- to set off; to start (on a journey)
- umbrella; CL:把[ba3]
- drenched; wet through
- a person who looks drenched and bedraggled; like a drowned rat; deep distress
- old Buddhist temple
- downtown area; city center
- ticket (for theater, cinema etc)
- to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation
- crust; hard shell
- to suffer a calamity
- Southern Dynasties (420-589)
- (anatomy) costal cartilage; (fig.) weak spot; weak link; vulnerability
- to embroider; to do embroidery
- 麻 Má: 麻 Ma2: surname Ma麻 má: 麻 ma2: generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; sesame; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; (of materials) rough or coarse; pocked; pitted; to have pins and needles or tingling; to feel numb
- 裤子 kù zi: 裤子 ku4 zi5: pants裤子 kù zi: 裤子 ku4 zi5: trousers; pants; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
- secretly; inwardly
- to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
- fabric; cloth; material (for making clothing, curtains etc)
- to moisten; to dampen; to be steeped in; to be imbued with
- lit. extreme saturation (idiom); fig. vividly and thoroughly; in great detail; without restraint; (of a performance) brilliant
- to feel attached to; to long for; to love
- habit; hobby
- navy blue
- to embroider; embroidery
- to keep warm
- (idiom) (of houses, scenery etc) magnificent
- bound feet (traditional)
- to bring out the best in each other (idiom); to complement one another well
- (idiom) to pay scant regard to (sth); (idiom) unheeding; reckless
- embroidered shoes
- appealing to the masses; universally appreciated (idiom)