- expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious
- (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform; (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete; (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product); (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue
- tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]
- to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married
- to host a banquet
- to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner
- to gather together
- cohesion; cohesiveness; cohesive
- meek; modest; amiable
- lenient; tolerant; indulgent; charitable; to forgive
- 媳妇 xí fu: 媳妇 xi2 fu5: (dialect) wife; (dialect) young married woman媳妇 xí fù: 媳妇 xi2 fu4: daughter-in-law; wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation
- adversity; predicament
- to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
- content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness)
- suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
- material
- music; CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4]
- 弹 tán: 弹 tan2: to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials)弹 dàn: 弹 dan4: crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball
- pipe organ (musical instrument)
- Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), famous master of Beijing opera, specialist in female roles
- to hold in storage; to retain; to harbor (feelings); to entertain (sentiments); (of abstract things) to exist; there is
- photo taken during a theatrical production; a still (from a movie)
- Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2]
- bedhead; bedside; headboard
- Zen saying repeated as cant; (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase
- every single; as long as
- easterly wind; spring breeze; (fig.) revolutionary momentum; favorable circumstances
- 压 yā: 压 ya1: to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure压 yà: 压 ya4: used in 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4 gen1 r5]; used in 壓馬路|压马路[ya4 ma3 lu4]; used in 壓板|压板[ya4 ban3]
- hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one
- peepul (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; sacred fig
- late stage; later period
- used in 瑽瑢|𪻐瑢[cong1 rong2]
- to become sworn brothers or sisters; sworn (brothers)
- second; number two; next; secondary
- hairstyle; coiffure; hairdo
- past events; former happenings
- childhood
- entertaining anecdote; interesting story or incident
- to invade and occupy (territory)