- first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
- (coll.) paternal grandfather; grandpa
- truly; indeed; severely; harshly
- already; since; both... (and...)
- to dig; to excavate; to scoop out
- mountain range; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to catch; to capture; to seize
- moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread
- to worry about
- prey; quarry
- one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- only; sole
- senior high school student
- with great difficulty; very difficult
- 熬 áo: 熬 ao2: to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure熬 āo: 熬 ao1: to simmer; to boil slowly
- college entrance exam (especially as abbr. for 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試|普通高等学校招生全国统一考试[Pu3 tong1 Gao1 deng3 Xue2 xiao4 Zhao1 sheng1 Quan2 guo2 Tong3 yi1 Kao3 shi4]); (Tw) entrance exam for senior government service posts (abbr. for 公務人員高等考試|公务人员高等考试)
- to fail the imperial exams; to flunk
- as for; as to; to go so far as to
- whether (or not); if; is or isn't
- to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
- to look forward to; to await; expectation
- 好 hǎo: 好 hao3: good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello好 hào: 好 hao4: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- (idiom) dumbfounded; flabbergasted; stunned
- 非 Fēi: 非 Fei1: abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa非 fēi: 非 fei1: to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- 富 Fù: 富 Fu4: surname Fu富 fù: 富 fu4: rich; abundant; wealthy
- namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- to guide; to lead
- to find
- (idiom) to foresee the future (without divination); to know beforehand through uncanny insight
- skill; ability; capability; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- Putonghua; standard Mandarin
- only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- rich person; the rich
- useful
- to get; to obtain; to receive
- to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- rough (not precise or accurate); cursory