- discipline
- reality; practice; practical; realistic; real; actual
- effective; in effect; valid
- condition; state; situation
- just as; precisely as
- approximately; probably
- by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
- 地方 dì fang: 地方 di4 fang5: place; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part; CL:處|处[chu4]地方 dì fāng: 地方 di4 fang1: region; regional (away from the central administration); local
- 待 dāi: 待 dai1: to stay; to remain待 dài: 待 dai4: to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to
- (of time) how long?; (not) a long time
- cannot help; to be beyond control of
- to arrive; to come
- in no way; not in the least; absolutely not
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- (idiom) to be devoted to a common cause; to be like-minded
- cause; reason; because
- mother
- son
- as for; as to; to go so far as to
- first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally
- thought; thinking; idea; ideology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- adolescent; youth; teenager
- 时代 Shí dài: 时代 Shi2 dai4: Time, US weekly news magazine时代 shí dài: 时代 shi2 dai4: age; era; epoch; period (in one's life); CL:個|个[ge4]
- noble; lofty; refined; exquisite
- feelings; mood
- (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)?
- to fantasize; to imagine; an illusion; a fantasy
- just; fair; equitable
- left and right; nearby; approximately; attendant; to control; to influence
- due to; to stem from
- clumsy; awkward; stupid
- to thirst for; to long for
- element; factor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- at least; (to say the) least
- indeed; really; reliable; real; true
- majestic; sublime
- low level; rudimentary; vulgar; low; inferior
- vanity
- mixture; composite
- sometimes; now and then
- outstanding; surpassing; distinguished; splendid
- out of the ordinary; unusually (good, talented etc)
- ugly
- cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely
- to run through; a connecting thread from beginning to end; to link