- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- to recline; to lie down
- Saint Helena
- sickbed
- weak; in poor health
- to flow out; to issue; to leak
- those
- often; frequently
- to ponder; to reckon; to turn sth over in one's mind
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- before; formerly; previous; ago
- to maintain (that sth is true); to determine (a fact); determination (of an amount); of the firm opinion; to believe firmly; to set one's mind on; to identify with
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- capability; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
- insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not
- thus; consequently; as a result
- 当 dāng: 当 dang1: (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)当 dāng: 当 dang1: to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at当 dàng: 当 dang4: at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of
- to take up one's pen; to start to write
- to write down
- always
- for fear that; lest; also written 惟恐
- 好 hào: 好 hao4: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to好 hǎo: 好 hao3: good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
- mission; assignment; task; duty; role; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- (of time) to pass; to elapse
- to force; to compel; to coerce
- 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着 zhúo: 着 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply
- to depart; to leave
- world
- to record; record (written account); note-taker; record (in sports etc); CL:個|个[ge4]
- down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- at one's side; on hand
- to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through
- very long; endless
- career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life
- even if; even though
- in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- pale and feeble; powerless
- to try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it)
- to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- my clumsy writing (humble expr.); my humble pen
- to draw the outline of; to outline; to sketch; to delineate contours of; to give a brief account of
- to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc