- poor; inadequate; deficient; garrulous
- poor; rustic
- to assert; assertion
- to leave one's mortal frame (idiom); to die
- (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)
- 倾倒 qīng dǎo: 倾倒 qing1 dao3: to topple over; to fall over; to greatly admire; to prostrate oneself before倾倒 qīng dào: 倾倒 qing1 dao4: to dump; to pour out; to empty out
- biography; CL:篇[pian1],部[bu4]
- ordinary; average; medium; mid-range; moderate
- lit. to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling (idiom); fig. to lead a life of dissipation
- second brother
- 喝 hè: 喝 he4: to shout喝 hē: 喝 he1: to drink
- to visit a prostitute
- to bet; to gamble
- to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; to inhale (esp. smoke); (of fabric etc) to shrink; (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud; to whip; to thrash; classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)
- all kinds
- opium
- addiction; craving
- totally
- in accordance with; to follow (the rules)
- end of the month
- start of month; early in the month
- flat silver (former coinage); also written 銀圓|银圆; silver dollar
- gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time)
- compared with
- in the end; finally; as a result
- to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately
- 幢 chuáng: 幢 chuang2: banner; pennant (in ancient China)幢 zhuàng: 幢 zhuang4: classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]); (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows
- 越 Yuè: 越 Yue4: generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南越 yuè: 越 yue4: to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more
- equal; equally; equivalent
- the second time; second; number two
- (military) (of a city etc) to fall into enemy hands; (fig.) to take a turn for the worse
- real estate; immovable property; immovables
- to sell off (one's property)
- false; fake; forged; bogus; (prefix) pseudo-; Taiwan pr. [wei4]
- money; coins; currency; silk
- to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts