- early in the morning; at dawn
- to mate or marry; to match; matching; compatible
- black lead; graphite; plumbago
- pound sterling
- to bring up the rear; to provide support; to hold the lines
- bank president
- form; specification; format
- swing (golf)
- together with; along with
- 昌 chāng: 昌 chang1: (bound form) prosperous; flourishing昌 Chāng: 昌 Chang1: surname Chang
- outer appearance; form; shape; formality; CL:個|个[ge4]
- wooden pole; wood (golf club)
- golf; golf ball
- natural gift; talent
- pilot; aviator
- convergence; to come together
- bad; no good; below average; disappointing
- over and over again (idiom)
- to strengthen; to build up; to grow strong and large
- public finance; government finance
- to apply to; to put into (practice etc); to put to (a test, a vote etc)
- (idiom) very few
- to fill up; to stuff; to fill in a blank space
- servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff
- anyone with eyes can see it (idiom); obvious to all; sth speaks for itself; is there for all to see
- (old) actor; actress
- to exceed; to go beyond; to transcend; to cross over; to jump over
- carpenter's square; rule; regulation; pattern; to carve
- (of sb who ostensibly collaborated with the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war of 1937-1945) to secretly work for the Nationalists or against the Communists
- not worth mentioning (idiom)
- fur seal
- dry powder
- lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom); fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用|卢藏用[Lu2 Cang4 yong4], who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)
- to hesitate; to have second thoughts; to be concerned; to brood (over sth); to complain
- idle; leisurely