- 提 dī: 提 di1: used in 提防[di1 fang5] and 提溜[di1 liu5]提 tí: 提 ti2: to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid
- 嘛 má: 嘛 ma2: used in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽[an3 ma2 ni2 ba1 mi1 hong1]; (Tw) (coll.) what?嘛 ma: 嘛 ma5: modal particle indicating that sth is obvious; particle indicating a pause for emphasis
- to move back and forth; to fiddle with
- child
- son
- before; formerly; previous; ago
- similar; analogous
- circumstances; situation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- nervous; on edge; excitable; neurotic
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
- knife; CL:把[ba3]
- sharp (e.g. knife blade); incisive; to the point
- best; had better ...; it would be best to ...
- other; another; separate; separately
- chilling cold; cold and threatening
- firm; resolute; determined
- gaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look; (lit. and fig.) sight; vision
- necessary; essential; indispensable; required
- to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score; not many; only a few
- wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage; CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
- cup; glass; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- to catch and hold on; to continue; to go on to do sth; to follow; to carry on; then; after that; subsequently; to proceed; to ensue; in turn; in one's turn
- first of all; in the first place
- 花 huā: 花 hua1: flower; blossom; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful花 Huā: 花 Hua1: surname Hua花 huā: 花 hua1: flower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]
- short period of time; a moment
- well; carefully; nicely; properly
- a man; a male
- to sink into despondency; (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet
- unexpectedly; suddenly; at unawares; off guard; against expectations
- to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships)
- a few years; several years; how many years?
- to set foot in; to tread (in or on); to walk into
- ominous; inauspicious
- a shiver
- steel
- firm; steady; staunch; resolute
- to have one's hair stand on end (idiom); to feel one's blood run cold
- (idiom) to produce a torrent of words; to talk on and on