- to enlighten
- 雷 léi: 雷 lei2: thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)雷 Léi: 雷 Lei2: surname Lei
- stem (of fruit)
- similar; analogous
- Edinburgh, capital of Scotland
- Scotland
- scholar
- to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- to participate (in sth)
- width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
- a collector (e.g. of artworks)
- to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through
- origin; source; relationship
- to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming
- Paris, capital of France
- to purchase; to acquire
- New York
- Joseph (name)
- 杜 Dù: 杜 Du4: surname Du杜 dù: 杜 du4: birchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent; to restrict
- favor; grace; kindness; (coll.) used like 嗯[en4] in online chat, expressing agreement
- to toss about in bed; from person to person; indirectly; to wander
- (name) Samuel
- auction; CL:場|场[chang3]
- first; first time; for the first time
- to be published (of art, literary works etc); to come out; to take shape; to see the light of day
- regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
- source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion); origin; where sth comes from
- unable to reach a decision (idiom); cannot agree on the right choice; no unanimous decision; still a matter of discussion
- everyone; influential family; great expert
- universal; general; widespread; common
- to approve of; to endorse; to acknowledge; to recognize; to identify oneself with
- to come from (a place); From: (in email header)
- illustrious; prominent; prestigious; well-known
- member
- pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of sth; the cream of the crop
- strokes of a Chinese character
- 作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)作 zùo: 作 zuo4: to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
- to lay a foundation (also fig.); to make a first sketch; to eat sth before drinking; to apply an undercoat
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- fountain pen; CL:支[zhi1]
- line (in drawing, calligraphy etc); the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)