- to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- to clear the way
- actually; in fact; really
- 从 Cóng: 从 Cong2: surname Cong从 cóng: 从 cong2: from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- here
- to make out; to see
- sometime; someday (in the future)
- why?; for what reason?
- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)
- like this; so; such
- to put in an important position
- palace maid; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2],位[wei4]
- to respect deeply; to revere; to esteem
- to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome)
- to orientate; to position; to categorize (as); to characterize (as); positioning; position; niche
- will; shall; to be going to
- to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type
- 摆 bǎi: 摆 bai3: to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum摆 bǎi: 摆 bai3: hem (at the bottom of a garment)
- chart; list; table; register; score (music); spectrum (physics); to set to music
- to rear; to bring up; to nurture
- Dacheng, a county in Langfang City 廊坊市[Lang2 fang2 Shi4], Hebei
- region; area
- lifeline river; river regarded as the cradle of a civilization
- summer; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to bathe; to take a shower
- to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- 抹 mò: 抹 mo4: to plaster; to go around; to skirt抹 mā: 抹 ma1: to wipe抹 mǒ: 抹 mo3: to smear; to wipe; to erase; classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
- (coll.) mud
- to put out; to issue
- (of) all kinds and sorts; various
- wry face; to grimace; to pull a face; comic face; face mask; devil mask
- 当 dāng: 当 dang1: (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)当 dāng: 当 dang1: to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at当 dàng: 当 dang4: at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- everyone; influential family; great expert
- (idiom) to split one's sides laughing
- time; length of time; moment; period
- to mount a sneak attack; to raid
- to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- (idiom) virtually impossible to prevent
- then; at that time; in those days
- to express; to exhibit
- 颇 pō: 颇 po1: rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [po3]颇 Pō: 颇 Po1: surname Po; Taiwan pr. [Po3]
- many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- thinking; scheme