- to complement; to make up for a deficiency
- attitude (of the heart); state of one's psyche; way of thinking; mentality
- important; significant; major
- otherwise; if not; or (else)
- grievance; resentment; complaint
- conflict; to conflict; clash of opposing forces; collision (of interests); contention
- to organize; to set up; to establish
- crucial point; crux; CL:個|个[ge4]; key; crucial; pivotal
- here
- some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun
- life (one's time on earth)
- great; important; major; significant
- to choose (literary)
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- reason; intellect; rationality; rational
- according to; basis; foundation
- many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- to originate in
- heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter
- strong; intense
- to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge
- to like; to be fond of
- passion; fervor; enthusiasm; strong emotion
- (in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
- to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4])
- to take in; income; revenue; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]
- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
- dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc)
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- everything; every; all
- 常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- to mention; to speak of; to talk about
- 称 chèn: 称 chen4: to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]称 chēng: 称 cheng1: to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise
- place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located
- (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance