- to stay idle at home; to have resigned from office; to be unemployed; to have been fired; to be on a sabbatical
- to go down south
- to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference; CL:個|个[ge4]
- public election
- at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force)
- specialist; person appointed for specific task
- to issue an official written reply (in response to a subordinate's report or request)
- healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen; to be good at; to be strong in
- busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush
- nowhere
- slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate
- need not; does not have to; not necessarily
- to mention; to raise (a subject); to bring to sb's attention
- to remember
- reign name (1909-1911) of the last Qing emperor Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪
- brothers; comrade
- to convert; to turn into (sth else); to adapt (a story to another medium)
- Han Chinese person or people
- attire; clothing
- to run away from trouble; to flee from calamity; to be a refugee
- to have no alternative but to; to be obliged to
- temporary; provisional; for the time being
- to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule)
- article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning; CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]
- traditional Chinese medical science; a doctor trained in Chinese medicine
- medical prescription; to write out a prescription; (fig.) recommendation; advice
- ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily
- 人家 rén jia: 人家 ren2 jia5: other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")人家 rén jiā: 人家 ren2 jia1: household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be; CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]
- authentic (painting or calligraphy); genuine work (of famous artist)
- in good condition; undamaged; intact
- to sigh (with feeling); to lament
- lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback
- prospects; future outlook; journey
- busy; bustling
- degree; level; extent
- to read; reading
- to give one's respects; to send a greeting; (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)
- to respond; response
- about to; on the point of; soon
- seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- (idiom) meticulous; very careful or attentive