- sideline; side occupation
- accordion
- to sell; to market; sales (representative, agreement etc)
- to make a telephone call
- to be capable of; to be able to; can
- rapid; speedy; fast
- every kind of; all kinds of; various
- 方言 Fāng yán: 方言 Fang1 yan2: the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yang2 Xiong2] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters方言 fāng yán: 方言 fang1 yan2: topolect; dialect
- 间 jiàn: 间 jian4: gap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent间 jiān: 间 jian1: between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms
- unobstructed; unconstrained; smoothly; with ease; freely
- to switch over; to switch modes or data streams; to cut (to a new scene)
- to visit (a place, e.g. museum or factory); to tour; to look around
- Chicago, USA
- (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
- thought; idea; intention
- next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time
- United States; USA; US
- trip; journey; tourism; travel; tour; to travel
- it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
- unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- profound; deep; deep-going
- impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory
- to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom); fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
- to draw into; to pull into; to introduce
- (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- from within; therefrom
- 国 gúo: 国 guo2: country; nation; state; (bound form) national国 Gúo: 国 Guo2: surname Guo
- to return; to come back
- 中式 zhòng shì: 中式 zhong4 shi4: to pass the imperial examinations中式 Zhōng shì: 中式 Zhong1 shi4: Chinese style
- 面 miàn: 面 mian4: face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc面 miàn: 面 mian4: flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless
- to spread out; vendor's stand
- to view as; to see as; to consider to be; to deem
- creative inspiration
- fountainhead; well-spring; water source; fig. origin
- way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to look as if; to seem
- hot-headed; impulsive; reckless
- actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to meet
- 老板 Lǎo bǎn: 老板 Lao3 ban3: Robam (brand)老板 lǎo bǎn: 老板 lao3 ban3: boss; business proprietor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 中非 Zhōng Fēi: 中非 Zhong1 Fei1: China-Africa中非 Zhōng fēi: 中非 Zhong1 fei1: Central Africa; Central African Republic (abbr. for 中非共和國|中非共和国[Zhong1 fei1 Gong4 he2 guo2])
- model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- wide; broad; extensive; vast