- firefly; glowworm; lightning bug
- 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
- they; them
- light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- to help; to assist
- to read; to study
- place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located
- nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood
- recently; soon; nearest
- a few years; several years; how many years?
- inevitably
- to produce (by natural growth, or by manufacture, mining etc); to yield; to turn out; produce; products
- to shake; to vibrate; to strongly affect; shock; vibration
- heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity
- final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
- 洗 xiǎn: 洗 xian3: used in 洗馬|洗马[xian3 ma3]洗 xǐ: 洗 xi3: to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)
- hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- to burn incense
- to pray; prayer
- to sit quietly; to meditate; to stage a sit-in
- to meditate; meditation
- for a long time; for ages
- 告诉 gào sù: 告诉 gao4 su4: to press charges; to file a complaint告诉 gào su: 告诉 gao4 su5: to tell; to inform; to let know
- father and mother; parents
- thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- along with; in the wake of; following
- mysterious; mystery
- words; speech; utterance; discourse
- and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
- 中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right
- to recall; to think of; to call to mind
- matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- I; me; my
- to pass away; to die
- (idiom) to be overcome with grief
- cause; reason; because
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt
- funeral
- making an all-out effort (idiom); to try one's heart out; to do one's utmost
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- carelessly; hastily