- very little; hardly any
- top (of the head); apex; to fall forwards; inverted; to jolt
- (two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply
- distressed
- 横 héng: 横 heng2: horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent横 hèng: 横 heng4: harsh and unreasonable; unexpected
- ship with several decks; turreted junk
- to set sail; to brave the waves
- overnight; instantly; very quickly
- melon; gourd; squash; (slang) a piece of gossip
- continent; island in a river
- see 石城縣|石城县[Shi2 cheng2 Xian4]
- reluctant to part
- sickbed
- manor; feudal land; villa and park
- miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy
- injustice; grievance; wrong
- 好事 hào shì: 好事 hao4 shi4: to be meddlesome好事 hǎo shì: 好事 hao3 shi4: good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead
- insight; to see clearly
- biographical sketch
- to digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process
- (bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law
- dinner party held in one's home; family reunion dinner
- to cook; to boil
- pasta; noodles
- evening meal; dinner; supper; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
- jam
- stomach and intestine; digestive system
- delight; pleasure; joy
- function
- life span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine)
- China Association for Promoting Democracy (abbr. for 中國民主促進會|中国民主促进会[Zhong1 guo2 Min2 zhu3 Cu4 jin4 hui4])
- 孙子 Sūn zǐ: 孙子 Sun1 zi3: Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]孙子 sūn zi: 孙子 sun1 zi5: grandson; son's son
- first draft (of writing)