- 价 jiè: 价 jie4: (literary) messenger; servant价 jie: 价 jie5: particle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective; (dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as 不[bu4] or 別|别[bie2] without any other following element价 jià: 价 jia4: price; value; (chemistry) valence
- thirsty
- vendor's stall
- peddler; hawker
- highland; upland
- (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潛|陶潜[Tao2 Qian2], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate); (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
- family member; (old) servant
- escape route; retreat route; communication lines to the rear; alternative course of action; room for maneuver
- corrupt official; grasping functionary; greedy mandarin
- wholeheartedness; sincerity
- (broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
- to appear; to look; form; shape
- to disperse; to diverge
- to conclude; to determine; to come to a judgment
- stratagem; method; approach; (martial arts) movement; social connections; (sb's) background story
- to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
- material; timber; ability; aptitude; a capable individual; coffin (old)
- pebble; cobblestone
- ignorant; uneducated; ignorance
- first prize
- to satirize; to mock; irony; satire; sarcasm
- old soldier; veteran; veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)
- new (army) recruit
- one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit; an iota
- proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; CL:個|个[ge4]; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of
- quiet and contented; indifferent to fame or gain
- laid back; leisurely; (of resources: workers, funds etc) unused; idle
- to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record)
- Nikolai Chernyshevsky
- saying; famous remark
- 柯 kē: 柯 ke1: (literary) branch; stem; stalk; (literary) ax handle柯 Kē: 柯 Ke1: surname Ke
- 罗 Lúo: 罗 Luo2: surname Luo罗 lúo: 罗 luo2: gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift
- branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb; CL:個|个[ge4]
- oft-quoted phrase; famous line