- treatise; discourse; exposition
- 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])
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- since (a time); ever since
- after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
- to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to burgeon; to produce; to conceive; to be in the initial stage
- if; in case; in the event that
- haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- that kind; that sort
- one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be
- according to; basis; foundation
- but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- to attempt; to try
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- to pursue; to track down; to search
- not clear; unknown; to fail to understand
- to investigate; to probe
- thing; object
- lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits; pros and cons
- the whole course of an event from beginning to end; ins and outs; the fundamental and the incidental
- this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation
- to relate (a story or information); to tell or talk about; to recount; narration; telling; narrative; account
- only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days)
- (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
- to be capable of; to be able to; can
- like this; so; such
- majestic; sublime
- literary talent; literary grace; rich and bright colors
- (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- now; at present; currently
- each one individually; each and every
- different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- 人家 rén jiā: 人家 ren2 jia1: household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be; CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]人家 rén jia: 人家 ren2 jia5: other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
- differing from one another; mutually different
- exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 当年 dāng nián: 当年 dang1 nian2: in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life当年 dàng nián: 当年 dang4 nian2: that very same year
- mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- to cry bitterly
- to face; to confront
- to weep with grief