- dawn; the first glimmer of light
- immoderate; excessive; not knowing one's limits
- young lady of the house; wife of the young master
- to read and understand
- precipice; overhanging cliff
- spouse (PRC); lover (non-PRC); CL:個|个[ge4]
- on one's shoulders; (dialect) shoulder
- to cry bitterly
- bard; poet
- graceful
- name of a peak by the Three Gorges 長江三峽|长江三峡[Chang2 Jiang1 San1 xia2]
- steamship; steamer; steamboat; CL:艘[sou1]
- the power of sb or sth evil; the clutches (of a bad person etc)
- to cultivate (personal qualities); (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)
- to be fascinated; to be spellbound
- to gather; to assemble; (math.) set
- place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han; also pr. [Lu:4 lin2]
- current situation
- the urge to smoke; tobacco addiction
- to hinder; to block; to obstruct
- comb; CL:把[ba3]
- to accept a compromise
- public relations
- action; conduct; behavior; activity
- to face sth; to be confronted with
- long-term; long-range
- black; mysterious
- to put oneself out in the public eye (said of sb for whom doing so is deemed unseemly)
- a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom); a magnificent house built for a beloved woman
- to peep; to pry into
- 秋 Qīu: 秋 Qiu1: surname Qiu秋 qīu: 秋 qiu1: autumn; fall; harvest time秋 qīu: 秋 qiu1: used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- (idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive
- insignificant; trifling; merely