- to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it
- to attract
- to be on duty (of a security guard etc)
- wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent
- noisy; clamorous
- compared with
- scientific research
- to try to please
- verse (as opposed to prose 散文[san3 wen2])
- bored; boring; senseless
- to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of
- to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander
- mechanism
- rhyming word ending a line of verse; rhyme
- to give a lecture; to make a speech
- nib; pen point; the tip of a writing brush or pencil
- fertile; richly provided
- Plato (c. 427 – c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher
- (broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
- to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super-
- poetry; poetic quality or flavor
- corolla
- wallet; Taiwan pr. [pi2 jia2]
- to receive baptism; baptized
- credentials; certificate
- verse
- 小说家 Xiǎo shūo jiā: 小说家 Xiao3 shuo1 jia1: School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)小说家 xiǎo shūo jiā: 小说家 xiao3 shuo1 jia1: novelist
- to use habitually; habitual; customary
- trick; scheme; ploy; skill
- cellar; basement
- to remember incorrectly
- (often pejorative) trusted aide; confidant; to put one's trust in (sb)
- diocese; parish
- to lock; to lock up; a lock (CL:把[ba3])
- box; case; hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines
- grocer
- to buy; to purchase
- and so on; so and so; many and confused
- to create a work of calligraphy for display in a prominent place (typically, a sign)