- to vanish without trace (idiom); to lie low
- near; close to; approximately
- (of a period of time) long
- lasting until; up till (the present)
- end of the century
- to reappear
- rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld
- called; named
- merchant; businessman
- 金 Jīn: 金 Jin1: surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)金 jīn: 金 jin1: gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris); to thatch (a roof)
- 堡 pù: 堡 pu4: used in place names堡 bǎo: 堡 bao3: (bound form) fortress; stronghold; (often used to transliterate -berg, -burg etc in place names); (bound form) burger (abbr. for 漢堡|汉堡[han4 bao3])堡 bǔ: 堡 bu3: village (used in place names)
- 马克 Mǎ kè: 马克 Ma3 ke4: Mark (name)马克 mǎ kè: 马克 ma3 ke4: mark (monetary unit)
- 注 zhù: 注 zhu4: (bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject; (bound form) to focus (one's spirit, gaze etc) on a single point; to concentrate; (bound form) stake (in gambling); classifier for stakes, sums of money, transactions or beams of light注 zhù: 注 zhu4: to annotate; to provide explanatory notes on a written text; an annotation; an explanatory note; (bound form) to put on record; to register
- in former times; the olden days
- currency; monetary; money
- unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform); CL:個|个[ge4]
- price
- pharmacist
- (formal) widow
- nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
- Boole (surname); (math.) Boolean
- 高 Gāo: 高 Gao1: surname Gao高 gāo: 高 gao1: high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks)
- monastery; convent
- to flow into; inflow
- (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony; (fig.) to take as one's wife; to marry (a woman)
- to manufacture medicine
- family influential for generations; aristocratic family
- rapid; speedy; fast
- to pass on; to resell; to change hands
- basic level; grassroots unit; basement layer
- 杨 yáng: 杨 yang2: poplar杨 Yáng: 杨 Yang2: surname Yang
- slab; board; plank; CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4]
- to form; to make up; to constitute
- 过去 gùo qu: 过去 guo4 qu5: (verb suffix)过去 gùo qù: 过去 guo4 qu4: (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
- face
- to see
- clear; distinct; obvious
- 龟 gūi: 龟 gui1: tortoise; turtle; (coll.) cuckold龟 qīu: 龟 qiu1: used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]
- crack; crevice; CL:道[dao4]
- oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning
- 木 mù: 木 mu4: (bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden木 Mù: 木 Mu4: surname Mu
- to glue; glue; gum; rubber