- full of youthful vigor (idiom); in the prime of youth
- expressionless; wooden (expression); blank (face)
- to observe the ritual mourning
- to understand; to make allowances for; understanding
- to rescue
- resentful; angry; to enrage sb
- echo; reply; turn (ornament in music)
- tone (of voice); tune
- main street; avenue
- to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
- 挑 tiǎo: 挑 tiao3: to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up挑 tiāo: 挑 tiao1: to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick
- to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers; regardless of perils
- (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of
- to keep watch beside a coffin; to observe a period of mourning
- to dry in the air; (fig.) to cold-shoulder
- to burst in
- to rescue
- to be unmentionable; be unspeakable; must; cannot but
- narrow
- to vent personal spite; to act out of malice (esp. of crime)
- (idiom) chicken-hearted; gutless
- to make an issue of sth; to fuss; to make a song and dance
- to encourage; to foster; to foment
- arrogance; haughtiness
- (onom.) boom (of a drum); knock (on the door)
- to bump one's head; to kowtow with head-banging on the ground
- close to; intimate
- knife; CL:把[ba3]
- at ease; reassured
- dagger
- to slit one's own throat; to commit suicide
- unusual; abnormal
- girl from a wealthy family; unmarried daughter of a noble house