- sparse; rare
- strange thing; curious occurrence
- pedant
- to urge sb on
- to be caused by
- start of literary work; opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2]
- without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless
- to expose; to reveal; to lay bare; also pr. [pu4 lu4]
- true identity; true colors
- April; fourth month (of the lunar year)
- 松 sōng: 松 song1: pine; CL:棵[ke1]松 Sōng: 松 Song1: surname Song松 sōng: 松 song1: loose; to loosen; to relax; floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
- 陂 bēi: 陂 bei1: pool; pond; bank of a pond; mountain slope; Taiwan pr. [pi2]陂 pí: 陂 pi2: used in 黃陂|黄陂[Huang2 pi2] (the name of a place in Hubei)陂 pō: 陂 po1: rugged; uneven
- ancestral hall; memorial hall
- great kindness; magnificent hospitality
- to invite; invitation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person)
- lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc); showering down
- tongue-lashing; to chew out; CL:頓|顿[dun4]
- 扫 sào: 扫 sao4: (bound form) a (large) broom扫 sǎo: 扫 sao3: to sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of; to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan
- 个头 gè tóu: 个头 ge4 tou2: size; height个头 ge tóu: 个头 ge5 tou2: (coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in 專家個頭|专家个头[zhuan1 jia1 ge5 tou2] "expert", my ass!)
- 贺 Hè: 贺 He4: surname He贺 hè: 贺 he4: to congratulate
- apparatus; rites; appearance; present; ceremony
- to plead; to claim as an excuse
- 待 dāi: 待 dai1: to stay; to remain待 dài: 待 dai4: to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to
- August; eighth month (of the lunar year)
- reason; sense
- unfavorable; adverse
- grand and heroic; exuberant character
- 折 shé: 折 she2: to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)折 zhé: 折 zhe2: to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book折 zhē: 折 zhe1: to turn sth over; to turn upside down; to tip sth out (of a container)折 zhé: 折 zhe2: to fold
- shrine; to offer a sacrifice
- inside; inner; internal; within; interior
- excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely; (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
- ashamed
- ancestor; forebear
- grave; tomb; mausoleum
- to reach out with one's hand; to hold out a hand; (fig.) to beg; to get involved; to meddle
- to charge; to demand payment
- (idiom) to let out a torrent of abuse
- honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible
- this (person)
- (a feeling of) shame
- to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn