- to try one's utmost; to strive
- when
- Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span
- nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to speak one's mind
- to apologize; to regret; deficient
- to look closely at; to examine
- wholeheartedly; (to devote oneself) heart and soul
- inner feelings; what is deep in one's heart
- to claim credit for oneself
- humble; modest; unpretentious; modesty
- lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
- inferior quality; substandard; low-grade
- one instant; very short time; the twinkle of an eye
- (newspapers etc) copy; copywriter; (office etc) paperwork; (old) secretary; clerk
- scene which recalls past memories (idiom); evocative of the past; reminiscent; to arouse deep feelings
- to pay a formal visit; to call to pay respects; to pay homage (at a monument, mausoleum etc)
- to accompany
- work-related matters; documents
- (coll.) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly; (literary) to depend upon
- ashes
- (idiom) to retire from official service due to old age and return to one's hometown
- family love and joy; domestic bliss
- happiness; happy; blessed
- perpetual motion machine
- notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions
- (idiom) to be faithful to the ruler and love one's country
- to restrict; condition
- machine; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4],個|个[ge4]
- to work; to operate; to revolve; to turn around
- to oversee; to take charge of; to supervise; to administer; supervisory; supervision
- to expend a great deal of effort
- to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to
- the right track