- whole; full
- (for) a lifetime
- to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- incantation; magic spell; curse; malediction; to revile; to put a curse on sb
- to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
- to brace oneself to do sth; to put a bold face on it; to summon up courage; to force oneself to
- to return to
- (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
- hey
- to crash through a barrier
- smoothly; without a hitch
- to cross a barrier; to get through (an ordeal); to pass (a test); to reach (a standard)
- to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc)
- dear; beloved; darling
- 同 tóng: 同 tong2: like; same; similar; together; alike; with同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同 tòng: 同 tong4: used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
- county; (Japan) prefecture
- father and son
- to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
- to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
- bitter; painful; deeply distressed
- hibernation; living in seclusion
- throughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong
- to break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc); to get rid of; to break away (from); to break out (of); to free oneself from; to extricate oneself
- sometime; someday (in the future)
- deep emotion; deep feeling; deep love; affectionate; loving
- imperial examination
- start; beginning
- final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- to lose; to put aside; to throw
- self-respect of old person; face; thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism); brazen
- during the night; at night; nighttime
- similar to; like
- 钉 dīng: 钉 ding1: nail; to follow closely; to keep at sb (to do sth)钉 dìng: 钉 ding4: to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on
- awn (of cereals); arista (of grain); tip (of a blade); Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass)
- equivalent to
- at long last; finally; on the whole
- not to let sb down; to treat sb fairly; be worthy of
- nine; 9
- (coll.) wife
- husband and wife; married couple