- Lu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry
- to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds
- artisan; smith
- rotten
- for now; for the time being; temporarily
- beam; rafter
- to rely on; to depend on; support
- heavy responsibility
- (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job
- to reject; to discard; to get rid of
- intact; in good condition
- to fester; to ulcerate
- lumber; timber
- central room of a traditional Chinese house
- pillar; CL:根[gen1]
- wood
- to choose
- fine; good; first-rate
- maple
- Phoebe zhennan; Machilus nanmu; Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood
- pine wood; deal; larch
- Quercus glanca
- to choose for some purpose; to select and use
- inside; within
- post
- to bend; to curve around; curved; crooked; to wind; to warp
- horizontal beam; wooden crossbar; thwart
- (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; CL:間|间[jian1]; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture
- hollow; empty interior
- compass (drafting)
- carpenter's square; rule; regulation; pattern; to carve
- hatchet
- 桂 gùi: 桂 gui4: cassia; laurel桂 Gùi: 桂 Gui4: surname Gui; abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
- Dram (Chinese Zhangmu), town at Tibet-Nepal border
- capital (of column); smoke tree
- to hew; to cut down
- to light a fire for cooking
- firewood
- to use fully; to put to use
- ability; competence