- certainly; must; will; necessarily
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- animal hide; leather; to reform; to remove; to expel (from office)
- then; after that; afterwards
- talent; ability; capacity
- to punish; to administer justice
- to imprison; to lock up (in jail)
- penalty; punishment; to punish
- jail cell; prison cell
- one's conduct and deeds
- to regret; to feel remorse
- for; for the purpose of; in order to
- a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time
- delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tong4 kuai5]
- bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
- (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- to go hungry; to endure starvation; famished
- 更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more
- important; significant; major
- this matter
- 传 zhuàn: 传 zhuan4: biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station传 chuán: 传 chuan2: to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)
- to sneer at sb; to ridicule
- to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions)
- dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable
- increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more
- to feel ashamed (idiom)
- straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- what?; something; anything
- to see with one's own eyes; very soon
- to get dark; dusk
- 还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan
- chest; heart; mind
- two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- time; period during the day; one of the 12 two-hour periods enumerated by the earthly branches 地支
- still; as before; yet
- not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing
- the shadow of a human figure; a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb)
- afraid; frightened; to fear
- unexpected; accident; mishap; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 怕 pà: 怕 pa4: to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps怕 Pà: 怕 Pa4: surname Pa
- immediately; at once; right away
- to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture; CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4],個|个[ge4],通[tong4]