- to regard face as all-important; to consider loss of face unthinkable
- (idiom) not to get involved; to stay out of it
- sinister; insidious
- positive point; merit; redeeming quality
- old, well-known brand; old style; old school; an old hand; experienced veteran
- 行头 háng tóu: 行头 hang2 tou2: team leader (archaic); shopkeeper (archaic)行头 xíng tou: 行头 xing2 tou5: a person's clothing; outfit; actor's costume
- gray; ash gray; grizzly; pessimistic; gloomy; dispirited; ambiguous
- wool sweater; cardigan
- apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond
- blueprint; drawing; design plans; graph paper
- lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom); fig. experienced; seasoned
- to save; to put aside; savings
- strong or weak; intensity; amount of force or pressure
- shortage of money
- lit. clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom); fig. people's basic needs
- to covet; to seek (riches, fame)
- copper coin; copper plate; copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument); (Tw) coin
- appropriate; proper; ready
- bucketloads of; in large quantities; extremely
- 饮 yǐn: 饮 yin3: to drink饮 yìn: 饮 yin4: to give (animals) water to drink
- loose in morals; lascivious; licentious; lewd
- to be all alone in the world
- surrounding
- (idiom) just as in the past; as before; continuing as always
- to try to gain sb's friendship
- able to; so that sb can; enabling; in order to; finally in a position to; with sth in view
- life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])
- end; extremity; limit
- individually; one by one; just one or two; exceptional; rare
- hunting dog
- fourteen; 14
- poodle
- toy figurine; action figure; stuffed animal; doll; (fig.) sb's plaything
- different kind (sometimes with a connotation of strangeness or eccentricity)