- birthplace
- firewood; gather wood
- to observe; to see
- (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- to injure sb
- dust
- can't
- (literary) that person (usually female); she; one's intended
- to meet by chance; to come across; (of a calendar event) to come along; (of an event) to fall on (a particular day); to fawn upon
- pavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir; woman's chamber; rack; shelf
- 雕 diāo: 雕 diao1: to carve; to engrave; shrewd; bird of prey雕 diāo: 雕 diao1: bird of prey
- Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), now rare in the wild, formerly harvested for its grain, now mainly cultivated for its edible stem known as 茭白筍|茭白笋[jiao1 bai2 sun3], which is swollen by a smut fungus
- to take time; time-consuming
- to come to the end of a phase (idiom)
- attention
- writing style (formal); to send an official written communication
- confident and at ease; free and easy
- single; only; sole
- series; set
- suddenly; abruptly
- Chinese opera
- to adapt; to rearrange; to revise
- commonly seen; common; to see sth frequently
- old friends
- to receive favor (from superior); favored; pampered
- to extend; to spread; to popularize; generalization; promotion (of a product etc)
- to contemplate; to ponder; contemplation; meditation
- full stop; period (punct.)
- name; term of address; title
- to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof
- the mind; the brain
- to borrow books to read
- parts of the country other than where one is
- to inspect; to review; to read; to peruse; to go through; to experience
- precious
- to collect books; library collection
- (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
- reign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850)
- 核 hé: 核 he2: pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verify核 hé: 核 he2: to investigate