- several; quite a few
- 毛 Máo: 毛 Mao2: surname Mao毛 máo: 毛 mao2: hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
- happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of
- to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb
- 挨 āi: 挨 ai1: in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to挨 ái: 挨 ai2: to suffer; to endure; to pull through (hard times); to delay; to stall; to play for time; to dawdle
- to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth)
- clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize
- reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- down to; up to; to the extent that...
- not without
- to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching
- to work; to handle matters; to have a job
- butcher's shop
- to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head
- plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that
- garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives; (coll.) naive or easily exploited people (esp. small investors or consumers), likened to chives that can be repeatedly harvested for profit
- delicious; savory
- lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully
- from time to time; now and then; occasionally; frequently
- bowl; cup; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
- 夹 gā: 夹 ga1: used in 夾肢窩|夹肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]夹 jiā: 夹 jia1: to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jia2]夹 jiá: 夹 jia2: double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)夹 jià: 夹 jia4: Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]
- several years; many years
- in a flash (idiom)
- to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society
- although; even though
- scanty; meager
- 攒 zǎn: 攒 zan3: to collect; to hoard; to accumulate; to save攒 cuán: 攒 cuan2: to bring together
- pork
- refrigerator; (old) icebox
- a world of ice and snow
- outdoor
- refrigeration; cold storage; to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment
- salt; CL:粒[li4]
- 腌 ā: 腌 a1: used in 腌臢|腌臜[a1 za1]; Taiwan pr. [ang1]腌 yān: 腌 yan1: to salt; to pickle; to cure (meat); to marinate
- to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions
- to rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt
- Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
- to stew
- pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]
- around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear
- time; era; period of time
- several days
- to love dearly; to dote on (sb)