- lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom); fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
- Sacred Heart (Christian)
- piano; CL:架[jia4],臺|台[tai2]
- to perform in opera
- old verse; poetry in the old style
- quatrain (poetic form)
- a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
- gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description
- flowers and plants
- script for opera (esp. in Yuan times)
- candid; frank
- a register; block of printing; edition; version; page
- moreover; in addition to that
- good name; good reputation
- to count numbers; to keep to one's word; to hold (i.e. to remain valid); to count (i.e. to be important)
- to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom); to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject
- have both
- talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks
- to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view; acute foresight
- to be willing to part with sth
- to spend money
- husband's family (traditionally where the wife moves into)
- filial son
- midwinter; the depth of winter
- 喝 hè: 喝 he4: to shout喝 hē: 喝 he1: to drink
- Chuk Yuen (place in Hong Kong)
- in unbearable anguish; agonizing
- tear; teardrop; CL:滴[di1]
- continuous; uninterrupted
- spring rain; gift from above
- bamboo shoot
- 钻 zuān: 钻 zuan1: to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain钻 zuàn: 钻 zuan4: drill; auger; diamond
- snow-covered ground
- to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
- to comply with; to follow (directives); to defer (to the judgment of superiors)
- natural disposition
- (of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious; (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting; to strictly enforce