Vocabulary: 订书匠
- to strive one's hardest; to spare no effort
- after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis
- at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice
- to accomplish; to achieve
- (idiom) take care of everything; handle everything
- 将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- closely; tightly
- to pile up; to stack
- (in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
- considered to be; at last
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people
- to feel; to sense; to perceive
- a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)
- legs; both legs; two legs
- environs; surroundings; periphery
- dusky
- 蹲 dūn: 蹲 dun1: to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere)蹲 cún: 蹲 cun2: (dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing
- to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- bone; CL:根[gen1],塊|块[kuai4]; moral character; bitterness; Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5]
- to tingle; to sting; to have a sudden sharp pain; (fig.) to hurt deeply; tingle; prick; sting; stab of pain
- ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly
- 直 zhí: 直 zhi2: straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters直 Zhí: 直 Zhi2: surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- to breathe deeply; to pant; to gasp; to take a breather; to catch one's breath
- 比 Bǐ: 比 Bi3: Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]比 bǐ: 比 bi3: to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
- before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- a few; several; how many
- moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- to arise abruptly; to arrive suddenly; happening suddenly
- (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly
- in unbearable anguish; agonizing
- to jerk; to contort; spasm; convulsion
- still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- like; as
- old; aged
- old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents
- same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- weak; frail
- (idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly; (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet
- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- this moment; now; at present