- to seem; to look; to appear
- many; a lot of; much
- easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- well; carefully; nicely; properly
- to reunite; to have a reunion
- then; after that; afterwards
- to plot; to scheme; to calculate
- craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade
- 女人 nǚ ren: 女人 nu:3 ren5: wife女人 nǚ rén: 女人 nu:3 ren2: woman
- inside
- to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress
- ought to; should; must
- cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
- woman; female
- they; them (females)
- firstly, ...
- occupation; profession; vocation; professional
- to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- one or two; a few; a little; just a bit
- to crane one's neck; to await eagerly; to lead; to show the way
- tide; current; trend
- 准 zhǔn: 准 zhun3: to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of准 zhǔn: 准 zhun3: accurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-
- that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong
- (idiom) time and tide wait for no man
- to do what needs to be done, without delay
- grocery store; emporium
- wicker basket
- basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
- 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)
- adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack
- classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- rouge
- rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
- and so on; and such
- well-bred young lady
- to dress and groom oneself
- (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- to hawk (one's wares); to peddle
- 于 yú: 于 yu2: to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle于 Yú: 于 Yu2: surname Yu于 yú: 于 yu2: (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- (idiom) red-light district
- to come and go; to roam about (mostly unseen); (of a ghost) to haunt (a place); (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets); (of the sun) to rise and set