- to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance
- temperature; CL:個|个[ge4]
- second only to ...; ranking behind only ...
- to show appreciation for sb; to look upon sb with favor
- natural disaster
- each month
- to withdraw (money)
- wife and children; wife
- to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
- direct line of descent; under one's personal command; school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine
- net for fishing or bird catching; (fig.) fetters; to snare (a valuable new team member etc); to bring together under the one umbrella
- deputy general
- (idiom) to have some sort of connection (personal or familial etc)
- brilliant; glorious
- to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
- meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom)
- betrothal gift; bride price
- to play matchmaker; to act as a middleman
- trouble; difficulty; problem
- the bride's side (of a wedding); of the bride's party
- to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad
- careless; casual; vague; not so bad; so-so; tolerable; fair
- to vouch for; to guarantee
- to see off; to send off
- cannot blame; no wonder
- few; scant; widowed
- to be unable to tolerate or endure; to find sth difficult to manage
- whole; full
- to leave early and return late (idiom)
- discontent; complaint; to complain