- but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
- skills acquired through religious practice; (fig.) ability; skill; Taiwan pr. [dao4 hang5]
- (of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism
- to be willing to; to resign oneself to
- madman; lunatic
- seven; 7
- chest; heart; mind
- to prattle; to chatter away; to nag; garrulous; nagging
- soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad
- brain; mind; head; essence
- to pollute (often fig.); to be infected by; to gain a small advantage
- composition; ingredient; element; component; one's social status
- deep; profound; (of a person) reserved; undemonstrative; (of a voice, sound etc) deep; low-pitched
- to find the time to do sth
- to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
- to award; commendation; citation
- company; firm; corporation; CL:家[jia1]
- like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
- recently; soon; nearest
- waste paper
- to repair a leaky roof; (dialect) to find fault; to nitpick; (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value); (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity
- magazine; CL:本[ben3],份[fen4],期[qi1]
- to contrast; to compare; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check
- economics (as a field of study)
- executive; manager; transactor
- the New World; the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸|旧大陆[jiu4 da4 lu4] or Eurasia
- to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- technique; trick; skill
- to take down (in writing); notes; a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches; CL:本[ben3]
- to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine; to purify; to process
- to sublimate; sublimation (physics); to raise to a higher level; to refine; promotion
- to fight for; to strive for; to win over
- to rise; to go up; to ascend
- theory; CL:個|个[ge4]; to argue; to take notice of
- height; altitude; elevation; high degree; highly; CL:個|个[ge4]
- omen; sign (that sth is about to happen); warning sign
- no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
- to pass away; to die
- considered to be; at last
- to die of old age; to die in one's bed at a ripe old age; (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life
- to handle; to transact; to conduct
- future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements