- deliberately
- tall; lofty; towering
- lowly; humble
- Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2] to whom the history Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4] is attributed
- to hide
- Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
- sages of the past; worthy predecessors
- brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy; all smiles
- servile
- to bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
- client; customer
- to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
- 单子 dān zǐ: 单子 dan1 zi3: the only son of a family; (functional programming or philosophy) monad单子 dān zi: 单子 dan1 zi5: list of items; bill; form; bedsheet
- (idiom) to feign civility
- rank; class; (Japanese martial arts and board games) dan
- position and wealth (idiom); rank, fame and fortune
- to have no alternative (idiom); compelled by circumstances; forced into sth
- Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as 顏回|颜回[Yan2 Hui2]
- to serve; to attend upon
- vehicles and horses
- my (polite); poor; ruined; shabby; worn out; defeated
- et cetera; and so on ...; wait a minute!; hold on!
- can't wait
- to feel attached to; to long for; to love
- frank; straightforward; blunt
- to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc); to stand out markedly
- contribution; meritorious service; credit
- provisions are exhausted; out of food
- between the two countries; bilateral
- with great difficulty; very difficult
- 弄 lòng: 弄 long4: lane; alley弄 nòng: 弄 nong4: to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with
- 米 mǐ: 米 mi3: uncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan米 Mǐ: 米 Mi3: surname Mi
- to cook
- (of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place; (of grease etc) dripping everywhere; flowing all over the place
- to see; to catch sight of