- flourishing blossom; a mass of flowers; luxuriant flowers
- 满 Mǎn: 满 Man3: Manchu ethnic group满 mǎn: 满 man3: to fill; full; filled; packed; fully; completely; quite; to reach the limit; to satisfy; satisfied; contented
- branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
- 冬 dōng: 冬 dong1: winter冬 Dōng: 冬 Dong1: surname Dong冬 dōng: 冬 dong1: (onom.) beating a drum; rat-a-tat
- to gather around the stove; (Tw) to come together for a family dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve
- to cook; to boil
- wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage; CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
- to resound; to reverberate; to echo
- laughter
- the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar
- partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
- dust
- strong (taste, flavor, smell)
- smoke; mist; vapor; smog; fumes
- to change into; to turn into; to become
- 故事 gù shì: 故事 gu4 shi4: old practice故事 gù shi: 故事 gu4 shi5: narrative; story; tale
- from now on; since then; henceforth
- unable to; incapable of
- to touch
- actually; in fact; really
- to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
- really isn't
- (bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind; (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time
- straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- since (used after a specified time or event)
- to stand a siege; trapped in a besieged city
- long-time; long-term; lasting; enduring; permanent; for a long time
- disrepair
- dense
- household; inhabitant; householder
- former days; in the past
- already at an earlier time
- to lose
- 东 Dōng: 东 Dong1: surname Dong东 dōng: 东 dong1: east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
- wing (of a traditional house); side room
- (idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
- simple and easy; simplistic; simplicity
- lime (calcium oxide)
- small multi-story building; modest house with two or more floors
- (piece of) news; information; message; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve)
- voice; sound; CL:個|个[ge4]
- day by day; more and more; increasingly; more and more with each passing day