- (idiom) (of a woman) elegant and supple
- the warbler sings and the swallow dances; prosperity abounds (idiom)
- sweet; cute; delicately pretty
- girl from a wealthy family; unmarried daughter of a noble house
- conforming with the norms of society
- wedding; marriage; CL:門|门[men2],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- to be limited to; to be confined to
- veiled criticism
- lit. an ant trying to shake a big tree (idiom); fig. to overrate one's own strength; also written 蚍蜉撼樹|蚍蜉撼树[pi2 fu2 han4 shu4]
- futile
- both fame and fortune (idiom); both virtue and reward
- candidate who has not yet passed the county level imperial exam
- exam room
- an examiner (for tests, interviews etc); (old) imperial examination official
- exam candidate; student whose name has been put forward for an exam
- perhaps; maybe
- to summon one's courage
- to meet; to see each other; CL:次[ci4]
- official rank
- to notify sb of a call; to call sb to the phone
- (literary) one's native place
- theme; subject
- a member of the same clan; a distant relative with the same family name
- one's proper business
- easy to do; easy to manage
- to show; to reveal
- son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific)
- taboo name (e.g. of emperor)
- funny; ridiculous
- prestige
- to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to admit (a student); to hire (a job candidate)
- short note; slip of paper; stripe; (slang) cop; (old) prostitute
- (idiom) dazed; beside oneself
- (bound form) government office
- to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross
- to suspect; to have misgivings; suspicious; misgivings