- starting point; (fig.) basis; motive
- frequently; often
- changes; vicissitudes
- poetry and literature
- history of literature
- down to; up to; to such an extent as to ...; also written 以至於|以至于[yi3 zhi4 yu2]
- to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon
- 吐 tù: 吐 tu4: to vomit; to throw up吐 tǔ: 吐 tu3: to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances)
- trough; manger; groove; channel; (Tw) (computing) hard drive
- (fragrant plant)
- the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip; gossipy
- 隐 yǐn: 隐 yin3: (bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-隐 yìn: 隐 yin4: to lean upon
- (of people or relationships) close; intimate; to draw close to; to engage with; to become familiar with (nature, places, ideas, art etc)
- nature; natural; naturally
- younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
- Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
- just; fair; to permit; to allow
- model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative
- for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically; selfless
- to plan; to seek; scheme
- usually; in many cases; more often than not
- power; influence
- resurgence; recovery; restoration
- meritorious official; person who renders exceptional service; hero; (fig.) sth that plays a vital role
- nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce; CL:陣|阵[zhen4]
- unexpected (idiom); surprising
- oneself; one's own family
- leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
- kin; kindred; relatives
- distressed; embarrassed
- defect; flaw
- fortunately (formal writing)
- sth written or painted in one's own hand; (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill; style; hand; (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc; scale
- (bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble; learned; well-read; (bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士[bo2 shi4]); (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客[bo2 ke4])
- all; without any exceptions; categorically
- 倒 dǎo: 倒 dao3: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit倒 dào: 倒 dao4: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
- to deserve
- to refuse nobody (idiom); all comers welcome
- well-off; wealthy