- 三 sān: 三 san1: three; 3三 Sān: 三 San1: surname San
- 年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- (of a period of time) long
- 给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide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)
- ordinary people; the "person in the street"; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
- very serious; grave; profound
- disaster; catastrophe
- to ascend the throne
- to give an order; to issue an order
- to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote
- 民 mín: 民 min2: (bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country民 Mín: 民 Min2: surname Min
- to seize an opportunity
- family member; husband and wife
- to settle; to set up home
- to arrive; to come
- to look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on; without a friend in the world
- to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
- fellow villager
- assistance; aid; to help; to assist
- temporary; provisional; for the time being
- to stay at; to live in (temporarily)
- 于 Yú: 于 Yu2: surname Yu于 yú: 于 yu2: to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle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
- 许 Xǔ: 许 Xu3: surname Xu许 xǔ: 许 xu3: to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps
- rich man; moneybags
- 家 jiā: 家 jia1: used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]家 jiā: 家 jia1: home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to guard; to watch over
- broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of
- 房 fáng: 房 fang2: house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines)房 Fáng: 房 Fang2: surname Fang
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- to go through numerous (setbacks, revisions etc)
- to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
- ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 盖 gài: 盖 gai4: lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build盖 Gě: 盖 Ge3: surname Ge
- thatched cottage
- grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
- 舍 shě: 舍 she3: to give up; to abandon; to give alms舍 Shè: 舍 She4: surname She舍 shè: 舍 she4: (bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself, as in 舍妹[she4 mei4]); (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3]
- considered to be; at last
- to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
- to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- amiable and approachable (idiom); easygoing; modest and unassuming; (of writing) plain and simple; easy to understand
- honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that