- to administer; to have jurisdiction (over)
- this side; here
- unexpectedly; unawareness; unpreparedness
- west side; west
- biting cold
- on the up; currently winning; rising (in popularity etc)
- so as not to; so as to avoid
- 蒙 méng: 蒙 meng2: (literary) sincere; honest; genuine蒙 méng: 蒙 meng2: drizzle; mist蒙 méng: 蒙 meng2: blind; dim-sighted蒙 mēng: 蒙 meng1: to deceive; to cheat; to hoodwink; to make a wild guess蒙 Méng: 蒙 Meng2: surname Meng蒙 méng: 蒙 meng2: to cover; ignorant; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheat蒙 Měng: 蒙 Meng3: Mongol ethnic group; abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古國|蒙古国[Meng3 gu3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Meng2]蒙 mēng: 蒙 meng1: (knocked) unconscious; dazed; stunned
- (coll.) wife
- see 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]; see 河南蒙古族自治縣|河南蒙古族自治县[He2 nan2 Meng2 gu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- to farm; to work the land
- twelve; 12
- from now on; in the future; time to come
- 搁 gē: 搁 ge1: to place; to put aside; to shelve搁 gé: 搁 ge2: to bear; to stand; to endure; Taiwan pr. [ge1]
- tangerine; CL:個|个[ge4],瓣[ban4]
- fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home
- a holiday; a day off
- to present (a gift) to (sb)
- solitary old man or woman; regular patron (at brothels)
- indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
- auspicious day; good day; happy life
- staircase; flight of stairs
- meal; food (esp. as provided by a service, e.g. airline, restaurant or institution)
- Zhoukou, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3]
- later generation
- ancient times
- philosopher
- Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子[Lao3 zi3] (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC)
- creator; founder; initiator
- 老子 Lǎo zǐ: 老子 Lao3 zi3: Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi老子 lǎo zi: 老子 lao3 zi5: father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
- graceful; elegant; to drift; to float
- white or gray hair; CL:根[gen1]
- exactly; just; precisely; (loanword) cha-cha; cha-cha-cha (dance)
- in accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement); (physics) coincidence
- wise man
- to live alone; to live a solitary existence
- to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc); to avoid (sb)
- sultry; sultriness; hot and stuffy; stifling hot
- therefore; as a result; thus; and as a result, ...
- a sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler; Buddhist lama; wine
- not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter
- 无为 Wú wéi: 无为 Wu2 wei2: see 無為市|无为市[Wu2 wei2 Shi4]无为 wú wéi: 无为 wu2 wei2: the Daoist doctrine of inaction; let things take their own course; laissez-faire
- see 周口市[Zhou1 kou3 Shi4]
- hermit
- change (of money); small change; pocket money