
- to see through; disillusioned with; to reject (the world of mortals)
- great changes
- on the one hand
- fragmented; disorganized; incoherent
- to cater to the public's taste; kitsch; commercial
- to be fascinated; to be captivated