- dwelling
- daytime
- nurse
- to extract; to squeeze out (juice etc); (fig.) to exploit
- thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all; very clean
- to carry (on one's person); to support (old); Taiwan pr. [xi1 dai4]
- hollow; emptiness; meaningless
- unfit for anything; no good; useless; (of a sick person) beyond hope
- to summon one's (courage, faith etc); to puff up (one's cheeks etc); to bulge; to swell out
- wealthy woman
- letter; piece of correspondence (incl. email)
- true love
- to discuss sth on its own merits; to judge the matter as it stands
- a minor matter; trivia; bar (music)
- father; dad; pa; papa
- in order to avoid; so as not to
- the actual situation; the truth
- to start a war; to make war; to battle against
- state of emergency
- to adjust; adjustment; revision; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to denounce; to condemn
- to mention; to speak of; to talk about
- more or less
- month
- to arrive late
- to pay in advance; to get payment in advance
- to learn of (an event); to hear about (sth)
- blistering hot; sizzling hot (weather)
- not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked; without a stitch of clothing; in one's birthday suit
- Cognac; brandy 白蘭地|白兰地[bai2 lan2 di4] from the Cognac region of southwest France
- start of literary work; opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2]
- 吓 xià: 吓 xia4: to frighten; to scare吓 hè: 吓 he4: to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment)
- to hesitate
- short period of time; a moment
- bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
- very little; very few
- to gain by cheating
- to encumber; to be a burden on; to implicate