- lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism
- to constantly have (sb or sth) on one's mind
- artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort
- can it be possible that; could it be
- popular song; folk tune; ballad
- to droop; to hang low
- many stars; a vast sky full of stars
- to tag along (with sb); (in combination with 與|与[yu3] or 和[he2]) to accompany (sb); (fig.) (of one situation) to go hand in hand (with another)
- flying insect; winged insect
- to think of; to long for; to miss
- to wilt; to wither; wilted; withered; drained; enervated; exhausted
- style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia; CL:首[shou3]
- heartbroken; extreme depth of sorrow
- east, south, west and north; all directions
- a god living in our midst (sb who can predict the future like a prophet or who leads a life without constraints)
- (idiom) unburdened by obligations or attachments; carefree
- ripple
- 么 má: 么 ma2: exclamatory final particle么 me: 么 me5: suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc么 ma: 么 ma5: interrogative final particle么 Yāo: 么 Yao1: surname Yao么 yāo: 么 yao1: youngest; most junior; tiny; one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military); one or ace on dice or dominoes
- inn; small hotel
- 滑 Huá: 滑 Hua2: surname Hua滑 huá: 滑 hua2: to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted
- perfumed soap; toilet soap; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- 戚戚 qī qī: 戚戚 qi1 qi1: sorrowful; distressed戚戚 qī qī: 戚戚 qi1 qi1: intimate; closely related; sorrowful; distressed
- separated in life and death; to part for ever
- (idiom) nervous; fearful; on edge
- temple; monastery; shrine
- (coll.) to show off
- lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain
- terrain; topography relief
- Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period; the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius; (fig.) a mastermind
- to investigate; to survey
- rumor; hearsay
- Purple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum
- faucet; tap; bicycle handlebar; chief; boss (esp. of a gang); (referring to a company) leader; front-runner; figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船[long2 chuan2]
- Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]