- thatched cottage
- grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
- 舍 shě: 舍 she3: to give up; to abandon; to give alms舍 shè: 舍 she4: (bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself, as in 舍妹[she4 mei4]); (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3]舍 Shè: 舍 She4: surname She
- considered to be; at last
- to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
- to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- amiable and approachable (idiom); easygoing; modest and unassuming; (of writing) plain and simple; easy to understand
- honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that
- 读 dòu: 读 dou4: comma; phrase marked by pause读 dú: 读 du2: to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
- a few years; several years; how many years?
- scripture; scriptures; CL:本[ben3]
- hardworking and thrifty in running one's household
- day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
- rich; plentiful
- 起来 qi lai: 起来 qi5 lai5: (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
- to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date; (interpersonal) relationship; association; contact
- prudent; cautious; to be in charge of ritual ceremonies; to hold an important office
- mature; experienced; sophisticated
- never
- bureaucrat; official
- local despot
- to come and go; to have friendly relations with; in the past; previous
- ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; outline; note of Chinese musical scale
- in the country; rural; pastoral
- neighbor; neighborhood
- to comment; to talk about; to discuss; discussion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- current politics; political situation of the time
- all; each and every; in all cases
- 称 chèn: 称 chen4: to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]称 chēng: 称 cheng1: to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praise
- recluse; hermit; used for homophone 癮君子|瘾君子, opium addict
- to multiply; to reproduce; to increase gradually in number or quantity
- to strengthen; to build up; to grow strong and large
- descendant
- (bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- family property
- family; clan
- to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day; more (or better etc) with each passing day
- prosperous; thriving; to prosper; to flourish
- to spread; to circulate; to hand down
- magical; mystical; miraculous
- 故事 gù shi: 故事 gu4 shi5: narrative; story; tale故事 gù shì: 故事 gu4 shi4: old practice
- descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations
- diligent and painstaking
- moral character