- reputation
- capital of a country
- to enter the capital; to go to Beijing
- to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- court; imperial household; dynasty
- high official
- (courteous) home; residence (not one's own)
- to perform on a musical instrument
- many; quite a few; a good number of
- to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
- to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- to darn (clothing); to sew and mend
- old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- shoe; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- vendor's stall
- to be good at; to be adept at
- to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- family financial situation; family circumstances
- slowly; gradually
- to improve; to take a turn for the better; improvement
- 起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]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]
- (idiom) to live frugally
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- 年 Nián: 年 Nian2: surname Nian年 nián: 年 nian2: year; CL:個|个[ge4]年 nián: 年 nian2: grain; harvest (old)
- to accumulate; accumulation; cumulative; cumulatively
- money; silver
- lane; alley; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to buy; to purchase
- 地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- to build a house
- cobbler
- workshop (of artisan)
- 生意 shēng yì: 生意 sheng1 yi4: life force; vitality生意 shēng yi: 生意 sheng1 yi5: business; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more
- prosperous
- originally; at first; at the outset
- to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shou2]
- 制 zhì: 制 zhi4: system; to control; to regulate制 zhì: 制 zhi4: to manufacture; to make
- fur; fur clothing; skin and hair; superficial; superficial knowledge
- 包头 bāo tóu: 包头 bao1 tou2: turban; headband包头 Bāo tóu: 包头 Bao1 tou2: see 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 Shi4]
- gradually