- to have a taste of; to sample
- 过 guo: 过 guo5: (experienced action marker)过 Gūo: 过 Guo1: surname Guo过 gùo: 过 guo4: to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-
- flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor
- thus; consequently; as a result
- sudden; abrupt; unexpected
- to rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue
- 要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- personally; in person; oneself
- to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- fried egg
- round flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- 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})
- all; to have; to possess; to own
- to need; to require; essential; indispensable
- (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job
- small room opening off another; inner room; suite; apartment; flat; (Tw) room with private bathroom
- 里 lǐ: 里 li3: lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]里 Lǐ: 里 Li3: Li (surname)里 lǐ: 里 li3: li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 正当 zhèng dàng: 正当 zheng4 dang4: honest; reasonable; fair; sensible正当 zhèng dāng: 正当 zheng4 dang1: timely; just (when needed)
- busy with
- to arrange; to handle; to cook; cuisine; art of cooking
- undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to arrive unexpectably; unexpected
- or; either one or the other
- just; exactly; to happen to be
- to pass by or through
- 从 Cóng: 从 Cong2: surname Cong从 cóng: 从 cong2: from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- which; who
- talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly
- there; that place
- to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
- to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of
- 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
- nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised
- to pay a visit
- the latter
- a little
- poverty-stricken; very poor; hard-pressed; in a predicament; embarrassed
- to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
- 挡 dàng: 挡 dang4: to arrange; to put in order挡 dǎng: 挡 dang3: to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
- 着 zhúo: 着 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply着 zhāo: 着 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add着 zháo: 着 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in着 zhe: 着 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- to see; to catch sight of
- what are you doing?; what's he up to?
- to ask the way; to ask
- 啊 ǎ: 啊 a3: interjection of surprise or doubt; Eh?; My!; what's up?啊 à: 啊 a4: interjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition; Oh, it's you!啊 a: 啊 a5: modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent啊 á: 啊 a2: interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer; Eh?; what?啊 ā: 啊 a1: interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!
- as if; to seem like