- itself; oneself; one's own
- skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort
- to be on the alert; vigilant; alert; on guard; to warn
- to set up; to establish
- model; example (for people to follow); (in reference to a person) role model
- nature; disposition; temperament; character; CL:個|个[ge4]
- elementary school; primary school
- window; CL:扇[shan4]
- 蹲 cún: 蹲 cun2: (dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing蹲 dūn: 蹲 dun1: to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere)
- 泥 ní: 泥 ni2: mud; clay; paste; pulp泥 nì: 泥 ni4: restrained
- to attend a class; to go to a lecture
- school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; CL:個|个[ge4]; to operate
- 高中 gāo zhōng: 高中 gao1 zhong1: senior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])高中 gāo zhòng: 高中 gao1 zhong4: to pass brilliantly (used in congratulatory fashion)
- to board at school
- to sleep; to lie down
- each person; everybody; per person
- to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- inside; interior; also pr. [li3 mian5]
- all year round
- whole; all
- foodstuff; cereals; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- winter
- to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- one week; all the way around; a whole cycle
- summer; CL:個|个[ge4]
- childhood
- unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
- impoverished; poverty
- assistance; aid; to help; to assist
- today; the present time; now
- hardworking; diligent
- Chinese style; à la chinoise
- to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc); to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc)
- (name) Franklin; Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author
- poor; impoverished
- to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- decreed by fate (idiom); destined; fated
- to die of old age
- thought; thinking; idea; ideology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- many years; for many years; longstanding
- words; speech; to say; to talk