- to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
- to placate; to pacify; to appease
- a small part; a small section
- to hold a conversation; to talk over the telephone; phone call
- content; substance; details; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- good opinion; favorable impression
- sense of responsibility
- (of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious; (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting; to strictly enforce
- 相 Xiāng: 相 Xiang1: surname Xiang相 xiāng: 相 xiang1: each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])相 xiàng: 相 xiang4: appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
- (bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to; (before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiao3]
- (a person's) age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]
- excessively; too
- to seek one's livelihood; to work to support oneself; to earn a living
- to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence)
- tranquilizer; sth that sets one's mind at ease
- from childhood; from a young age
- to shoulder; to bear; to undertake
- to neglect one's duty; to be guilty of dereliction of duty
- to marry; to get married
- wedding ceremony; wedding; CL:場|场[chang3]
- scale; scope; extent
- bilateral; both sides; both parties involved
- to attend; to participate; present
- banquet; feast; dinner party; CL:席[xi2],個|个[ge4]
- relatives and friends
- to spend money
- to plot; to scheme; to bring about; to engineer; planning; producer; planner
- to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect); (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])
- magical; magic; illusion
- at that time; originally
- to meet; to run into; to come across
- beautiful
- intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)
- girl; lass
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to
- (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
- to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight
- western part
- pasture; grazing land; ranch
- style
- to eat a meal
- extremely
- only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- to have lost both one's parents
- difficult birth; (fig.) difficult to achieve
- to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned