- brother's son; nephew
- to be chosen; to be selected
- against orders; to disobey; to refuse to accept orders
- all day long
- no thought for tea or rice (idiom); melancholic and suffering; to have no appetite
- smiles of exultation; radiant with delight
- 同仁 Tóng rén: 同仁 Tong2 ren2: see 同仁市[Tong2 ren2 Shi4]同仁 tóng rén: 同仁 tong2 ren2: (formal) colleague; fellow member (of an organization or profession)
- letter; note-paper
- to lose; to leave behind (inadvertently)
- to bring disaster to
- letter; letter paper
- higher authorities; superiors; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to offend
- to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely; to get to the heart of the matter
- studies; schoolwork
- to come as no surprise; as expected
- (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
- to teach; to bequeath
- flabbergasted; astonished
- 臧 Zāng: 臧 Zang1: surname Zang臧 zāng: 臧 zang1: good; right
- to take an exam; (of an education system) to be exam-oriented
- lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life; to have great hopes for one's offspring; to give one's child the best education as a career investment
- to hand in one's examination script
- neighbors; the whole neighborhood
- (idiom) dizzy
- writings; writing style
- (idiom) (of writing, speech etc) incoherent; nonsensical
- to get drunk
- to succeed by a lucky stroke
- popular grievance; complaints of the people
- to boast shamelessly; to talk big
- preliminary round of imperial examinations; abbr. for 科學考察|科学考察[ke1 xue2 kao3 cha2], scientific exploration
- nephew by the male line
- to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize
- 贡 Gòng: 贡 Gong4: surname Gong贡 gòng: 贡 gong4: to offer tribute; tribute; gifts
- village
- distance apart; separated by a given distance
- to fall well short (in terms of quality, quantity or degree)