- affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- to make headway; to make progress
- to calm down; to quell one's anger
- one's words carry an implicit meaning
- slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate
- 神 shén: 神 shen2: god; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing神 Shén: 神 Shen2: God
- to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
- to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly
- to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end
- slave; fig. flunkey
- to forget; to overlook; to neglect
- to arrange; to settle; to complete; to carry through
- to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
- can't help it; can't bear it
- a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)
- excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation
- (literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just; just; only a short while ago
- to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- 没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- 连 Lián: 连 Lian2: surname Lian连 lián: 连 lian2: to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even; company (military)
- warship; military naval vessel; CL:艘[sou1]
- cannot afford; can't afford buying
- 哪 na: 哪 na5: (emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")哪 né: 哪 ne2: used in 哪吒[Ne2 zha1]; Taiwan pr. [nuo2]哪 něi: 哪 nei3: which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)哪 nǎ: 哪 na3: how; which
- money; silver
- to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- powerful; forceful; vigorous
- evidence; proof; testimony
- original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)
- to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive
- writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
- a sum of money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- 呢 ne: 呢 ne5: (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech呢 ní: 呢 ni2: dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- 嗯 ēn: 嗯 en1: (a groaning sound)嗯 èn: 嗯 en4: (nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah; what?嗯 en: 嗯 en5: interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis
- item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
- major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 别 Bié: 别 Bie2: surname Bie别 bié: 别 bie2: to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc); (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])别 biè: 别 bie4: to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
- disturbance; trouble
- thus; consequently; as a result
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious