- to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking
- where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...?
- 啊 ā: 啊 a1: interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!啊 á: 啊 a2: interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer; Eh?; what?啊 ǎ: 啊 a3: interjection of surprise or doubt; Eh?; My!; what's up?啊 à: 啊 a4: interjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition; Oh, it's you!啊 a: 啊 a5: modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
- countryside; rural area; CL:個|个[ge4]
- superior; superiority
- talented and good-looking (idiom)
- lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure; to group around a revered leader; to revolve around sb
- to exhibit great enthusiasm for sb or sth; to embrace; favor; acclaim; adulation; high demand
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to
- to consider oneself as being not as good as the others
- (old) to study abroad; (sports) to train abroad
- to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning
- 门 Mén: 门 Men2: surname Men门 mén: 门 men2: gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:扇[shan4]); valve; switch; other door-like or gate-like structure; way to do sth; knack; method; approach; family; household; lineage; (bound form) sect; school; faction (religious or academic); (bound form) class; category; division; phylum; classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc; (suffix) -gate (scandal)
- girl from a wealthy family; unmarried daughter of a noble house
- Bing Xin (1900-1999), female poet and children's writer
- to grow to adulthood; fully grown; adult; the whole year
- educational background; academic qualifications
- to travel across the oceans
- very few; very little
- great hopes; great expectations
- journey; trip
- to learn; to study
- (fig.) to dream of; dream
- to enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude); enlightenment; revelation; motivation
- desire; longing; appetite; craving
- building; structure; edifice
- to last forever; eternal; enduring
- sometime; someday (in the future)
- visionary and sagacious (idiom)
- alone; by oneself; on one's own
- sudden; abrupt; unexpected
- to travel; journey; trip; CL:趟[tang4],次[ci4]
- morning and night; all the time
- to do sth oneself
- to test; to put to the test; trial; ordeal
- Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城[Wei2 cheng2]
- nature; characteristic; moral character
- (literary) fatigued; wearied
- original form