- to rain
- gradually
- to gather; to assemble; (math.) set
- mist
- to grow light (at daybreak)
- breakfast; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
- to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively
- (concept of) time; (duration of) time; (point in) time
- of short duration; brief; momentary
- as if; (just) like; just as; still; yet
- one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 个 gě: 个 ge3: used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]个 gè: 个 ge4: (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
- early morning; also pr. [zao3chen5]
- end; finish
- 尺 chǐ: 尺 chi3: a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]尺 chě: 尺 che3: one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]
- quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals
- accomplishment; success; achievement; CL:個|个[ge4]; to achieve (a result); to create; to bring about
- to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off
- the populace; the masses; the common people
- four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere
- tribute
- tribute
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- boundary; border
- bestowed by heaven
- 福 fú: 福 fu2: good fortune; happiness; luck福 Fú: 福 Fu2: surname Fu; abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fu2 jian4 Sheng3]
- good fortune; official salary
- 尚 shàng: 尚 shang4: still; yet; to value; to esteem尚 Shàng: 尚 Shang4: surname Shang
- to hold up (as an model); to hold in esteem; to revere; to advocate
- to regard as important; to value
- black
- drinking vessel; wine cup
- 盛 shèng: 盛 sheng4: flourishing; vigorous; magnificent; extensively盛 chéng: 盛 cheng2: to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil盛 Shèng: 盛 Sheng4: surname Sheng
- to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors
- to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
- offering
- implement; utensil; article; object
- mercury; quicksilver
- 和 hè: 和 he4: to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others和 hú: 和 hu2: to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards和 hé: 和 he2: (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese和 hùo: 和 huo4: to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs和 Hé: 和 He2: surname He和 húo: 和 huo2: to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]
- gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time)
- red ink paste used for seal
- to bundle up with rope (e.g. firewood); to secure with rope (e.g. suitcases on the roof of a car); to strap down
- 藏 zàng: 藏 zang4: storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture藏 cáng: 藏 cang2: to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect藏 Zàng: 藏 Zang4: Tibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])
- (official) document; dispatch
- box
- to eliminate
- on the ground; on the floor
- withered grass; dry grass
- to decline; to wane; to decay; to deteriorate