- 当 dāng: 当 dang1: (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)当 dāng: 当 dang1: to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at当 dàng: 当 dang4: at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge
- 起来 qi lai: 起来 qi5 lai5: (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
- both hands
- horizontal scroll; banner; streamer
- letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- may you enjoy boundless longevity (idiom); long may you live
- to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- 后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- small; tiny; few; young
- foreigner; (esp.) Westerner
- automatic; voluntarily
- to return to
- to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- elaborate
- to be moved; to be tempted
- to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate
- to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- to praise; to speak highly of; to commend
- to indicate; to point out
- among; in; included among these
- defect; flaw
- to decorate; decoration; decorative; ornamental
- enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out
- title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father; nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]
- 见 xiàn: 见 xian4: to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]见 jiàn: 见 jian4: to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
- surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled; a certain ...; a given ...
- to like; to be fond of
- 可 kè: 可 ke4: used in 可汗[ke4 han2]可 kě: 可 ke3: (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however
- machine; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4],個|个[ge4]
- after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis
- 不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame
- who; also pr. [shui2]
- to guarantee; to vouch for
- 它 tā: 它 ta1: it它 tā: 它 ta1: it (pronoun for an animal)
- a problem appears; to break down
- just in case; if by any chance; contingency
- that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands
- to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment; CL:個|个[ge4]