- to strive; to struggle
- to suspect everyone; overly suspicious
- 沾 zhān: 沾 zhan1: to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch沾 zhān: 沾 zhan1: to moisten
- pure; innocent
- behind sb's back; secretly
- mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick
- (idiom) to be a cinch; in the bag; (idiom) (of a person) confident of success
- sideline; side occupation
- support; backing
- indifferent; insignificant
- influence; impact
- to seep in; to influence; to nurture; influence; training
- to surge up; to rise; (of tensions etc) to run high
- half a year
- talks; discussions; CL:次[ci4]
- to be fascinated; to be rapt; to long for; to dream of
- beyond the topmost clouds (idiom); unimaginably far away
- audition; dress rehearsal; preview (of a theatrical performance); dummy run
- righteous indignation; moral indignation
- to sneer
- to put oneself in sb else's shoes
- (idiom) (of a person) to be highly respected; to enjoy prestige
- to obtain by an effort; to strive to get sth
- to ignore; to let alone; to indulge
- the present time; to be faced with
- to contrast; contrast; ratio; CL:個|个[ge4]
- lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom); fig. to hit the nail on the head
- privately; secretly; confidentially
- for example
- to substitute into
- front row
- to provoke; to entice; to lure; to tantalize; to tease; to titillate
- to appear (in a show etc); an appearance (on stage etc)
- to shout; to bawl; to yell (to urge on an animal); to hawk (one's wares); to denounce loudly; to shout slogans
- the way one carries oneself
- bound feet (traditional)
- lovely; charming
- to imagine that one's love is reciprocated; to shower affection on an uninterested party
- sweet; happy
- ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead
- to consult a reference; to refer to (another document)
- to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute
- to keep; to retain