- century
- to experience; to go through; experience (CL:段[duan4],次[ci4])
- already; since; both... (and...)
- to contain; to embody; to include
- 着 zhúo: 着 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply着 zhāo: 着 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add着 zháo: 着 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in着 zhe: 着 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
- large scale; extensive; wide scale; broad scale
- to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence); (fig.) to undergo a rough experience
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- countless; numberless; innumerable
- lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed; able to move unhindered; abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
- winding; (fig.) complicated
- not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
- relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 间 jiàn: 间 jian4: gap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontent间 jiān: 间 jian1: between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms
- perilous; touch-and-go; nerve-racking; suspenseful
- odd; bizarre
- billows; great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum)
- (not) even; yet; still
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- mind
- to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
- unlimited; unbounded
- gloom; a lump on the heart
- to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs
- if; in case; in the event that
- among; in the middle; in the center
- impassioned; worked up
- circumstances; plot; storyline
- (bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically; (bound form) bearing; deportment
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 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
- good and evil; good versus evil
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance
- it can clearly be seen (that this is the case); it is (thus) clear; clear; visible
- 得 de: 得 de5: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得 děi: 得 dei3: to have to; must; ought to; to need to得 dè: 得 de4: used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得 dé: 得 de2: to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- author; writer
- 并 bìng: 并 bing4: and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge并 bìng: 并 bing4: to combine; to amalgamate并 Bīng: 并 Bing1: short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- the wording and purport of what one writes
- subject matter
- across the board; comprehensive; overall; global
- to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- extending all the way across; running all the way through
- simple and crude
- monotonous
- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- we; us; ourselves; our
- how; what way; what