- 越 yuè: 越 yue4: to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more越 Yuè: 越 Yue4: generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南
- 大 dài: 大 dai4: see 大夫[dai4 fu5]大 dà: 大 da4: big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- desire; longing; appetite; craving
- strong; intense
- now; this moment
- to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
- to control; to curb; to restrict; to impede; to pin down (enemy troops)
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- to obtain; to receive; to get
- (old) (esp. of the Emperor) to show special favor towards
- still; as before; yet
- unable to; incapable of
- (idiom) to do whatever one pleases
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 路 lù: 路 lu4: road (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind路 Lù: 路 Lu4: surname Lu
- to obstruct; to hinder; to block; obstruction; hindrance
- intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)
- out-and-out; thoroughly
- to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
- to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- to take a wife; to marry (a woman)
- term of respect for a teacher's wife; sorceress
- to scold; to abuse; to curse; CL:通[tong4],頓|顿[dun4]
- heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- to speak out; to declare (one's view)
- purpose; aim; goal; target; objective
- if
- to get oneself a wife; to take a daughter-in-law
- don't!; must not
- civil and military
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- property; belongings
- not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
- 挣 zhēng: 挣 zheng1: used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]挣 zhèng: 挣 zheng4: to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
- 足 zú: 足 zu2: (bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully足 jù: 足 ju4: excessive
- 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
- (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- at last; in the end; finally; eventually
- (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
- really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed