- to know; to understand
- to degrade; to degenerate; to become depraved; corrupt; a fall from grace
- hotbed; breeding ground; fig. breeding ground for crimes or sedition
- 似 shì: 似 shi4: used in 似的[shi4 de5]似 sì: 似 si4: to seem; to appear; to resemble; similar; -like; pseudo-; (more) than
- that kind; that sort
- itself; oneself; one's own
- upper layer
- pocket; bag; sack
- ground floor; first floor; lowest level; lowest rung (of society etc)
- hungry; to starve (sb)
- deflated; shriveled; sunken; empty
- belly; abdomen; stomach; CL:個|个[ge4]
- aspiration; wish (for); desire
- journey; trip
- chaos; bungle; complete mess; shambles
- to purchase; to buy
- clothes and other items packed for traveling; baggage; luggage
- old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang
- real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely
- expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure
- how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent
- fascinating; enchanting; charming; tempting
- how; what kind
- in vogue; fashionable
- 圈 juàn: 圈 juan4: livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty圈 juān: 圈 juan1: to confine; to lock up; to pen in圈 quān: 圈 quan1: circle; ring; loop; (fig.) social circle; niche group; community; fandom; classifier for loops, orbits, laps; to surround; to encircle; to circle (sth); to mark with a circle
- after all; in the final analysis; ultimately
- to win; to gain
- sufficient to...; so much so that; so that
- to eliminate; to remove
- genealogy; family tree
- empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
- to audit; to examine finances
- presiding judge
- salary; wage
- to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
- roommate
- pet; favorite; darling
- newly
- extramarital affair
- to discuss spiritedly (idiom); tongues are wagging
- to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular
- horoscope; one's fortune
- to win power; to get authority; to become dominant