- (classical) barely; just; just now
- lady; madam; Mrs.; CL:位[wei4]
- the whole province
- (astronomy) nova; (fig.) new star; rising star
- near
- entertaining anecdote; interesting story or incident
- married woman
- commonplace; ordinary; mediocre
- to select; to sort out
- (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday)
- to present as a gift
- friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
- low ranking; low level; underclass; subordinate
- statesman; politician; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- battle of wits
- frenetic; hurried
- to be trapped; to be stranded
- bitter struggle; hard battle; arduous effort
- to chat; casual conversation
- silent; solitary; Taiwan pr. [ji2]
- all levels of society; the imperial court and the ordinary people
- to chat
- honest and upright official (traditional)
- today
- ability to judge; judgment
- a sage; wise and holy man; virtuous ruler; Buddhist lama; wine
- both ends (of a stick etc); two extremes
- to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject
- to murder; assassination
- Chinese cabbage; napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); CL:棵[ke1]
- account number; account; username
- to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied
- assembly line; (computing) pipeline