- 降 xiáng: 降 xiang2: to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame降 jiàng: 降 jiang4: to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend
- to be evenly matched; to meet one's match
- to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
- United Nations
- Vietnam War (1955-1975)
- the first time; for the first time
- salon (loanword)
- Danny (name)
- lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent
- 露 lù: 露 lu4: dew; syrup; nectar; outdoors (not under cover); to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose露 Lù: 露 Lu4: surname Lu露 lòu: 露 lou4: to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose
- Indonesia
- bard; poet
- 夏 Xià: 夏 Xia4: the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432); surname Xia夏 xià: 夏 xia4: summer
- symphony orchestra
- to conduct; to command; to direct; conductor (of an orchestra); CL:個|个[ge4]
- (loanword) yoga
- magnetic tape; CL:盤|盘[pan2],盒[he2]
- (name) Elliott; Eliot
- to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect); (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])
- to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
- guava (fruit)
- litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.)
- (loanword) mango
- pineapple
- papaya (Carica papaya); genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae; Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
- to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across
- peanut butter
- 好玩 hǎo wán: 好玩 hao3 wan2: amusing; fun; interesting好玩 hào wán: 好玩 hao4 wan2: to be playful; to be fond of one's fun
- bitter cold; severe winter
- hard to endure; unbearable
- hot summer; scorching summer
- to yearn for; to look forward to
- the remaining years of one's life; survival (after a disaster)
- coda; epilogue; end
- to choose (literary)
- full-time (job)
- isolated and without help
- to look over; to examine; to check up; to ferret out
- current trends; the present situation; how things are going
- communications; news story; dispatch; CL:個|个[ge4]