- junior; primary
- desire; wish
- to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably
- 落空 lùo kōng: 落空 luo4 kong1: to fail; to fall through; to come to nothing落空 lào kōng: 落空 lao4 kong1: to fail to achieve something; to be fruitless落空 là kòng: 落空 la4 kong4: to omit; to neglect (to do sth); to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by
- early spring
- dissatisfied; discontented; resentful; (before a number) to be less than
- diocese; parish
- to vote; to cast a vote
- clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite
- (idiom) to appoint people by favoritism; to practice cronyism (or nepotism)
- indignant; furious
- brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless
- to cross over; to transcend; to cover distance; to overcome; to rise above
- direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- pope
- (bound form) sincere; genuine; (bound form) (of an illness) serious
- 世 shì: 世 shi4: life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble世 Shì: 世 Shi4: surname Shi
- to request; to ask; request (CL:個|个[ge4])
- to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion
- to implement; to carry out; to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc); to promote; to advance (the practice of an art form, the use of a language etc); to push along (a bicycle etc while walking)
- to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw
- to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc)
- to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail
- the Vatican
- to lose
- effectiveness; positive effect; to serve (in some capacity)
- just recently; just a moment ago
- to set out; to set in motion; the start (of some activity)
- thereupon; subsequently; accordingly
- to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music)
- office; duty
- to assign; to appoint; assignment
- should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned
- historian
- distressed; laden with grief
- evening; night; late
- several days
- (archaic) to live in seclusion; to pass away
- like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- undoubtedly; without doubt; for sure
- perfect
- improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- unable to; incapable of
- to concentrate fully on sth; single-minded
- studies; schoolwork
- as before; still; to remain the same
- exceptional; outstandingly good