- to employ; to appoint; (bound form) to betroth; (coll.) (of a woman) to get married; to be marrried off; (literary) to visit another state as an envoy on a diplomatic mission; Taiwan pr. [ping4]
- dusky
- aristocracy
- temporary imperial residence
- to gaze into the distance
- view; scenery; scene
- residence; dwelling
- pavilion; booth; kiosk; erect
- pavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir; woman's chamber; rack; shelf
- enchantment; magic
- fairy
- on the ground; on the floor
- to roll; to boil
- bound hand and foot (idiom); constrained
- to recall; to think of; to call to mind
- pool; pond; (of metals etc) luster; favor or beneficence; damp; moist
- to tease; to poke fun at; to make fun of
- to summon one's courage
- rash; reckless
- to go on stage; fig. to appear on the scene; used in advertising to mean new product
- to strike a pose (Chinese opera); (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc); (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
- reform; CL:次[ci4],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]; to reform
- plasticity
- natural endowment; gift; talent
- to answer; to reply; to handle; to deal with; response
- to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands; to criticize or give orders summarily
- interest in sth; curiosity; inquisitive
- desire
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- to swallow in one gulp (idiom); (fig.) to accept without thinking; to lap up
- to regard sth as valuable; to think highly of (a younger person, a subordinate etc)
- machine; machinery; mechanical; (old) cunning; scheming
- to personalize; to customize; customization
- absolutely not
- as it should be by rights (idiom); proper and to be expected as a matter of course; inevitable and right
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- to set up; to establish
- 教学 jiào xué: 教学 jiao4 xue2: teaching; instruction; CL:次[ci4]教学 jiāo xué: 教学 jiao1 xue2: to teach (as a professor)
- equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite
- wide-ranging
- equal to; having the same social class or status
- to guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer