- to carve a seal; a seal
- to make discreet inquiries; to scout out
- (literary) house; building
- continuous; unbroken; uninterrupted; extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc)
- to display; to exhibit; to set out; furnishings
- arrangement; composition; layout; opening (chess jargon)
- to decorate; to adorn; sprinkled; studded; only for show
- flowers and trees; plants; flora
- hidden from view; alternately hidden and visible; setting off each other
- awkward; difficult; uncomfortable; not agreeing; at loggerheads; gauche
- the latter
- to run away; to flee (the country)
- scar; CL:道[dao4]
- extravagant
- to eat and drink; food and drink
- to follow sb's example; to emulate; (of troops etc) to dress (come into alignment for parade formation)
- upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress
- to climb
- a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
- food
- (of a couple) to be sweet to each other; lovey-dovey; tired of; fed up with; sick of (synonym of 膩味|腻味[ni4 wei5])
- street food; snack
- character acquired through long habit; habits and properties
- to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once
- to gather; to collect; to bring together
- restaurant; CL:家[jia1]
- 好吃 hǎo chī: 好吃 hao3 chi1: tasty; delicious好吃 hào chī: 好吃 hao4 chi1: to be fond of eating; to be gluttonous
- local conditions and customs (idiom)
- products; produce; natural resources
- (geology) landform; geomorphology
- mutton; goat meat
- meat and bread soup (a specialty of Shaanxi cuisine)
- small store
- to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction
- Song dynasty (960-1279)
- Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1]
- short name for Gansu 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4]
- food; delicacies
- 腊 xī: 腊 xi1: dried meat; also pr. [xi2]腊 là: 腊 la4: ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month; the 12th lunar month; (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar month
- surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]; short name for 陝西|陕西[Shan3 xi1]
- to boil; to brew (tea); to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce; (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times)