- 把 bà: 把 ba4: handle把 bǎ: 把 ba3: to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- France
- to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
- tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production; by extension, the lead role
- actor; actress; performer
- to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)
- wonderful; marvelous; brilliant
- to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show; CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4]
- play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate; CL:場|场[chang3]
- my country; our country
- best; had better ...; it would be best to ...
- tragedy; CL:齣|出[chu1]
- the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime
- box (in a theater or concert hall); private room (in a restaurant or karaoke)
- ear; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4],對|对[dui4]; handle (on a cup)
- no good
- therefore; as a result; so; the reason why
- (lit. and fig.) stage; arena
- (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- distance; CL:個|个[ge4]; to be apart from
- usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable; to make; to cause; to bring about
- 听 yǐn: 听 yin3: smile (archaic)听 tīng: 听 ting1: to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- what?; something; anything
- thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- to give an order; to issue an order
- to build (esp. with simple materials); to knock together (a temporary shed); to rig up
- 个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- 台子 tái zi: 台子 tai2 zi5: desk; (pool etc) table台子 tái zi: 台子 tai2 zi5: platform; stand
- armchair
- chair; CL:把[ba3],張|张[zhang1]
- on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shang4 mian5]
- is precisely
- to lean over; to bend over; to stoop; to bow
- to repeat (one's own words or sb else's); (in the classroom) to paraphrase what one has learned
- Oedipus, hero of the tragedy Oedipus Rex by Athenian dramatist Sophocles
- 下面 xià miàn: 下面 xia4 mian4: below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xia4 mian5]下面 xià miàn: 下面 xia4 mian4: to boil noodles
- sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse
- an actor's lines; dialogue; Taiwanese word
- Voltaire (1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer and philosopher
- reputation; fame
- 没 méi: 没 mei2: (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not没 mò: 没 mo4: drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- 能 Néng: 能 Neng2: surname Neng能 néng: 能 neng2: can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- saying; famous remark
- but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just