- 哀 āi: 哀 ai1: (bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole哀 āi: 哀 Ai1: Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]
- misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to think about it
- building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate; schoolroom (old); CL:家[jia1]
- Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century
- art exhibition
- I Ching; Book of Changes
- classroom (CL:間|间[jian1]); class session
- to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance
- unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful
- prostitute; hooker
- 圣母 shèng mǔ: 圣母 sheng4 mu3: goddess圣母 Shèng mǔ: 圣母 Sheng4 mu3: the Virgin Mary
- the Peach Blossom Spring, a hidden land of peace and prosperity; utopia
- lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt (idiom); fig. life's daily necessities
- 苹果 píng gǔo: 苹果 ping2 guo3: apple; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]苹果 Píng gǔo: 苹果 Ping2 guo3: Apple (American tech company)
- air; atmosphere
- to rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt
- philosophic theory; philosophy
- to inspect; to review; to read; to peruse; to go through; to experience
- (idiom) diverse; various; all kinds of
- life
- to guarantee; to vouch for
- more likely than not; quite possible; on the cards
- to gamble
- to be unable to tolerate or endure; to find sth difficult to manage
- to break the hymen; to lose virginity
- to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old)
- down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional; also pr. [luo4 tuo4]
- 看好 kàn hǎo: 看好 kan4 hao3: to regard as having good prospects看好 kān hǎo: 看好 kan1 hao3: to keep an eye on
- to persuade; persuasion; to advise
- really isn't
- reason; intellect; rationality; rational
- (of time) how long?; (not) a long time
- coming of age ceremony
- 色 sè: 色 se4: color; CL:種|种[zhong3]; look; appearance; sex色 shǎi: 色 shai3: (coll.) color; used in 色子[shai3 zi5]
- 义 Yì: 义 Yi4: surname Yi; (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4])义 yì: 义 yi4: justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship
- to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking
- spermatozoon; spermatozoa
- what remains unseen is deemed to be clean; what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
- to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class
- to get out of bed; to get up
- to enrich the blood