- see 可不是[ke3 bu5 shi4]
- funny; ridiculous
- in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously
- to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily
- 逮 dǎi: 逮 dai3: (coll.) to catch; to seize; to capture逮 dài: 逮 dai4: (literary) to reach; used in 逮捕[dai4 bu3] (Taiwan pr. [dai3])
- (bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce; (bound form) to harbor (resentment etc); Taiwan pr. [xia2]
- to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
- (literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass; (bound form) different; (bound form) special; remarkable; (literary) very; extremely
- not take a proper measure of oneself; to overrate one's own abilities
- to exert oneself (bound form)
- shallow; superficial
- spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)
- 底 de: 底 de5: (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)底 dǐ: 底 di3: bottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record; (suffix) end of a year or month; (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3 shu4])
- 耶 ye: 耶 ye5: final particle indicating enthusiasm etc耶 yē: 耶 ye1: (phonetic ye)耶 yé: 耶 ye2: interrogative particle (classical)
- not to accept as correct (idiom); to object; to disapprove; to take exception to
- 宕 tàn: 宕 tan4: used in 宕昌[Tan4 chang1] (the name of a place in Gansu)宕 dàng: 宕 dang4: dissipated; put off
- to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [die2]
- at one go; at a stretch; for a period of time; forming a gang
- 阿 ā: 阿 a1: prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]); (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4]); (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4]); (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2]); also pr. [a4]阿 ē: 阿 e1: (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
- it goes to show that; one can see
- main; principal; major; primary
- not paying attention; carelessly; by accident
- to pry into or spy on; to snoop; to peep; to poke one's nose into; to peer; to get a glimpse of
- opportunity; turning point
- improvisation (in the arts); impromptu; extemporaneous
- written; statutory
- to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally
- April; fourth month (of the lunar year)
- time available
- example; precedent; rule; case; instance
- trite; clichéd; empty and trite; banality; platitude
- (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)
- top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]; top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light
- prime minister (in feudal China)
- circumstances; facts (of a case); case; feelings; love affair
- this kind; these kinds; such
- to describe; to depict; to portray; depiction; portrayal
- hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly
- former days; in the past
- common problem; common failing
- needless to say; it goes without saying