- if it were not for; but for
- 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
- already at an earlier time
- 了 liǎo: 了 liao3: to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least了 le: 了 le5: (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)了 liǎo: 了 liao3: (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- good looks (of a woman)
- really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- mediocre; indifferent; commonplace
- by contrast; but as for this...; viewed from another angle; subjectively; introspection
- not only (... but also ...)
- attitude; posture; stance
- grace; graceful
- (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- pretty; beautiful
- outstanding; peerless; beyond compare
- especially; particularly
- to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- even more (so)
- lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom); fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful; also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qing1 cheng2 qing1 guo2]
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 色 shǎi: 色 shai3: (coll.) color; used in 色子[shai3 zi5]色 sè: 色 se4: color; CL:種|种[zhong3]; look; appearance; sex
- the most
- to pick out; to select; to elect
- to pass; to go through; process; course; CL:個|个[ge4]
- careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out; (dialect) thrifty; frugal
- to inspect; to observe and study; on-the-spot investigation
- to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- father's sister; paternal aunt
- 这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this
- only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- 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
- 种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate
- signal
- I; me; my
- (idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest
- you (plural)
- 都 Dū: 都 Du1: surname Du都 dōu: 都 dou1: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all都 dū: 都 du1: capital city; metropolis