- 待 dāi: 待 dai1: to stay; to remain待 dài: 待 dai4: to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to
- to arrive (esp. of notable person); to visit (more formal than 光臨|光临[guang1 lin2])
- deranged; mad; cracked; zany
- interaction; social contact
- home page
- senior; of a senior generation; to honor; to respect; honorific; classifier for cannons and statues; ancient wine vessel
- shout; rallying cry; cheering; to shout
- the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate); the whole town turns out
- not an exaggeration; not excessive; not wide of the mark
- a few years; several years; how many years?
- to open up
- original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- at that time; originally
- a magnificent and unprecedented event (idiom)
- 大陆 Dà lù: 大陆 Da4 lu4: mainland China (reference to the PRC)大陆 dà lù: 大陆 da4 lu4: continent; mainland; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- to give a lecture; to make a speech
- usual; common; ordinary
- up to; no less than; as much as
- what kind?; how, what; somewhat
- everlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanent
- writing; to write; to compile
- the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)
- foundation stone; cornerstone; (fig.) basis; foundation
- today
- proposition (logic, math.); to assign an essay topic
- to have; to possess
- popular feeling; the will of the people
- one's employment; business; matter that needs to be settled; (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding; trying; troublesome; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
- to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over
- to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
- illness; CL:場|场[chang2]; disease; to fall ill; defect
- nowadays; now
- everyone; influential family; great expert
- to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)
- definition; to define
- erudition; scholarly knowledge
- to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app
- category
- to lose; to forfeit
- basic; fundamental; main; elementary
- function; capability
- to have; to possess; to own
- profane; secular; worldly
- satisfactory; consummate; perfect