- many years ago; in the past; in one's early years
- to educate; to teach; education
- to cultivate; to raise; to form (a habit); to acquire
- family member; (old) servant
- feeling; emotion; to move (emotionally)
- and; as well as
- ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged); civilian (contrasted with the military)
- to live; life; livelihood
- character acquired through long habit; habits and properties
- here
- (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- tallest; highest; supreme (court etc)
- to rule a country
- idea; concept; philosophy; theory
- to combine; to link; to integrate; binding; CL:次[ci4]
- 起来 qǐ lai: 起来 qi3 lai5: to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]起来 qi lai: 起来 qi5 lai5: (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state; indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]); indicating completion; (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment; also pr. [qi3lai5]
- 埃 āi: 埃 Ai1: abbr. for Egypt 埃及[Ai1 ji2] or Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亞|埃塞俄比亚[Ai1 sai4 e2 bi3 ya4]埃 āi: 埃 ai1: dust; dirt; angstrom; phonetic ai or e
- thus; so; like that; you; thou
- Ford (name); Ford, US car make
- to meet; meeting; conference
- (concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- (of time) to pass; to elapse
- usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable; to make; to cause; to bring about
- brain; mind; head; essence
- gradually
- mature; ripe; to mature; to ripen; Taiwan pr. [cheng2shou2]
- czar (loanword)
- (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])
- that kind of
- to look as if; to seem
- (of people or relationships) close; intimate; to draw close to; to engage with; to become familiar with (nature, places, ideas, art etc)
- relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi; CL:個|个[ge4]
- frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
- intimate; close
- bringing great benefits (idiom); very useful; of great service; to help greatly; to serve one well
- Talleyrand (name); Prince Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), French diplomat
- teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- to claim; to state; to proclaim; to assert
- 派 pài: 派 pai4: (literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction; (bound form) style; manner; to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb); classifier for factions, groups etc; (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc; (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...; (loanword) pie派 pā: 派 pa1: used in 派司[pa1 si5]
- to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward
- meaning behind the words; what sb really means to say; one's intentions as revealed in one's words; tone of speech
- no matter what or how; regardless of whether...
- fact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
- a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3 zhong1])
- 于 Yú: 于 Yu2: surname Yu于 yú: 于 yu2: to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle于 yú: 于 yu2: (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
- those