- tide; current; trend
- that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong
- (idiom) time and tide wait for no man
- to do what needs to be done, without delay
- grocery store; emporium
- wicker basket
- basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
- rouge
- rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyriferus)
- and so on; and such
- well-bred young lady
- to dress and groom oneself
- to hawk (one's wares); to peddle
- (idiom) red-light district
- to come and go; to roam about (mostly unseen); (of a ghost) to haunt (a place); (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets); (of the sun) to rise and set
- brothel; whorehouse
- powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]); to be a fan of
- hairstyle; coiffure; hairdo
- branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
- the sky; the heavens
- 波 Bō: 波 Bo1: (bound form) Poland (abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bo1 lan2]); surname Bo波 bō: 波 bo1: wave; ripple; storm; surge
- picture; image; film; movie; photograph; reflection; shadow; trace
- appearance; looks; profile; countenance
- delicate and pretty
- to observe; to watch; to survey
- crystal
- 帘 lián: 帘 lian2: flag used as a shop sign帘 lián: 帘 lian2: hanging screen or curtain
- to comb; fig. to sort out
- fine black hair; dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient)
- tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (property); to shift; to move (sth big and heavy); classifier for things resembling a plate or dish; classifier for coils; classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
- strand; thread; detailed; in detail; classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair)
- hair worn in a bun or coil
- technique; method
- almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad
- the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom); (fig.) nickname for a famous beauty or courtesan
- known to everybody
- known to everyone
- to learn (sth); to learn about