- to be interested
- circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 采 cǎi: 采 cai3: to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather采 cǎi: 采 cai3: color; complexion; looks采 cài: 采 cai4: used in 采邑[cai4 yi4] and 采地[cai4 di4]
- bard; poet
- as if; to seem like
- a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent
- private school (in former times)
- to work as a teacher; to teach (in a school)
- already
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- assistant; helper
- method; way; approach
- merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
- candidate who has not yet passed the county level imperial exam
- they; them
- to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount
- only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.
- crowd
- (of a period of time) long
- to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- to draw support from; with the help of
- to curb; to put a stop to; to stop; to check; to limit
- we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [za2 men5]
- to inquire after; to look for (sb)
- (old) a person of literary talent; a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post)
- group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
- to handle (affairs); to work
- staff; crew; personnel; CL:個|个[ge4]
- lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling
- to scare away
- what's to be done
- August Heaven; Heaven as supreme deity (often paired with 后土[Hou4 tu3], the Earth Deity)
- to live up to
- resolute person; person with aspirations; people who feel; people who use their heads
- several days
- at last; in the end; finally; eventually
- to make discreet inquiries; to scout out
- habitation; dwelling place; residence; CL:處|处[chu4]
- school; CL:所[suo3]
- there; that place
- preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions)