- hundreds of
- to take an exam; (of an education system) to be exam-oriented
- to write an essay; composition (student essay); CL:篇[pian1]
- high marks; high score
- instinctive feel for the language
- 作 zùo: 作 zuo4: to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- 诗 Shī: 诗 Shi1: abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songs诗 shī: 诗 shi1: poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse
- to read aloud with expression; to recite; to declaim
- goose pimples; goose bumps
- to look face to face
- embarrassed
- hurriedly; without delay
- to read; to study
- to rotate; to revolve; to spin; to whirl
- ballpoint pen; CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]
- arc
- level (of achievement etc); standard; level (surveying)
- 教 Jiào: 教 Jiao4: surname Jiao教 jiāo: 教 jiao1: to teach; to instruct教 jiào: 教 jiao4: (bound form) to teach; to instruct; a religion; to cause (sb to do sth); to tell (sb to do sth)
- environmental pollution; social scourge; blight on society
- (idiom) to pose; to put on airs; Taiwan pr. [ren2 mo2 gou3 yang4]
- to forecast; to predict
- at most; at best
- the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
- to pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate; (of sales figures etc) to fluctuate
- ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime
- to ask for guidance; to consult
- satisfied; pleased; to one's satisfaction
- simple; pure; unsophisticated; merely; purely
- strong; powerful; (linguistics) emphatic; intensive
- schoolboy; male student; boy; guy (young adult male)
- low price
- hard labor (in penal code); coolie
- bad; harmful; unhealthy; (of a device, connection, material etc) defective; faulty
- lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom); fig. to try to punch above one's weight
- 泡 pāo: 泡 pao1: puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces泡 pào: 泡 pao4: bubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to loiter; to pick up (a girl); to get off with (a sexual partner); classifier for occurrences of an action; classifier for number of infusions
- older sister
- bouncing and vivacious
- Zen saying repeated as cant; (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase
- (bound form) child
- essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)