- frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- deliberately; on purpose
- to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult; Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2]
- at last; in the end; finally; eventually
- hard to (predict, imagine etc)
- to stand; to have a footing; to be established; to base oneself on
- 打 dá: 打 da2: (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]打 dǎ: 打 da3: a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")
- to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
- 回 Húi: 回 Hui2: Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)回 húi: 回 hui2: to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or times回 húi: 回 hui2: to curve; to return; to revolve
- to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom); to beat one's brains out
- 哄 hǒng: 哄 hong3: to deceive; to coax; to amuse (a child)哄 hōng: 哄 hong1: roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd)哄 hòng: 哄 hong4: tumult; uproar; commotion; disturbance
- unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
- to consolidate; to strengthen; firm; solid; stable
- position; status; place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- every year; each year; yearly
- ten; 10
- Summer Palace in Beijing
- civil and military officials
- to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- rare treasure (idiom)
- to bow to; to pay one's respects; (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion); to make a courtesy call; (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony; to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc); (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
- to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- 寿 shòu: 寿 shou4: long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary寿 Shòu: 寿 Shou4: surname Shou
- after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- character
- benevolent; charitable; kind; kindly; kindness; merciful
- to murder
- (literary) the people; living thing; creature
- 以 Yǐ: 以 Yi3: abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]以 yǐ: 以 yi3: to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- to embody; to reflect; to incarnate
- Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days)
- to arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel; to discharge; (literary) to push aside; to force open; to rehearse; row; line; platoon; (bound form) steak; chop; (bound form) raft; classifier for rows or lines (of people or things)
- 云 yún: 云 yun2: (classical) to say云 Yún: 云 Yun2: surname Yun; short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2]云 yún: 云 yun2: cloud; CL:朵[duo3]
- palace hall
- to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy)
- to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity; (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项[xiang4]); to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
- to finish; to end; to complete
- to attend an opera; to see an opera
- (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday)
- day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)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
- to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb
- to report (to one's superior)