- to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on
- to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc); ruined
- to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb
- foreign land; a place far from home
- cruel; harsh; merciless
- to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope
- remaining
- to resent; to harbor a grudge against; to loathe; resentment; rancor
- (one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope
- part; component; ingredient; constituent
- pungent (taste); bitter; fig. sad; miserable
- to live under the same roof (of different generations)
- place; destination
- to be of no interest to anyone (idiom)
- front courtyard; front yard
- (of a sound) to come forth; (of a sound source) to ring out; to sound; to go off
- to take note of; to pay attention to
- unusual; extraordinary
- pleasantly warm (weather)
- this life; to lose face; to be disgraced
- (idiom) the age of 30
- mother (as a social role)
- to leave; to abandon
- mother and daughter; mother-daughter
- miserable; tragic
- extravagant; liberal with money
- (idiom) carefree; without worries
- midway
- maternal aunt; father's concubine (old)
- not to hear, not to question (idiom); to show no interest in sth; uncritical; not in the least concerned
- day after day
- irascible; irritable
- noisy; raucous; to shout and scream
- (idiom) between a rock and a hard place; in a dilemma
- situation (of a person)
- (bound form) may; can; (bound form) to endure; to bear; (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2])
- to make up; fabrication; fictional; imaginary
- to set; to set up; to install; setting; preferences
- the rest; the others; remaining; remainder; apart from them
- antisocial; reclusive; eccentric
- not the least bit concerned; completely indifferent
- bewildered; perplexed; confused; difficult problem; perplexity
- pain (from wound); sorrow
- every time