- to progress to (a higher-level school)
- nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
- tuition fee; tuition; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom); overjoyed at the turn of events
- the most important; of chief importance
- vexed; distressed
- to sign up; to enter one's name; to apply; to register; to enroll; to enlist
- classroom (CL:間|间[jian1]); class session
- to have no other choice
- to play (as children do); to amuse oneself
- needless
- strong; solid; sturdy; firm; practical
- conspicuous; eye-catching; glamorous
- when the moment comes; at that time
- easy; with no difficulty
- foreign language; CL:門|门[men2]
- to be willing to; to resign oneself to
- energetically; vigorously
- to focus solely on; to pay attention only to; to be preoccupied with
- to fight a battle; to go to war
- to emphasize (a statement); to stress
- 呀 yā: 呀 ya1: ah (used to express surprise); (onom.) creaking呀 ya: 呀 ya5: (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
- to attend school
- engineering as an academic subject
- callous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve (as in 下狠心[xia4 hen3 xin1])
- extracurricular
- to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly
- basic course; core curriculum
- to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome)
- mathematics, physics and chemistry (abbr. for 數學|数学[shu4 xue2] + 物理[wu4 li3] + 化學|化学[hua4 xue2])
- aspiration; ambition; to volunteer
- at the minimum; at the very least
- college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4]); (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
- to publish a roll-call of successful candidates