- I; me; my
- to have; to have always had
- to die young; short-lived
- fortunately
- 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])
- to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- for now; for the time being; temporarily
- if; in case; in the event that
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- mistake; fault; responsibility (for a fault)
- don't!; must not
- to go against; to be contrary to; to violate
- aspiration; wish (for); desire
- to reply; to answer; reply; answer
- you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])
- cautious; prudent
- to be careful; to take care
- to handle; to transact; to conduct
- funeral arrangements
- earnestly and sincerely (idiom); with all sincerity
- (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
- to rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue
- to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
- to continue; to go on; to last
- to sever; to break off
- descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations
- but; however
- really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- ought to; should; must
- to choose for some purpose; to select and use
- a manly man; a man of character
- to wield (power etc)
- 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)
- to appoint; to assign
- children; sons and daughters
- 那 nà: 那 na4: (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)那 núo: 那 nuo2: (archaic) many; beautiful; how那 Nā: 那 Na1: surname Na那 Núo: 那 Nuo2: surname Nuo
- 还 Huán: 还 Huan2: surname Huan还 huán: 还 huan2: to pay back; to return还 hái: 还 hai2: still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else
- what?; something; anything
- difference; to distinguish; to discriminate; to make a distinction; CL:個|个[ge4]
- need not
- older brother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 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)
- deliberately; on purpose
- disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck
- the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group
- how