- overall situation
- to use one's brains; to think
- known to everyone
- to deliver
- to crowd out; to push aside; to supplant
- rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
- to be good at; to be adept at
- servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff
- popular feeling; the will of the people
- bashful; blushing
- main topic; matter at hand
- mental and physical efforts
- not to let sb down; to treat sb fairly; be worthy of
- the outside; (attributive) external; exterior; surface
- conscience
- someone; a certain person; some people; I (self-address after one's surname)
- the reason why
- beautiful; fine
- hale and hearty
- modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks
- to conduct oneself in society
- 累 lèi: 累 lei4: tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard累 lěi: 累 lei3: to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeated累 léi: 累 lei2: rope; to bind together; to twist around
- 掖 yè: 掖 ye4: to support by the arm; to help; to promote; at the side; also pr. [yi4]掖 yē: 掖 ye1: to tuck (into a pocket); to hide; to conceal
- to hold a sinecure (idiom)
- understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name
- to set out (on a campaign); to stand for election; to throw one's cap in the ring
- sincerity; good faith
- to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up sth
- self-evident truth; (math.) axiom
- this side; here
- to understand thoroughly; to see beyond the facade; to see through (sb)
- to be influenced
- to take up a post; to start in a new job
- to be drawn into; to be involved in
- (idiom) to tarnish one's reputation in later life; to lose prestige at a later stage