- to consider oneself as being not as good as the others
- so deep one cannot see to the bottom; limitless
- to be talented yet self-effacing (idiom)
- public; for public use
- 教会 jiào hùi: 教会 jiao4 hui4: Christian church教会 jiāo hùi: 教会 jiao1 hui4: to show; to teach
- to see the world; to go out into society; to gain experience
- semi-manufactured goods; semifinished articles; semifinished products
- lit. sth hits one in the face; directly in one's face; sth assaults the senses; blatant (advertising); eye-catching; (a smell) assaults the nostrils
- to radiate all around
- dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish; lavish meal
- to take control of; to manage; to curb
- (literary) to come in quick succession; wave after wave
- empress; imperial consort
- extremely daring (idiom); foolhardy
- bud; sprout
- to agree (to do sth); to promise
- to drag; to pull; to raise a child (through difficulties); to help; to support; to drag in; to chat
- Living Buddha; title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th century
- to wear a hat; (fig.) to stigmatize; to be branded as
- no trace of politeness; unrestrained (criticism)
- cup; glass; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- kettle
- (in storytelling) to keep listeners in suspense; (in general) to keep people on tenterhooks
- reason; cause
- lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon; to track sth following clues
- to argue; to reason with sb; to talk sense; to be reasonable
- scandal
- (of news) to spread; to get around
- official career (formal)
- to rise; to ascend; to climb (airplane etc); to go up (sales figures etc); to gain promotion
- to declare one's position; to say where one stands
- to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
- busybody; CL:個|个[ge4]
- lit. to loot a burning house (idiom); fig. to take advantage of sb's misfortune
- to blurt out
- bearing; manner; presence
- monthly income (in kind)