- wealth; riches
- to live in widowhood (formal)
- hate (due to envy etc)
- to be awfully (busy etc)
- the whys and the wherefores; the detailed story; root cause
- victor; winner
- to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles; to ponder
- to share (a burden, a cost, a responsibility)
- to change; to alter; to modify
- to form one's own group or school of thought; to set up one's own business; to establish oneself
- to brook no delay; to demand immediate action
- city; metropolis
- lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom); slow measures will not address a critical situation; too slow to meet a pressing need
- (of a student) to change schools; to transfer from one school to another
- how about; what kind of
- to observe and form a judgment
- to take office; to assume a post
- the result (becomes apparent); now one understands
- concept; idea; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (of weather) overcast; gloomy; (of a voice) low and deep; low-spirited; downcast
- a torment; a trial; tribulation; a cross (to bear); well-tried
- joys and sorrows; partings and reunions; the vicissitudes of life
- to quarrel; dispute
- to weep
- to cut off; to sever
- li (Chinese unit of distance)
- to wither; to wilt; wizened
- to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of
- which ones?; who?; what?
- fortunately; luckily
- weak; feeble; flabby
- to nestle against; to snuggle up to
- the classics a Confucian scholar must read (such as The Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] and The Book of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4])