Vocabulary: 订书匠
- 尽可能 jǐn kě néng: 尽可能 jin3 ke3 neng2: as far as possible; to the best of one's ability尽可能 jìn kě néng: 尽可能 jin4 ke3 neng2: see 儘可能|尽可能[jin3 ke3 neng2]
- to rub or roll between the hands or fingers; to twist
- bow tie; loop of a necktie; lavaliere
- the day before (an event)
- eyeball; (fig.) attention
- to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations
- kettle; canteen; watering can
- 量 liáng: 量 liang2: to measure量 liàng: 量 liang4: capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word
- spoonful
- teapot; CL:把[ba3]
- 金 Jīn: 金 Jin1: surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)金 jīn: 金 jin1: gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- vapor
- to rise; to go up; to ascend
- to pervade; to fill the air; diffuse; everywhere present; about to inundate (water); permeated by (smoke); filled with (dust); to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc)
- wristwatch; CL:塊|块[kuai4],隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
- to wind up (a watch or other clockwork mechanism)
- (bound form) tooth; (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention
- to purse; to pucker (up)
- saucer; small dish; CL:盤|盘[pan2]
- sharp and clear; crisp; melodious; ringing; tinkling; silvery (of sound); fragile; frail; also written 輕脆|轻脆
- blue and white porcelain
- 陶 táo: 陶 tao2: pottery; pleased陶 Táo: 陶 Tao2: surname Tao
- butter; CL:盒[he2]
- 奶 nǎi: 奶 nai3: breast; milk; to breastfeed奶 nǎi: 奶 nai3: mother
- urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious
- breakfast; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]
- iris (of an eye)
- tea; tea leaves; CL:盒[he2],罐[guan4],包[bao1],片[pian4]
- brown
- to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize
- 帆 fān: 帆 fan1: sail; Taiwan pr. [fan2], except 帆布[fan1 bu4] canvas帆 fān: 帆 fan1: to gallop; Taiwan pr. [fan2]
- withered grass; dry grass