- icily arrogant
- pass; gateway; (fig.) juncture
- to be put on the spot; to find oneself in an awkward situation
- 颜 Yán: 颜 Yan2: surname Yan颜 yán: 颜 yan2: color; face; countenance
- (literary) one's students
- classical story or quote from the literature; the story behind sth
- meaning
- worldly affairs; the ways of the world
- a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
- (idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous
- (idiom) impossible to fault; impeccable
- see 一塵不染|一尘不染[yi1 chen2 bu4 ran3]
- respectful
- template; prototype; model; example
- self-sufficient; satisfied with oneself
- content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness)
- History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿[Chen2 Shou4] in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝[Jin4 chao2], 65 scrolls
- Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵[Shi1 Nai4 an1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
- Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)
- Jia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu 林黛玉 but obliged to marry Xue Baochai 薛寶釵|薛宝钗
- to weep endlessly; interminable wailing
- to sow seeds
- to bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open; (fig.) to burst with joy; (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish
- flushed with success; proud of one's success (in exams, promotion etc); as pleased as punch
- to detest
- frivolous
- lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom); fig. to get upset over nothing; to make problems for oneself