- to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)
- to extract; to draw out
- behind the scenes
- bullshit; nonsense
- egg; ovum; spawn; (coll.) testicles; (old) penis; (expletive) fucking
- bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate
- Heaven cannot tolerate this (idiom); intolerable behavior
- to visit sb at home
- shift in the trend of events; turnaround; plot shift in a book; turn in the conversation
- music; CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4]
- to open wide; unrestrictedly
- lean; thin; spare
- suffering; distress
- (idiom) (humble expression) your presence brings light to my humble dwelling
- there is no need; why should
- person; personal; human body
- the mundane world; the world of mortals
- to practice Daoism
- grain of rice; granule
- two-character surname Zhuge; Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2]
- connection; association; involvement
- vast (of ocean); boundless
- annal; historical record; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person
- heir; successor
- 荫 yīn: 荫 yin1: (bound form) shade (of a tree)荫 yìn: 荫 yin4: shade
- to cover (a statue) with gold leaf; to gild; (fig.) to prettify; to glorify
- (bound form) shame; humiliation; disgrace
- clear and bright (of weather); straightforward; candid; open
- to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says)
- (onom.) laughing out loud