- trade; profession; industry; business
- independent; independence; to stand alone
- opinion; view; understanding
- entrepreneur
- to stroll
- (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- like this; so; such
- lit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom); carefree and relaxed
- thanks to; luckily
- is precisely
- central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart
- an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect
- feelings; mood
- to prop up; to support; strut; brace
- to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- either side; both sides
- all kinds; of every description
- each; every
- rampart; base (in baseball); to build with stones, bricks etc
- organic
- major city; metropolis
- must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate
- 易 Yì: 易 Yi4: surname Yi; I Ching; Book of Changes (abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1])易 yì: 易 yi4: easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"
- no matter what or how; regardless of whether...
- still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
- 更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- 原 yuán: 原 yuan2: former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source原 Yuán: 原 Yuan2: surname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara
- 法 fǎ: 法 fa3: law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])法 Fǎ: 法 Fa3: France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]法 fǎ: 法 fa3: law
- curio; antique
- camera; CL:台[tai2],部[bu4],架[jia4]
- to meet; to encounter; to come across
- 当时 dāng shí: 当时 dang1 shi2: then; at that time当时 dàng shí: 当时 dang4 shi2: immediately; right then
- to hold concurrent posts; concurrent job; moonlighting
- 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-
- to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
- to take a photograph
- technology; technique; skill; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]
- once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- 商 Shāng: 商 Shang1: Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang商 shāng: 商 shang1: commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)