- to study; to practice
- readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people's views
- logical; only to be expected; rational and clearly structured (of text)
- to lecture (on branch of learning)
- to learn of (an event); to hear about (sth)
- to ponder; to consider
- (idiom) to turn a blind eye to; to ignore
- to hear but not react (idiom); to turn a deaf ear; to ignore deliberately
- accustomed to; used to
- rights; interests; rights and benefits
- to cover; to hide from view; to obstruct or block; defilade (military)
- cozy and comfortable; to repeat endlessly
- (bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. [yao3]); (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant
- Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar
- to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement; to stay home with nothing to do; to lead a solitary life
- happy; entirely free from worry
- (of troops) in neat formation; (fig.) orderly
- everyday clothes; informal dress; civilian clothes
- gorgeous; magnificent
- appearance
- spirit; mood; (linguistics) modal
- bearing; manner; mien
- to live at home; to stay at home; home (schooling etc); in-home (care etc); household (repairs etc); living (environment etc)
- sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny)
- fighting strength
- 压 yà: 压 ya4: used in 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4 gen1 r5]; used in 壓馬路|压马路[ya4 ma3 lu4]; used in 壓板|压板[ya4 ban3]压 yā: 压 ya1: to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure
- uneasy; ill at ease
- to chat; casual conversation
- lateral side; side; aspect; profile
- 严 Yán: 严 Yan2: surname Yan严 yán: 严 yan2: tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father
- to have misgivings; apprehension; worry; qualm; scruple
- to argue (that); to allege; to dispute; to plead (e.g. not guilty)
- the distant past; ancient times; antiquity; early historical times
- three generations of a family; the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
- to fish
- fisherman
- to chop firewood; to gather firewood
- woodman; woodcutter
- to hold in storage; to retain; to harbor (feelings); to entertain (sentiments); (of abstract things) to exist; there is
- hesitation; misgivings; doubt
- included; within that