- powerless; lacking strength
- to throw off; to struggle free of; Taiwan pr. [zheng1 tuo1]
- breakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly
- value system; personal or cultural values
- change of appearance; to revise one's point of view
- end of the century
- smelting furnace; forge
- theory; CL:個|个[ge4]; to argue; to take notice of
- to be in vogue; to be popular; to be prevalent
- external; foreign; outside
- race; ethnic group
- assimilation (cultural, digestive, phonemic etc)
- skin color
- accustomed to; used to
- custom; tradition; local tradition; convention
- (old) foreign land; alien nation
- (old) to study abroad; (sports) to train abroad
- older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc)
- to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite
- head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child
- 钟 Zhōng: 钟 Zhong1: surname Zhong钟 zhōng: 钟 zhong1: handleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)钟 zhōng: 钟 zhong1: a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]); clock (CL:座[zuo4]); amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1 dian3 zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3 fen1 zhong1] "five minutes" etc)
- (idiom) absent-minded; in a trance
- to renege; to go back (on a deal); to back out (of a promise)
- after getting married
- beneath the surface; fundamentally; at the deepest level
- to get married
- 伙 hǔo: 伙 huo3: meals (abbr. for 伙食[huo3 shi2])伙 hǔo: 伙 huo3: companion; partner; group; classifier for groups of people; to combine; together
- to label; to call
- to seek by inquiry or search; to call on; to visit
- can't discern
- to take into consideration; to attend to
- 面子 miàn zi: 面子 mian4 zi5: outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face面子 miàn zi: 面子 mian4 zi5: (medicinal) powder
- face
- lit. a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold (idiom); fig. a promise that can be counted on
- bridal room and ornamented candles; wedding festivities (idiom)
- (stage) lighting; light
- gloom
- (literary) (of moonlight) dim; (literary) murky; indistinct
- atmosphere; mood
- warm