- some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- puzzled; bewildered
- cause; reason; because
- long-term; for a protracted period
- to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
- trifling; trivial; tedious; inconsequential
- miscellaneous tasks; various chores
- to master (a skill)
- optimistic; sanguine; generous; magnanimous; open-minded
- nature; disposition; temperament; character; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (coll.) today
- how?; what?; why?
- heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- frost; white powder or cream spread over a surface; frosting; (skin) cream
- 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")
- eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal; Guinea squash; phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed); equivalent of "say cheese"
- seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]
- presumably; probably; in all likelihood; surely
- Empress Dowager
- there
- to touch; to meet with; to bump
- nail; snag; saboteur
- everyone; influential family; great expert
- 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]
- (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 ...
- to stop; to halt; to cease
- to see (the same thing) over and over again; to see, to one's surprise, (sth happen suddenly)
- 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-
- to keep totally silent; noiselessly
- 蹲 cún: 蹲 cun2: (dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing蹲 dūn: 蹲 dun1: to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere)
- corner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook
- small; tiny; few; young
- stool; small seat
- 上 shǎng: 上 shang3: used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]上 shàng: 上 shang4: (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; to inhale (esp. smoke); (of fabric etc) to shrink; (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud; to whip; to thrash; classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)
- tobacco (smoked in a long-stemmed pipe)
- to seethe; to sulk; to be pissed off (vulgar)
- apprentice; disciple
- (idiom) cautious; careful; prudent
- to ask; to inquire
- circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- deep; profound
- to sigh
- to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to depart; to leave
- to return home