- rapid; sudden
- to worsen
- great; important; major; significant
- a period of time in the recent past; (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along; the whole time
- reputation; prestige; public esteem
- younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- to intensify; to speed up; to step up
- to facilitate; to help bring about
- to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture; CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4],個|个[ge4],通[tong4]
- suspicious; dubious
- to cease; to suspend; to break off; to stop; to discontinue
- to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
- to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure
- to mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise; to initiate (legal proceedings)
- lawsuit
- in order to avoid; so as not to
- to expose; to reveal; to lay bare; also pr. [pu4 lu4]
- to be popular; to be well-liked; to be warmly received
- to implicate; to get (sb) into trouble; also pr. [lian2lei3] or [lian2lei4]
- to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken; (fig.) source of easy money
- 供养 gòng yǎng: 供养 gong4 yang3: to make offerings to (gods or ancestors); Taiwan pr. [gong4yang4]供养 gōng yǎng: 供养 gong1 yang3: to supply; to provide for one's elders; to support one's parents
- relation by marriage; in-laws
- to depend on; to be dependent on
- to go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc)
- long-term; for a protracted period
- to get well; to heal; to recuperate; to convalesce; convalescence; to nurse
- rainy season
- in between; within that interval; in the meantime
- state of an illness; patient's condition
- to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
- acute
- tuberculosis; TB
- old; aged
- to take up one's pen; to start to write
- calm; unperturbed; cool
- to pass on; to convey; to relay; to transmit; transmission
- slight illness; indisposition; ailment
- to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly
- 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)吐 tù: 吐 tu4: to vomit; to throw up
- to continue; to persist; to last; sustainable; preservation