- farming; to work the land
- to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship
- to spend one's last years
- rustic; village; countryside
- private school (in former times)
- teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- divine; hallow; holy; sacred
- a post; a job
- to grab hold of; to capture
- daughter's husband; son-in-law
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously
- hog; pig; swine; CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2]
- (literary) we; us
- apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond
- (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- 志 zhì: 志 zhi4: aspiration; ambition; the will志 zhì: 志 zhi4: sign; mark; to record; to write a footnote
- to hire (an employee); to accept (a manuscript) for publication
- to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote
- 业 Yè: 业 Ye4: surname Ye业 yè: 业 ye4: line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already
- carefree; leisurely
- 渐 jiān: 渐 jian1: to imbue渐 jiàn: 渐 jian4: gradual; gradually
- to soak; to be stained; stain; floodwater
- (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person
- to pursue one's studies
- 义 Yì: 义 Yi4: surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])义 yì: 义 yi4: justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship
- thou
- hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly
- capability; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
- scholar
- heir; descendant; posterity
- sufficient to...; so much so that; so that
- light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- to exhort; to make an effort
- (exclamatory or interrogative particle)
- (coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather
- strange person; eccentric
- (literary, or bound form) to look at
- purpose; aim; goal; target; objective
- to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
- to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app
- (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable