- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- next; secondly
- enough; sufficient
- to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from
- to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- to recite silently; to chant silently
- to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish
- to share (let others have some of sth good)
- vexed; distressed
- first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one)
- a relative (i.e. family relation); CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad
- all day long; whole day
- to bully
- a comedy; CL:部[bu4],齣|出[chu1]
- gaze; insight; foresight; vision; way of looking at things
- seldom; rare; hard to come by
- condiments; seasoning
- 处 chǔ: 处 chu3: to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish处 chù: 处 chu4: (bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, point
- only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
- lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom); fig. beside the point; ineffectual
- to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus
- surface; face; outside; appearance
- to exert all one's strength
- to amuse oneself; to clown around; to provoke laughter
- superficial; shallow
- to pursue a goal with determination; inspirational; motivational
- 打 dǎ: 打 da3: a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then")打 dá: 打 da2: (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- Confucius and Mencius
- to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shui4 fu2]
- combat; to fight
- arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous; to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
- those
- to throw off; to struggle free of; Taiwan pr. [zheng1 tuo1]
- to hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc)
- depressed; resentful; discontented; indignant; perturbed
- lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom); fig. easily solved
- to be studying (at a school or research institute)
- to read silently; to mouth (the words of a prayer etc); to say to oneself; to contemplate inwardly
- to read; reading
- everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you
- continuous; in a row; serial; consecutive
- to offend one's superiors