- inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times
- or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- fence; hedge; (literary) screen; barrier; vassal state; Taiwan pr. [fan2]
- 当 dāng: 当 dang1: (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)当 dàng: 当 dang4: at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)当 dāng: 当 dang1: to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
- 赚 zhuàn: 赚 zhuan4: to earn; to make a profit赚 zuàn: 赚 zuan4: to cheat; to swindle
- many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis
- 上 shàng: 上 shang4: (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid; to carry weight; to regard as; to consider (to be ...)
- because; owing to; on account of
- last time
- that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- to handle (affairs); to work
- nimble
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
- to get in touch with; to contact; to stay in contact (with); liaison; (math.) connection
- this matter
- name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- 也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable
- county magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
- 正 zhèng: 正 zheng4: straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive正 zhēng: 正 zheng1: first month of the lunar year
- what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom); Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- for; for the purpose of; in order to
- quickly; at once
- to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
- 能 néng: 能 neng2: can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy能 Néng: 能 Neng2: surname Neng
- to take an official post; to become a government employee
- desire; wish
- 便 biàn: 便 bian4: plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards便 pián: 便 pian2: used in 便宜[pian2 yi5]; used in 便便[pian2 pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2 xuan1]
- to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- fortuitously; luckily; as chance has it
- frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- to accompany
- demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation; curious coincidence
- temporary imperial residence
- cotton thread; yarn cotton