- to think to oneself; to think
- preliminary round of imperial examinations; abbr. for 科學考察|科学考察[ke1 xue2 kao3 cha2], scientific exploration
- front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- evening; night; late
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- God; Heavens
- ought to; should; must
- 告诉 gào sù: 告诉 gao4 su4: to press charges; to file a complaint告诉 gào su: 告诉 gao4 su5: to tell; to inform; to let know
- decreed by fate (idiom); destined; fated
- 要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- to win top marks in the imperial examinations
- termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close
- (idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
- to review or peruse
- exam paper
- to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire
- article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning; CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]
- point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; CL:個|个[ge4]
- original
- to relate (a story or information); to tell or talk about; to recount; narration; telling; narrative; account
- flowing (of speech, writing); fluent; smooth and easy
- Yellow River or Huang He
- torrential
- 得 dé: 得 de2: to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished得 dè: 得 de4: used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得 de: 得 de5: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得 děi: 得 dei3: to have to; must; ought to; to need to
- smiles of exultation; radiant with delight
- lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc); fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
- to applaud; to cheer
- to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change
- to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 见 jiàn: 见 jian4: to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view见 xiàn: 见 xian4: to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]
- his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- handsome
- face
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
- indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
- the writing style mirrors the writer (idiom)
- thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more
- happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of
- to mention; to speak of; to talk about
- not in the least; to completely lack
- putting on official airs
- amiable and approachable (idiom); easygoing; modest and unassuming; (of writing) plain and simple; easy to understand
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- to talk freely; to discuss without inhibition