- start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest
- people
- rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish; Taiwan pr. [xi1han3]
- what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
- how; what way; what
- to earn money; moneymaking
- active; lively; excited; to enliven; to brighten up
- for; for the purpose of; in order to
- to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions
- to set up; to establish
- vice-principal
- 黄 Huáng: 黄 Huang2: surname Huang or Hwang黄 huáng: 黄 huang2: yellow; pornographic; to fall through
- 孟 mèng: 孟 meng4: first month of a season; eldest amongst brothers孟 Mèng: 孟 Meng4: surname Meng
- to work out; to formulate
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- during the current year
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint
- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
- 便 biàn: 便 bian4: plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards便 pián: 便 pian2: used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]
- delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tong4 kuai5]
- period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- international trade
- instructor; lecturer
- 教学 jiāo xué: 教学 jiao1 xue2: to teach (as a professor)教学 jiào xué: 教学 jiao4 xue2: teaching; instruction; CL:次[ci4]
- suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior
- to like; to be fond of
- (sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old); having things decided by the will of a single individual; autocratic rule; (contrasted with 群言堂[qun2 yan2 tang2])
- rigid; inflexible
- to teach; to give lessons
- to be capable of; to be able to; can
- classroom (CL:間|间[jian1]); class session
- cheers and laughter
- to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- subject; course; CL:門|门[men2]; class; lesson; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2]; to levy; tax; form of divination
- lit. a banquet with no empty seats; full house; capacity crowd; standing room only
- to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time)
- English corner; spoken English practice group
- to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm
- slowly; gradually
- reputation; fame
- whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national