- to forget; to overlook; to neglect
- to abandon; to desert; to renounce
- to spurn; to disdain
- thus; consequently; as a result
- one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- maxim
- to sum up; to conclude; summary; résumé; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- generally; in general
- to like; to be fond of
- 见 xiàn: 见 xian4: to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]见 jiàn: 见 jian4: to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
- master; host; owner; CL:個|个[ge4]
- always
- tail; colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]
- 把 bà: 把 ba4: handle把 bǎ: 把 ba3: to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
- 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
- happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
- ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- to get; to obtain; to receive
- food
- to treat as; to regard as; to look upon as
- golden rule; key principle
- Buddha's teaching; Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc; (Daoism) magic weapon; talisman; fig. specially effective device; magic wand
- to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; (in football etc) to pass to
- it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately
- to bless; to protect; protection (esp. divine)
- 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
- tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
- accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child)
- who; also pr. [shui2]
- to exhort; to admonish
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- variegated; heterogeneous; to refute; to contradict; to ship by barge; a barge; a lighter (ship)
- 面子 miàn zi: 面子 mian4 zi5: outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face面子 miàn zi: 面子 mian4 zi5: (medicinal) powder
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- to sb's face; in sb's presence
- to contradict (elders or superiors)
- to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
- 玩 wán: 玩 wan2: to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]); to keep sth for entertainment玩 wán: 玩 wan2: Taiwan pr. [wan4]
- erhua form of 蛐蛐[qu1 qu5]
- cricket (insect)
- (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- on the body; at hand; among
- 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")打 dá: 打 da2: (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]