- very small; very few; very minor
- 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
- unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- to tease
- to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 待 dāi: 待 dai1: to stay; to remain待 dài: 待 dai4: to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to
- I; me; my
- to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
- to come in
- to pay respects; to wish good health; in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1])
- to say hello to; to send one's regards to
- (idiom) spitting anger; in a rage
- to resist; to fight; to defy; anti-
- imperial decree; purport; aim; purpose
- to observe; to obey; to follow; to comply with
- to procrastinate; to stall for time; to filibuster
- 正 zhèng: 正 zheng4: straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive正 zhēng: 正 zheng1: first month of the lunar year
- to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 回 Húi: 回 Hui2: Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)回 húi: 回 hui2: to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or times回 húi: 回 hui2: to curve; to return; to revolve
- this matter
- since; as; this being the case
- to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to
- how; what way; what
- to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
- thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal
- to make a report (to a superior); to give; to endow; to receive; petition
- one time (all the way through); once through
- who would have thought; unexpectedly
- to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- 以 yǐ: 以 yi3: to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)以 Yǐ: 以 Yi3: abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
- tone of voice; connotation in intonation; accent (regional etc); snout; muzzle; lips; protruding portion of an animal's face
- to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer)
- to be willing to part with sth
- to pay; to spend money; to fork out
- 弄 nòng: 弄 nong4: to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with弄 lòng: 弄 long4: lane; alley
- to feel ashamed (idiom)
- next day; the morrow
- to return to; to come (or go) back
- 为 wéi: 为 wei2: as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)为 wèi: 为 wei4: because of; for; to
- 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 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)大 dài: 大 dai4: see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- to exert oneself