- backbone; mainstay; pillar; definite view; one's own judgment
- over time; as time passes; in the fullness of time
- self-study; to study on one's own
- skill; technique
- self-confidence
- 嘲 zhāo: 嘲 zhao1: used in 嘲哳[zhao1 zha1]嘲 cháo: 嘲 chao2: to ridicule; to mock
- thrush (bird of genus Turdus)
- (bound form) house; (bound form) room
- heartfelt; sincere; unfeigned
- national
- studies; schoolwork
- to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy; steady and serious character
- top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
- to suffer sexual abuse; masochism
- to take drugs
- to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems)
- disaster; misfortune; calamity
- homosexuality; gay person; gay love
- bad person; villain
- to coerce (sb into doing sth bad); to lure (into a trap); to seduce
- bunch of gangsters; criminal gang; organized crime syndicate
- to traffic narcotics; drugs trade; opium trade
- prostitution; to prostitute oneself
- to know from experience; to learn through experience; to realize; understanding; experience
- isolated and without help
- miserable; tragic
- badly damaged; shattered
- welfare services
- good intention; kindness
- inefficient; ineffective
- agility
- tenacious; hard to defeat
- to make friends; (dialect) to start an affair with sb
- to say everything (that is on one's mind)
- 双 Shuāng: 双 Shuang1: surname Shuang双 shuāng: 双 shuang1: two; double; pair; both; even (number)
- suitable; appropriate
- to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous
- previously; before
- to sum up to; to total
- class; period
- 教 Jiào: 教 Jiao4: surname Jiao教 jiāo: 教 jiao1: to teach; to instruct教 jiào: 教 jiao4: (bound form) to teach; to instruct; a religion; to cause (sb to do sth); to tell (sb to do sth)
- 冲 chōng: 冲 chong1: (of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse; to rinse; to flush; to develop (a film); to rise in the air; to clash; to collide with冲 chōng: 冲 chong1: thoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush; to clash冲 chòng: 冲 chong4: powerful; vigorous; pungent; towards; in view of