- to elucidate; to expound; to study and explain
- major principle; general truth; sermon (reproof); bombastic talk
- fine jade
- (bound form) hungry
- frugal; economical
- extravagant
- to make; to manufacture
- cost; expenditure; expense; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]
- substantially; by a wide margin
- to cut down; to reduce; to lower
- at least; minimum; lowest (amount); minimal
- to educate; to teach; education
- to establish; to build
- Queen Dowager (in Europe); widowed queen; Queen mother
- palace; CL:座[zuo4]
- (idiom) a matter of no great urgency
- to protrude; to stick out; to pout (also written 噘); to embarrass (people)
- to regulate; rules and regulations; regulatory; style and structure (esp. of building)
- brand new
- as before; as ever
- one's own mouth; fig. in one's own words; to say sth personally
- a carved inscription
- sincere; genuine; true
- 圣母 Shèng mǔ: 圣母 Sheng4 mu3: the Virgin Mary圣母 shèng mǔ: 圣母 sheng4 mu3: goddess
- not proper; inappropriate
- old-fashioned; out of date; obsolete; antiquated
- filial piety (a Confucian obligation); respect and obedience to one's parents
- to complete a project
- to inspect; to review; to read; to peruse; to go through; to experience
- Temple in Heaven (e.g. of the Jade Emperor); Tiangong, Chinese space station program
- forehead
- beads of sweat
- vocabulary; list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes); word
- to press hard; to close in on
- for no reason at all
- noisy; raucous; to shout and scream
- base of the ear; ear; (Buddhism) sense of hearing
- lung capacity; lung power; boldness; confidence; self-assurance; vigor
- filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety