- to keep; to maintain; to preserve
- 着 zháo: 着 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in着 zhe: 着 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state着 zhúo: 着 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply着 zhāo: 着 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add
- to live; life; livelihood
- order; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc)
- 干 Gān: 干 Gan1: surname Gan干 gān: 干 gan1: dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder干 gān: 干 gan1: (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; (archaic) shield干 gàn: 干 gan4: tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed
- some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- physical labor
- emperor; CL:個|个[ge4]
- imperial concubine
- day-to-day; daily; everyday
- everyday life; regular pattern of life
- to spend one's last years
- all one's life; throughout one's life
- in a word; in short; in brief
- 下场 xià chang: 下场 xia4 chang5: the end; to conclude下场 xià chǎng: 下场 xia4 chang3: to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
- usually; in many cases; more often than not
- 不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 好 hǎo: 好 hao3: good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello好 hào: 好 hao4: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- to lose; to forfeit
- not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
- a man; a male; men; CL:個|个[ge4]
- male
- lofty quality; mettle; spirit
- 更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- 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-
- basic; fundamental; main; elementary
- dignity; sanctity; honor; majesty
- to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- 时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- Master (term used by servant); Your Majesty; operator (of machine)
- in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- vertical; to erect; to set upright; vertical stroke in Chinese characters; young servant (old)
- 脊梁 jǐ liáng: 脊梁 ji3 liang2: backbone; spine; Taiwan pr. [ji3 liang5]脊梁 jǐ liang: 脊梁 ji3 liang5: (coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)
- to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- 后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- hometown; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 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]
- 要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce
- (idiom) surreptitious; sneaky
- 藏 cáng: 藏 cang2: to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect藏 Zàng: 藏 Zang4: Tibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])藏 zàng: 藏 zang4: storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture
- horn
- corner; nook; recess; out-of-the-way place
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)
- but; however
- 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
- lit. in every trade, a master appears (idiom); fig. You can produce outstanding achievements in any task, provided you put it enough love and diligence