- to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
- it is exactly as
- words; speech; to say; to talk
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- unaccomplished; mediocre; feckless
- child
- statesman; politician; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- don't!; must not
- progress; improvement; to improve; to progress
- to halt; to stop; to go no farther
- 于 Yú: 于 Yu2: surname Yu于 yú: 于 yu2: to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle于 yú: 于 yu2: (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- protracted (idiom); long and drawn-out
- intellectual; intelligentsia
- discussion forum; seminar
- or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- café; coffee shop
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- that kind of
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- to live; life; livelihood
- to talk idly about important matters (idiom); to set the world to rights; to pass judgment on everything
- to chat; casual conversation
- because; owing to; on account of
- to pass; to go through; process; course; CL:個|个[ge4]
- surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled; a certain ...; a given ...
- degree; level; extent
- to think back over sth; to review; to revisit; to rethink; reflection; reassessment
- after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- final; ultimate
- ought to; should; must
- practical; workable; to implement; to carry out; to decide
- operation; action; CL:個|个[ge4]; to move about; mobile
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- to agree; to consent; to approve
- 要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- greater than; to exceed
- day; sky; heaven
- to take upon oneself; to assume
- floating clouds; fleeting; transient
- to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal
- foresight; discernment; vision
- (dialect) to grasp (sth long or cylindrical) and slide the hand up or down; (dialect) to fire (an employee); (dialect) to reprimand