- 眄 miàn: 眄 mian4: to look askance at眄 miǎn: 眄 mian3: to ogle at; to squint at
- (bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition; (bound form) to describe; (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit; (bound form) certificate
- somewhat; to some extent
- to comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
- 尤 Yóu: 尤 You2: surname You尤 yóu: 尤 you2: outstanding; particularly, especially; a fault; to express discontentment against
- 奇 jī: 奇 ji1: odd (number)奇 qí: 奇 qi2: strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually
- populace; masses; the people
- 昌 chāng: 昌 chang1: (bound form) prosperous; flourishing昌 Chāng: 昌 Chang1: surname Chang
- perspicacious person; sb with a discerning eye; sighted person (as opposed to blind)
- (bound form) together; each other; (bound form) male servant; (bound form) dude; so-and-so (used in 那廝|那厮[na4 si1] and 這廝|这厮[zhe4 si1])
- ample; complete; hundred percent; a pure shade (of some color)
- not enough; insufficient; inadequate
- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- injury; trauma; (fig.) glaring error; flaw; shortcoming
- to cry; to weep
- 奶 nǎi: 奶 nai3: breast; milk; to breastfeed奶 nǎi: 奶 nai3: mother
- 琢磨 zhúo mó: 琢磨 zhuo2 mo2: to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work琢磨 zúo mo: 琢磨 zuo2 mo5: to ponder; to mull over; to think through; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2]
- reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to tell in detail
- 农家 Nóng jiā: 农家 Nong2 jia1: School of Agriculture, school of thought of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)农家 nóng jiā: 农家 nong2 jia1: peasant family
- family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
- first of all; in the first place
- see 麒麟[qi2 lin2]
- 通 tōng: 通 tong1: to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc通 tòng: 通 tong4: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
- 六 lìu: 六 liu4: six; 6六 lù: 六 lu4: used in place names
- hole; opening; orifice (of the human body); (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
- lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head); I don't understand a word (idiom); it's all Greek to me
- local
- famous; well-known
- scholar; intellectual; egghead
- to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
- 妻子 qī zi: 妻子 qi1 zi5: wife妻子 qī zǐ: 妻子 qi1 zi3: wife and children
- good; very; very much
- 济 jǐ: 济 ji3: used in 濟濟|济济[ji3 ji3]济 Jǐ: 济 Ji3: used in place names associated with the Ji River 濟水|济水[Ji3 Shui3]; surname Ji济 jì: 济 ji4: to cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help
- female; woman; daughter
- else; other
- characteristic; trait; feature
- to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
- to like; to be fond of
- addicted to; fond of; stem corresponding to -phil or -phile
- cooked rice; CL:碗[wan3]; meal; CL:頓|顿[dun4]; (loanword) fan; devotee
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- so long as; provided; if
- 读 dòu: 读 dou4: comma; phrase marked by pause读 dú: 读 du2: to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
- to be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be