- upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress
- progress; improvement; to improve; to progress
- to optimize; (corporate euphemism) to lay off staff
- to make friends
- amount; quantity; quantitative; (math.) scalar quantity
- 散 sàn: 散 san4: to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack散 sǎn: 散 san3: scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine
- conscious
- to get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time
- moral character
- sentiments; feelings; disposition of mind; moral character
- to cultivate (personal qualities); (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)
- Xunzi, (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher; the Xunzi, a collection of philosophical writings attributed to Xunzi
- to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help
- 蓬 péng: 蓬 peng2: fleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes, campfires: clump, puff蓬 Péng: 蓬 Peng2: surname Peng
- grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
- 歪 wǎi: 歪 wai3: to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw)歪 wāi: 歪 wai1: askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side
- 麻 Má: 麻 Ma2: surname Ma麻 má: 麻 ma2: generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; sesame; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; (of materials) rough or coarse; pocked; pitted; to have pins and needles or tingling; to feel numb
- inside; interior; also pr. [li3 mian5]
- upright; erect; to straighten up (one's back etc); to hold erect
- bad friend
- to associate with; to keep company with
- abroad; external (affairs); overseas; foreign
- to study abroad
- a few years; several years; how many years?
- whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes
- to return to one's home country
- second generation
- to get together
- to drive recklessly at high speed; street racing (motorbikes or cars)
- as if drunk or entranced (idiom); leading a befuddled existence; in a drunken stupor
- to return; to come back
- English (language)
- school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; CL:個|个[ge4]; to operate
- active; energetic; vigorous; positive (outlook); proactive
- lit. flash point; crucial point; essential point
- taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from
- to err; to make a mistake; to do the wrong thing
- to take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding
- to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to
- to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to cover; to mask; to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)
- (idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash
- price; cost; consideration (in share dealing)
- to complement; to make up for a deficiency
- awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly
- that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong