- can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from
- to despair; to give up all hope; desperate; desperation
- geology
- to ask; to inquire
- why?; for what reason?
- glass; CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4]; (slang) male homosexual
- wardrobe; closet; cabinet
- like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- with utmost care; fine; meticulous; detailed
- to dig up; to appear in an excavation; unearthed; to come up out of the ground
- at the same time; simultaneously
- 要 yāo: 要 yao1: (bound form) to demand; to coerce要 yào: 要 yao4: to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- with one's own hands; personally
- 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)
- intact; in good condition
- world
- only; sole
- grand; imposing; magnificent; majestic
- to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open
- 呢 ní: 呢 ni2: dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)呢 ne: 呢 ne5: (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
- to set off; to start (on a journey)
- to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread
- fate; destiny
- early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably
- 宁 zhù: 宁 zhu4: to store; to stand; space between the door and the entrance screen宁 Níng: 宁 Ning2: abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]; abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]; surname Ning宁 níng: 宁 ning2: peaceful; to pacify; to visit (one's parents etc)宁 nìng: 宁 ning4: would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]
- to cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound; to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)
- silent; to write from memory
- to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- to resist; to make a stand and fight (against)
- nowadays; now
- to chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems); (literary) to lament; to groan; (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects; (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato)
- type; form; pattern; style
- devoted; loyal; fidelity; loyalty
- to feel distressed about sth; heartache; cardiac pain
- as if; (just) like; just as; still; yet
- already; to stop; then; afterwards
- loudly; with a loud bang; a loud rumble
- to collapse
- that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
- surrounded by distinguished friends (idiom); in company
- 春日 Chūn rì: 春日 Chun1 ri4: Chunri or Chunjih township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan春日 chūn rì: 春日 chun1 ri4: springtime