- view; scenery; scene
- to take off (one's clothes); (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc); (of a fad or the after-effects of a disaster etc) to subside; also pr. [tun4 qu4]
- complexion; look
- to sink into despondency; (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet
- annoyed; vexed; upset
- (idiom) mutual exchange of assistance; to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls; to reciprocate with material assistance; to scratch each other's back
- to hang up (a phone)
- system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic
- 面子 miàn zi: 面子 mian4 zi5: outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face面子 miàn zi: 面子 mian4 zi5: (medicinal) powder
- sunglasses
- (idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
- rearview mirror
- prolonged war; war of attrition
- unable to make sense of (sth)
- Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- to have bad consequences
- 孔 Kǒng: 孔 Kong3: surname Kong孔 kǒng: 孔 kong3: hole; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for cave dwellings
- sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint
- see 曲阜市[Qu1 fu4 Shi4]
- to denounce; to castigate
- to have an informal discussion; CL:次[ci4]
- predicament
- 后座 hòu zùo: 后座 hou4 zuo4: empress's throne; (fig.) first place in a women's competition后座 hòu zùo: 后座 hou4 zuo4: back seat; pillion
- (idiom) depressed; cheerless
- 倔 juè: 倔 jue4: gruff; surly倔 jué: 倔 jue2: used in 倔強|倔强[jue2 jiang4]
- 牛 níu: 牛 niu2: ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome牛 Níu: 牛 Niu2: surname Niu
- to ingratiate oneself
- to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
- ferocious; fierce; violent; brave; suddenly; abrupt; (slang) awesome
- dashboard; indicator panel
- lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom); fig. all kinds of emotions; to mock and scold; (of writing) freely roving; following the author's fancy
- private; secret; intimate
- one's perspective on morality
- to feel perplexed
- willing (to do sth); to take pleasure in
- to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)