- to break out (of disease etc); to suddenly get rich (or prominent)
- plague; pestilence
- beggar
- dog; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- to avert; to prevent; to avoid; to refrain from
- dirty; filthy; despicable
- to be equal to; to be well-matched; rival
- Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
- narrow
- dirty and disordered; in a mess
- cold and cheerless; desolate; deserted
- lonesome; desolate
- ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qian2 mian5]
- to die; death
- end of the year
- to light; to set off (firecrackers etc)
- firecracker
- to complain; to grumble; to harbor a complaint; to feel dissatisfied
- fireplace
- ahead; the front
- the least bit
- the first light of dawn; (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning
- to penetrate deeply; thorough
- professor; to instruct; to lecture on; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- train; CL:列[lie4],節|节[jie2],班[ban1],趟[tang4]
- to meet by chance
- to set foot on; to step on or into
- the way back; one's journey home
- Moscow, capital of Russia
- Irkutsk
- downpour (idiom)
- dusk; evening; nightfall
- to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old)
- slow
- husband and wife; married couple
- mind
- to lead to
- philosophy
- long ago; a long time since
- region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)
- huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)