- (idiom) shameless; despicable; devoid of integrity
- what kind?; how, what; somewhat
- birds and animals; creature; beast (brutal person)
- to drag away
- to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)
- windblown dust; hardships of travel; vicissitudes of life; prostitution
- persistently; stubbornly; blindly
- to stress; to emphasize; particular about sth; to strive for
- the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom); (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match
- head of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child
- half of a lifetime
- wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother); CL:個|个[ge4]
- to see through; disillusioned with; to reject (the world of mortals)
- over fifty percent; more than half
- cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
- is it possible or not?
- to be employed; to be in post; on-the-job
- ability to have one's say and be listened to; influence; clout
- to idle about
- not to engage in honest work; to ignore one's proper occupation; not to attend to one's proper duties
- (coll.) to look down on; to underestimate
- to be far from; to keep away from
- determination; resolution; determined; firm and resolute; to make up one's mind; CL:個|个[ge4]
- smell of gunpowder; (fig.) combative tone; belligerence
- deep at night
- to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
- father and daughter
- kindness; affection; grace; favor
- lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom); amenable to coaxing but not coercion
- Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.) dictionary; CL:本[ben3]
- lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb); fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute; it takes two to tango; it's difficult to achieve anything without support
- to exercise forbearance; patient and accommodating
- to withdraw
- (idiom) to fly into a rage; to see red
- atmosphere (surrounding the earth); imposing; impressive; stylish
- Du Yuesheng (1888-1951), Shanghai secret-society leader, banker, industrialist
- to work as a teacher; to teach (in a school)
- illustrious; prominent; prestigious; well-known
- gentry; celebrities
- family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family