- to work hard; to try to make a living
- 出息 chū xi: 出息 chu1 xi5: future prospects; profit; to mature; to grow up出息 chū xī: 出息 chu1 xi1: to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism)
- public praise; public reputation; commonly held opinions; current idiom
- to test; to put to the test; trial; ordeal
- 监 jiān: 监 jian1: to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison监 jiàn: 监 jian4: (bound form) supervisor; supervisory office (in imperial China)
- to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
- institution; institutional
- richly colorful
- lush
- bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; cellophane noodles; fan; enthusiast for sb or sth (loanword from "fans")
- King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬發|姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC
- younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- name of a state; surname Zou
- to divide and confer (property on one's descendants)
- 土地 tǔ di: 土地 tu3 di5: local god; genius loci土地 tǔ dì: 土地 tu3 di4: land; soil; territory; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]
- feudal fiefdom; land held as a vassal in feudal society; enfeoffment
- temple; ancestral shrine; CL:座[zuo4]; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial
- city; village
- accordingly; in view of the above
- to walk into
- political circles
- to comment; to talk about; to discuss; discussion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- casual conversation; chat; gossip; to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
- Athens, capital of Greece
- temple
- (technical) manual; (book of) directions; synopsis (of a play or film); specification (patent); CL:本[ben3]
- to construct; building; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 摆设 bǎi shè: 摆设 bai3 she4: to set out; to display; to furnish (a room or house)摆设 bǎi she: 摆设 bai3 she5: ornament; decorative item; (fig.) sth that is merely for show
- candle flame
- one by one; one after another
- to appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance); to demonstrate
- likeness of a god or Buddha; (old) portrait of the deceased
- size; dimensions; measurements (esp. of clothes); (coll.) propriety
- texture of timber; quality of material; material (that sth is made of)
- (idiom) take care of everything; handle everything
- experiment; test; CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4]; experimental; to experiment