- 曹 Cáo: 曹 Cao2: surname Cao; Zhou Dynasty vassal state曹 cáo: 曹 cao2: class or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old); government department (old)
- numerous; confused; disorderly
- to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth)
- time and again; repeatedly; frequently
- bus; abbr. for 公共汽車|公共汽车[gong1 gong4 qi4 che1]; car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc); abbr. for 公務用車|公务用车[gong1 wu4 yong4 che1]
- vast; broad; generous; to develop; to enhance
- ambition; resolve; backbone; drive; spirit
- to contradict oneself; self-contradictory; inconsistent
- successive years; over many years
- from start to finish; from head to tail; the whole (thing)
- worthy of pride; impressive; enviable
- nowadays; now
- hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen
- to remember
- famous mountains and great rivers
- in all parts of (a country); various regions
- to sprout up; to flourish; (of war etc) to break out; rapid growth
- to have a smile on one's face
- to praise; to acclaim
- talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks
- outstanding; excellent
- to investigate and research; research; investigation
- to fawn on; to ingratiate oneself; (literary) to meet face to face
- to talk nonsense; drivel
- open and happy; carefree; at a loss; confused
- for a long time
- lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing; between laughter and tears
- (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ...
- muddle-headed; twilight; to faint; to lose consciousness
- extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s); octogenarian; nonagenarian
- advice; to advise
- to chat
- recently; lately
- outer room; the external world; outside