- to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
- height; level; (music) pitch; relative superiority; propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4 zhi1 gao1 di1]); no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc); at long last
- the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
- 好 hǎo: 好 hao3: good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello好 hào: 好 hao4: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- friend; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- called; named
- to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement; to stay home with nothing to do; to lead a solitary life
- 托 tūo: 托 tuo1: to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm; sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest); (bound form) a shill; torr (unit of pressure)托 tūo: 托 tuo1: to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee
- to pass on; to communicate; to transmit
- since; as; this being the case
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- where; how
- not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing
- texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- three days from now
- evening; night; CL:個|个[ge4]; in the evening
- 吧 bā: 吧 ba1: bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]吧 ba: 吧 ba5: (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.吧 biā: 吧 bia1: (onom.) smack!
- home
- to look forward to sth; to wait respectfully
- didn't expect
- so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tong4 kuai5]
- in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- to brag about; to flaunt
- immediately; at once; right away
- to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom); overjoyed at the turn of events
- to notify; to inform; notice; notification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- 听 yǐn: 听 yin3: smile (archaic)听 tīng: 听 ting1: to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people
- although; even though
- to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
- and; as well as
- son
- 保 Bǎo: 保 Bao3: Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])保 bǎo: 保 bao3: to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system
- 恒 héng: 恒 heng2: permanent; constant; fixed; usual; ordinary; rule (old); one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷟)恒 Héng: 恒 Heng2: surname Heng
- brother's son; nephew
- to celebrate
- these
- they; them
- renown; prestige
- 侯 hòu: 侯 hou4: used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)侯 hóu: 侯 hou2: marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman; high official侯 Hóu: 侯 Hou2: surname Hou