- to harvest; to reap; to gain; crop; harvest; profit; gain; bonus; reward
- plowing and weeding; farm work; fig. to work or study diligently
- (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- to study the Confucian classics; to read scriptures or canonical texts
- soft; flexible; supple; yielding; rho (Greek letter Ρρ)
- eighteen; 18
- successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate
- to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts
- lit. to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); fig. to return home after making good; Taiwan pr. [yi4 jin3 huan2 xiang1]
- malaria
- (coll.) to suffer from malaria
- hometown; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (idiom) to interact with people
- shelf; frame; stand; framework; airs; arrogance
- tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone
- (idiom) to consider oneself unexcelled in the world; to be insufferably arrogant
- (bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically; (bound form) bearing; deportment
- a relative (i.e. family relation); CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- a scholar or government official living in one's village; a village gentleman; squire
- local tyrant; local strong man; (slang) nouveau riche
- money wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment; kickback; bribe
- feast; banquet
- to slander; to libel
- to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1]); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])
- 耍 shuǎ: 耍 shua3: to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc)耍 Shuǎ: 耍 Shua3: surname Shua
- to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office
- genuine; real; true; really; indeed
- Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安[Xi1 an1]), capital of several Chinese dynasties from 202 BC to 907 CE; see 長安區|长安区[Chang2 an1 Qu1]
- taste; flavor; feeling
- shortage of money
- to deserve (attention, respect etc); should have (freedoms, rights etc)
- (bound form) superfluous; (bound form) (of a man) to move into the household of one's in-laws after marrying; (of the bride's parents) to have the groom join one's household
- learning; knowledge; scholarship; a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门[men2]); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
- vexed; distressed
- difficult; hard; challenging
- to take an exam; exam; CL:次[ci4]
- to reveal one's talent (idiom); to rise above others; to distinguish oneself
- cream; elite; essence; quintessence
- easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to
- nationals; citizens; people of a nation
- level (of achievement etc); standard; level (surveying)