- to look attentively at; to closely watch; to gaze at
- 稍 shāo: 稍 shao1: somewhat; a little稍 shào: 稍 shao4: used in 稍息[shao4 xi1]
- weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
- to accumulate; accumulation; cumulative; cumulatively
- embrace; bosom
- cold (climate); frigid; very cold
- ice cube; ice chunk
- to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking
- to conceal; to hide behind; to cover up
- whereabouts; (lose) track (of)
- to look; to have a glimpse at; to observe (sth's splendor)
- vein; artery; CL:根[gen1]
- hole; hollow; depression; low-lying
- later generation
- to leap
- to give vent to (one's feelings)
- the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom); (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match
- marriage; CL:門|门[men2]
- (social) class; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (of wind etc) to subside; to die down; to quell; to smooth over (a dispute etc); to suppress (a rebellion etc)
- this time
- fiancé
- candidate; CL:名[ming2]
- to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know
- courtyard
- entrance; to import
- flower; fresh flowers; CL:朵[duo3]
- to arrange; to set up; to lay out; to assign (tasks, homework etc)
- to tidy up; to mop up; a sweep (against crime)
- garland; floral hoop
- colored ribbon; streamer; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to decorate; to dress up; to deck
- to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving
- as the time draws near; at the last moment; temporary; interim; ad hoc
- inevitably
- jealousy (in love rivalry)