- everyday life; regular pattern of life
- to spend one's last years
- in a word; in short; in brief
- 下场 xià chang: 下场 xia4 chang5: the end; to conclude下场 xià chǎng: 下场 xia4 chang3: to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc); to take part in some activity; to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
- usually; in many cases; more often than not
- 不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- to lose; to forfeit
- not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
- a man; a male; men; CL:個|个[ge4]
- male
- lofty quality; mettle; spirit
- 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
- 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-
- basic; fundamental; main; elementary
- dignity; sanctity; honor; majesty
- to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- 时 Shí: 时 Shi2: surname Shi时 shí: 时 shi2: o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- vertical; to erect; to set upright; vertical stroke in Chinese characters; young servant (old)
- 脊梁 jǐ liang: 脊梁 ji3 liang5: (coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)脊梁 jǐ liáng: 脊梁 ji3 liang2: backbone; spine; Taiwan pr. [ji3 liang5]
- to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- hometown; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- (idiom) surreptitious; sneaky
- 藏 cáng: 藏 cang2: to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect藏 zàng: 藏 zang4: storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture藏 Zàng: 藏 Zang4: Tibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])
- horn
- corner; nook; recess; out-of-the-way place
- but; however
- 正 zhēng: 正 zheng1: first month of the lunar year正 zhèng: 正 zheng4: straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive
- what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
- lit. in every trade, a master appears (idiom); fig. You can produce outstanding achievements in any task, provided you put it enough love and diligence
- (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- a castrate
- occasionally; once in a while; sometimes
- to lean on; to rely on
- master; host; owner; CL:個|个[ge4]
- power; influence; a force (military, political etc)
- to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme)
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- among; in; included among these
- (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- famous; noted; well-known; celebrated
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if