- energy
- to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices
- (historical) affairs of state at the imperial court
- and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
- thought; thinking; idea; ideology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- 东北 Dōng běi: 东北 Dong1 bei3: Northeast China; Manchuria东北 dōng běi: 东北 dong1 bei3: northeast
- the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan
- to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
- they; them
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke
- so long as; provided; if
- Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
- 行 háng: 行 hang2: (bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column; classifier for rows or lines行 héng: 行 heng2: used in 道行[dao4 heng2]行 xíng: 行 xing2: (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4]); (literary) about to; soon
- negative; passive; inactive
- lazy
- every day
- to accompany
- down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- imperial concubine
- palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4]
- plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- to play mahjong or cards
- to wear down; to sap; to whittle away; to while away; to idle away
- (concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- or; either one or the other
- a few; several; how many
- Chinese opera performers
- to perform in opera
- to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements; (old) to bestow (alms etc)
- time; era; period of time
- period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 张 zhāng: 张 zhang1: to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes张 Zhāng: 张 Zhang1: surname Zhang
- person (first person, second person etc in grammar); called; known as
- small; tiny; few; young
- 德 dé: 德 de2: virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind德 Dé: 德 De2: Germany; German; abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]
- to bet; to gamble
- no matter what; despite; to allow (sb to act arbitrarily)
- playing card
- nine; 9
- pai gow (gambling game played with dominoes)
- sparrow; (dialect) mahjong
- signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]); brand; trademark; mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]); (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2 pai2] and 曲牌[qu3 pai2])
- to play yabao (a gambling game); (fig.) to gamble on; to take one's chance; to try one's luck
- 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作 zūo: 作 zuo1: (bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)