- to darn (clothing); to sew and mend
- shoe; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- vendor's stall
- to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- family financial situation; family circumstances
- slowly; gradually
- to improve; to take a turn for the better; improvement
- (idiom) to live frugally
- classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- to accumulate; accumulation; cumulative; cumulatively
- money; silver
- lane; alley; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to buy; to purchase
- to build a house
- cobbler
- workshop (of artisan)
- 生意 shēng yi: 生意 sheng1 yi5: business; CL:筆|笔[bi3]生意 shēng yì: 生意 sheng1 yi4: life force; vitality
- increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more
- prosperous
- originally; at first; at the outset
- ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shou2]
- 制 zhì: 制 zhi4: system; to control; to regulate制 zhì: 制 zhi4: to manufacture; to make
- fur; fur clothing; skin and hair; superficial; superficial knowledge
- 包头 bāo tóu: 包头 bao1 tou2: turban; headband包头 Bāo tóu: 包头 Bao1 tou2: see 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 Shi4]
- to make; to manufacture
- vehicles and horses
- to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ)
- tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument; talent; ability; to possess; to have; to provide; to furnish; to state; classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies
- to rely mainly on; to attach most importance to
- the Qing court (as government of China)
- Office of Military and Political Affairs (Qing Dynasty)
- outside the door
- to polish; to burnish; to shine
- 厂 hǎn: 厂 han3: "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc厂 chǎng: 厂 chang3: factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant
- to offer (goods or services); to open (for business etc)
- military supplies
- to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- to hook; to sew; to crochet; hook; check mark or tick; window catch
- namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- forever; always; perpetual
- (bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to