- 当时 dàng shí: 当时 dang4 shi2: immediately; right then当时 dāng shí: 当时 dang1 shi2: then; at that time
- brains; mind; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- to differ
- light-years (apart); a million miles (apart); (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance)
- fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 听 yǐn: 听 yin3: smile (archaic)听 tīng: 听 ting1: to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- to understand; to comprehend
- complete; whole; totally; entirely
- aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc); (geology) bedding plane
- 上 shàng: 上 shang4: (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- actually; in fact; really
- media, esp. news media
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- time; length of time; moment; period
- really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine; (math.) proper
- those
- industry
- person; figure; public figure
- dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- they; them
- usually; in many cases; more often than not
- angle; (fig.) point of view
- (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
- mass-oriented; to cater for the masses; popularized
- to explain; to expound; to interpret; elucidation
- but; however
- really; indeed
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- to enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude); enlightenment; revelation; motivation
- to encourage; to urge; motivation; incentive
- liberal arts; humanities
- to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin
- technology; technique; skill; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]
- to have no opportunity; no way (of doing sth); no chance; no connection; not placed (in a competition); (in pop lyrics) no chance of love, no place to be together etc
- 网络 Wǎng lùo: 网络 Wang3 luo4: Internet网络 wǎng lùo: 网络 wang3 luo4: network (computing, telecommunications, transport etc)
- 成功 Chéng gōng: 成功 Cheng2 gong1: Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan成功 chéng gōng: 成功 cheng2 gong1: to succeed; success; successful; fruitful
- Ding Lei (1971–), founder and CEO of NetEase 網易|网易[Wang3 yi4]
- Ma Huateng aka Pony Ma (1971-), Chinese business magnate, CEO of Tencent
- Robin Li (1968–), founder and CEO of Baidu 百度[Bai3 du4], a PRC Internet company
- 都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis
- the sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科[wen2 ke1])
- specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4]; professional