- after this; afterwards; hereafter
- Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese
- goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom; demon
- beginnings; clues; mental state; thread
- alias; alternative name
- in order to; so as to
- to refer obliquely to; to insinuate; innuendo
- Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27
- sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse
- personal attack
- although; even though
- unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer; subtext; (fig.) implicit assertion
- to speak frankly; frank; open; blunt
- idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; CL:個|个[ge4]; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
- only; nothing else
- 咱 zá: 咱 za2: see 咱[zan2]咱 zán: 咱 zan2: I or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)
- already
- to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for
- 臭 chòu: 臭 chou4: stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition)臭 xìu: 臭 xiu4: sense of smell; smell bad
- 那 núo: 那 nuo2: (archaic) many; beautiful; how那 nà: 那 na4: (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)那 Nā: 那 Na1: surname Na那 Núo: 那 Nuo2: surname Nuo
- affecting shyness or embarrassment; coy; mincing (walk, manner of speech); mannered
- dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]; also pr. [sha4]
- matters to attend to after sb's death (esp. funeral arrangements)
- material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
- best; had better ...; it would be best to ...
- without hesitation; resolutely; firmly
- very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (coll.) very; extremely
- to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to
- refreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward
- without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless
- rampant; unbridled; arrogant; aggressive
- apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
- and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
- 罢 ba: 罢 ba5: (final particle, same as 吧)罢 bà: 罢 ba4: to stop; to cease; to dismiss; to suspend; to quit; to finish
- to turn on one's heels; to walk away abruptly
- to humiliate; to shame; humiliation; indignity
- to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by
- to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture; CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4],個|个[ge4],通[tong4]
- to seize; to snatch; to grab
- to fail to eventuate; (verb suffix) to be unsuccessful in ...ing
- (literary) dangerous; perilous; (literary) almost; well-nigh
- thief; robber; (bound form) traitor; subversive; (bound form) evil; wicked; sly; shifty; devious; (literary) to harm; to injure; (coll.) extremely; insanely; damn (common in NE China and Taiwan)
- there is no need; why should
- to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)
- to state; to declare; statement; declaration; CL:項|项[xiang4],份[fen4]