- to keep silent
- (literary) not to speak
- ambition; wild schemes; careerism
- huge; immense; enormous; gigantic
- serious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
- to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
- to set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake
- to treat people (politely, harshly etc)
- unmarried
- nanny; babysitter; housekeeper
- married
- woman
- see the opportunity and act (idiom); to act according to circumstances; to play it by ear; to use one's discretion
- to pursue (a course, a policy)
- daughter
- rules; regulations
- 媳妇 xí fù: 媳妇 xi2 fu4: daughter-in-law; wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation媳妇 xí fu: 媳妇 xi2 fu5: (dialect) wife; (dialect) young married woman
- specially; intentionally
- to act with diligent care
- alongside; shoulder to shoulder; side by side; abreast
- to stand back; to go back (in time); to yield; to make concessions
- to compare notes; to learn from one another
- ivory; elephant tusk
- 琢磨 zhúo mó: 琢磨 zhuo2 mo2: to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work琢磨 zúo mo: 琢磨 zuo2 mo5: to ponder; to mull over; to think through; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2 mo2]
- fine jade
- amiable; easygoing
- to respect and love; to hold in high esteem
- lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom); fig. to create a false sense of mystery; to play tricks to deceive or scare others; to engage in hocus-pocus
- first thing in the morning; at daybreak
- deferential; respectful
- to tire; tired
- to yearn for; to look forward to
- to bow in salute; to kowtow
- type; kind; category; (computer programming) type
- or; either one or the other
- both of them; the two of them
- good aspects; strong points
- to abandon; to forsake
- to run out; to escape
- innocent and unaffected; pure and unadulterated
- to stay at; to live in (temporarily)
- (literary) to instruct; to admonish; to counsel; teachings; instruction; guidance