- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 南 nán: 南 nan2: south南 nā: 南 na1: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]; Taiwan pr. [na2]南 Nán: 南 Nan2: surname Nan
- teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- confident and at ease; free and easy
- start of literary work; opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2]
- 不是 bù shì: 不是 bu4 shi4: no; is not; not不是 bù shi: 不是 bu4 shi5: fault; blame
- conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart
- to explain
- 习 Xí: 习 Xi2: surname Xi习 xí: 习 xi2: (bound form) to practice; to study; habit; custom
- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- rather
- land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule
- to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
- on earth
- why bother?; is it worth the trouble?
- 重 zhòng: 重 zhong4: heavy; serious; to attach importance to重 chóng: 重 chong2: to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer
- see 連城縣|连城县[Lian2 cheng2 Xian4]
- original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- 还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 从 Cóng: 从 Cong2: surname Cong从 cóng: 从 cong2: from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- original text
- to set off; to start (on a journey)
- classical story or quote from the literature; the story behind sth
- verse
- point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; CL:個|个[ge4]
- effortless; not expending the slightest effort
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 这 zhèi: 这 zhei4: (coll.) this这 zhè: 这 zhe4: (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
- so much; this much; how much?; this way; like this
- good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good; in an embarrassing situation
- to give a lecture; to make a speech
- to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- perhaps; maybe
- is precisely
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- reason; cause
- 会 kuài: 会 kuai4: (bound form) to reckon accounts会 hùi: 会 hui4: can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- 给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide
- person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]