- lackey; errand boy; lit. runner before a carriage
- to comply with; to follow (directives); to defer (to the judgment of superiors)
- to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly
- to replenish; to supplement; to complement; additional; supplementary; CL:個|个[ge4]
- foreigner; (esp.) Westerner
- appointment; engagement; date; CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4]; to arrange to meet
- to break a promise
- 挨 ái: 挨 ai2: to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle挨 āi: 挨 ai1: in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to
- 拟 nǐ: 拟 ni3: doubtful; suspicious; to emulate; to imitate拟 nǐ: 拟 ni3: to plan to; to draft (a plan); to imitate; to assess; to compare; pseudo-
- direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- to refuse; to decline; to reject
- to talk officiously; to assume the air of a functionary; to talk in official jargon
- to return; to go back
- to deliberate
- urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious
- 商 Shāng: 商 Shang1: Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang商 shāng: 商 shang1: commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)
- 否 fǒu: 否 fou3: to negate; to deny; not否 pǐ: 否 pi3: clogged; evil
- 宜 Yí: 宜 Yi2: surname Yi宜 yí: 宜 yi2: proper; should; suitable; appropriate
- to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from
- to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
- to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure
- to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely; to get to the heart of the matter
- how?; what?; why?
- one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
- to grumble; to complain; grievance
- band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
- afraid; frightened; to fear
- common people
- not to accept sth; to want to have sth overruled or changed; to refuse to obey or comply; to refuse to accept as final; to remain unconvinced by; not to give in to
- to laugh heartily; to burst into loud laughter
- bullshit; nonsense
- cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times; headscarf (typically worn by women); kerchief; turban
- won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
- great-grandson
- memoir
- to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
- 载 zǎi: 载 zai3: to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; year载 zài: 载 zai4: to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously
- entertaining anecdote; interesting story or incident
- name of a book; reputation as calligrapher
- 雨 yǔ: 雨 yu3: rain; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]雨 yù: 雨 yu4: (literary) to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall; to precipitate; to wet
- window; CL:扇[shan4]
- to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- 录 lù: 录 lu4: to carve wood录 lù: 录 lu4: diary; record; to hit; to copy录 Lù: 录 Lu4: surname Lu