- to welcome (a visitor or newcomer); (fig.) to usher in
- life cycle
- to bubble out; to squirt
- to expound (a position); to elaborate (on a topic); to treat (a subject)
- (music) theme; principal melody; (fig.) central theme; main idea; (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view
- 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse; ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
- to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
- library; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
- ballad tune in southern dialects, usually to sanxian 三弦 or pipa 琵琶 accompaniment
- novel; fiction; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount
- 端 duān: 端 duan1: (bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; to eliminate; to wipe out端 duān: 端 duan1: start; origin
- to recuperate; to recover; to convalesce
- to erupt; an eruption
- since then; henceforth
- to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry
- inside and outside; domestic and foreign; approximately; about
- atmosphere; mood
- to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast; to approach; to tend towards; to converge
- level; almost flat; not strongly sloping; (fig.) moderate; mild-mannered; gentle
- old name for China
- A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels
- system of thought; ideology
- not yet; not so far
- omen; sign (that sth is about to happen); warning sign
- to appear to be; to seem as if
- one's thoughts and feelings; emotional stirring; moved; touched
- heavy; hard; serious; critical
- a drip; a little bit; intravenous drip (used to administer drugs)
- to amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math.) product (the result of multiplication); (TCM) constipation; indigestion
- lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure
- 吐 tù: 吐 tu4: to vomit; to throw up吐 tǔ: 吐 tu3: to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances)
- unhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp
- to be suitable for
- time; season; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- Changhong (brand)
- waterfall
- to be born
- textual criticism
- lit. extreme saturation (idiom); fig. vividly and thoroughly; in great detail; without restraint; (of a performance) brilliant
- in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day
- breakthrough; to overcome an obstacle quickly
- pleased; elated
- to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose