- to improve; to take a turn for the better; improvement
- female baby
- Mary or Marie (name); Mali
- baby
- fountainhead; well-spring; water source; fig. origin
- character; temperament; disposition; bad temper; CL:股[gu3]
- 核 hé: 核 he2: pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verify核 hé: 核 he2: to investigate
- to come to terms; to reach an agreement
- 利 Lì: 利 Li4: surname Li利 lì: 利 li4: sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit
- to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
- reward; remuneration
- premium; award money; bonus
- (idiom) since birth; for one's whole life
- on hand; at hand; one's financial situation
- comfortably off; ample; plenty
- (idiom) flourishing; thriving
- the whole family
- crowded; to throng; congestion
- a building of two or more stories; CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
- to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; to get into bed; placement
- horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
- rent
- kitchen; CL:間|间[jian1]
- study (room); studio; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 孟 mèng: 孟 meng4: first month of a season; eldest amongst brothers孟 Mèng: 孟 Meng4: surname Meng
- roof
- time available
- home; residence; to stay at home (unemployed)
- slippers; sandals; flip-flops; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- to make a living by writing; to write (as an author)
- continually; without a break; ceaselessly
- (of time) how long?; (not) a long time
- first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)
- to attack violently; to storm
- quicksand; (patisserie) (usu. attributive) semi-liquid filling (typically custard); lava
- to slander; to libel
- discussion
- meeting; conference; CL:場|场[chang3],屆|届[jie4]
- group of people; camp; faction; sides in a dispute
- (name) Carter; Jimmy Carter (1924–2024), US president 1977–1981