- farming; agriculture
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- to select; to choose; to pick over; to pick out; to differentiate; to eliminate; also pr. [zhai2]
- 居 Jū: 居 Ju1: surname Ju居 jī: 居 ji1: (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude居 jū: 居 ju1: to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedrooms
- side; adjacent place
- 水 shǔi: 水 shui3: water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment水 Shǔi: 水 Shui3: surname Shui; Shui ethnic group
- current address; place of residence
- to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
- clear sky; sunny day
- to hunt; hunting
- flood season
- flood control; flood prevention
- hills
- (bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition; (bound form) to describe; (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit; (bound form) certificate
- mound; hillock; welt (on the skin); ridge (on the road surface etc)
- royal; imperial household
- lord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocrat; aristocracy
- power; influence
- great family; rich family; large landlord; conspicuous spender or consumer
- head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- to be located at; to be situated at; to lie
- worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
- country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)
- lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom); fig. the transformations of the world
- all things
- village
- October; tenth month (of the lunar year)
- villager
- crop
- 背着 bèi zhe: 背着 bei4 zhe5: turning one's back to (sth or sb); keeping sth secret from (sb); keeping (one's hands) behind one's back背着 bēi zhe: 背着 bei1 zhe5: carrying on one's back
- corn; maize; CL:粒[li4]
- hurriedly
- to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous
- home
- some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- beaten; exhausted; tired
- body; pregnancy; health
- to conceal; to hide behind; to cover up
- (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly
- one's own flesh and blood
- will; shall; to be going to
- to descend; to arrive; to come
- father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]