- Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days)
- to bless and protect; blessing
- who would have thought; unexpectedly
- to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 嫌犯[xian2 fan4], criminal suspect
- 旗 qí: 旗 qi2: flag旗 qí: 旗 qi2: banner; flag; (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2]); administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county; CL:面[mian4]
- stiff; inflexible; also pr. [ai2 ban3]
- ugly; unsightly
- happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
- but; however
- court (of king or emperor)
- custom; customary practice
- else; other
- type; style
- on the one hand
- 与 yù: 与 yu4: to take part in与 yǔ: 与 yu3: (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- 似 sì: 似 si4: to seem; to appear; to resemble; similar; -like; pseudo-; (more) than似 shì: 似 shi4: used in 似的[shi4 de5]
- not proper; inappropriate
- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- in hundred and one ways; in every possible way; by every means
- explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve; CL:個|个[ge4]
- not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter
- suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior
- to scold; to abuse; to curse; CL:通[tong4],頓|顿[dun4]
- unfit for anything; no good; useless; (of a sick person) beyond hope
- (derog.) old fool; old bastard
- hurriedly; without delay
- to look for
- satisfactory; agreeable
- forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle
- otherwise; if not; or (else)
- not at all; simply (can) not
- to forgive easily; to let off lightly (often with negative: you won't get away with it)
- original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- nowadays; now
- even more (so)
- plan; idea; decision; CL:個|个[ge4]; Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]
- (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- unintentionally; not in the mood to
- listener; member of audience
- to intend; intentionally; interested in
- to move (to pity); arousing (sympathy); touching
- chest; heart; mind
- to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc); to fiddle with; to stir up
- lit. small abacus; fig. selfish calculations; bean-counting