- to exaggerate
- poor; impoverished
- family member; (old) servant
- residence; (coll.) to stay in at home; to hang around at home
- taxpayer
- 钻 zuān: 钻 zuan1: to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain钻 zuàn: 钻 zuan4: drill; auger; diamond
- gap; unoccupied space or time; fig. gap; loophole
- childhood
- time; era; period of time
- master of the house; head of the family
- to make out; to see
- (physics) high pressure; (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure; high voltage; systolic blood pressure; high-handed; oppressive
- high salary
- of the same generation; person of the same generation; peer
- to refuse; to decline; to reject
- to compete; competition
- quiet; peaceful; calm
- joyful; cheerful; delighted; joy; delight
- learned; erudite
- it is said that; reportedly
- 李 lǐ: 李 li3: plum李 Lǐ: 李 Li3: surname Li
- to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
- 史 Shǐ: 史 Shi3: surname Shi史 shǐ: 史 shi3: history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
- to get; to obtain
- 商 Shāng: 商 Shang1: Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang商 shāng: 商 shang1: commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)
- to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc); output
- vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)
- deposit; down payment
- intellectual; intelligentsia
- social class
- to take the blame (for sb else)
- to educate; to teach; education
- country folk; rustic; rural folk
- like this; so; such
- to embrace; to hug
- hardships; arduous; difficult
- harsh; scathing; acid (remarks)
- tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone
- to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association
- to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 无 wú: 无 wu2: not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less无 mó: 无 mo2: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- 欲 yù: 欲 yu4: desire; appetite; passion; lust; greed欲 yù: 欲 yu4: to wish for; to desire