- kind and honest; generous; sincere
- frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule
- lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom); fig. to turn hostility into friendship
- therefore
- the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom); seeming harmony belies underlying disagreement
- to be busy rushing about; to bustle about
- godmother
- (idiom) half true and half false
- decline to comment; not express an opinion; be noncommittal; hedge
- to die in an accident or disaster; to be killed
- inhuman
- countless difficulties; extremely difficult; against all odds
- to waste; to spoil; to ruin; to wreck; to insult; to humiliate; to defile (a woman); to rape; also pr. [zao1ta5]
- direction; trend; to incline
- omen; sign (of sth yet to occur); prior indication; to foreshadow
- friendly advice; words spoken on sb's behalf; a good word; kind words; words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions
- to take pity on; to feel tenderness toward
- butterfly; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- bee; honeybee; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]
- 好处 hǎo chu: 好处 hao3 chu5: benefit; advantage; merit; gain; profit; also pr. [hao3chu4]好处 hǎo chǔ: 好处 hao3 chu3: easy to get along with
- harm; troubles; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to have a good talk
- to blame
- to commit (an error) often; common (mistake)
- to show clearly
- 卷子 juàn zi: 卷子 juan4 zi5: test paper; examination paper卷子 juǎn zi: 卷子 juan3 zi5: steamed roll; spring roll
- source material (in literature and art)
- to solicit contributions (to a publication)
- imperialism
- bayonet
- (coll.) to go through sheer hell
- lit. sea of bitterness; abyss of worldly suffering (Buddhist term); depths of misery
- oppressive (of weather); heavy; depressed; not happy; (of sound) dull; muffled
- lit. to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom); fig. to make a show of happiness and prosperity