- (formal) to go to; to head for
- fixed amount; quota
- an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune
- see 百思不解[bai3 si1 bu4 jie3]
- (idiom) one after another; in quick succession
- tune; melody; tuning; cadence; intonation; (speech) tone
- 丧气 sàng qì: 丧气 sang4 qi4: to feel disheartened丧气 sàng qi: 丧气 sang4 qi5: unlucky
- original idea; real intention; etymon
- to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; (in football etc) to pass to
- wife's father, father-in-law
- (sports) to call a time-out; to halt; to put a stop to; to put on hold
- to reach adulthood; an adult
- to drag; to pull; to raise a child (through difficulties); to help; to support; to drag in; to chat
- generous gifts
- to convey orally; to pass on by word of mouth (instructions, information, stories etc)
- earl; count; earldom or countship (old)
- clever-clever; clever in trivial matters; sharp but petty-minded
- to make an exception
- Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented
- to degenerate; impoverished; to fall (into poverty); to be reduced (to begging)
- (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)
- mountain ranges
- customary law; common law
- to shoot a glance; glance; to appear in a flash
- book worship; bookishness
- see 失之東隅,收之桑榆|失之东隅,收之桑榆[shi1 zhi1 dong1 yu2 , shou1 zhi1 sang1 yu2]
- father-in-law (wife's father)
- emperor's son-in-law
- taste; flavor; feeling
- to seethe; to sulk; to be pissed off (vulgar)
- there is no alternative