- leading role; lead; protagonist
- abreast of modern developments; to keep up with the times; progressive; timely
- after all; all in all; when all is said and done; in the final analysis
- body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
- although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
- 山 Shān: 山 Shan1: surname Shan山 shān: 山 shan1: mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
- outside; in addition; foreign; external
- 青山 Qīng shān: 青山 Qing1 shan1: see 青山區|青山区[Qing1 shan1 Qu1]青山 qīng shān: 青山 qing1 shan1: green hills; (the good) life
- 楼 lóu: 楼 lou2: house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor; CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]楼 Lóu: 楼 Lou2: surname Lou
- (literary) quiet; calm; still; tranquil
- last phase (of an age)
- strong; intense
- to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
- 暗 àn: 暗 an4: dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant暗 àn: 暗 an4: (literary) to close (a door); to eclipse
- 涌 chōng: 涌 chong1: (used in place names)涌 yǒng: 涌 yong3: to bubble up; to rush forth
- to take an alternate route (idiom); to find an alternative; to take a different approach; to blaze a new trail
- family; clan
- now; this moment
- style of study; academic atmosphere; school discipline; school traditions
- final generation
- (literary) to serve as an official
- family status
- today; the present time; now
- apparently; it seems that
- reign name (1909-1911) of the last Qing emperor Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪
- in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade)
- only; nothing else
- thereupon; subsequently; accordingly
- that kind; that sort
- simple; not complicated
- to amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math.) product (the result of multiplication); (TCM) constipation; indigestion
- 累 lěi: 累 lei3: to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeated累 lèi: 累 lei4: tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard累 léi: 累 lei2: rope; to bind together; to twist around
- habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 围城 wéi chéng: 围城 wei2 cheng2: siege; besieged city围城 Wéi chéng: 围城 Wei2 cheng2: Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鍾書|钱钟书[Qian2 Zhong1 shu1], filmed as a TV serial
- to exceed
- easier said than done (idiom)
- what course to follow; what path to take
- to face; to confront
- together
- difficult problem
- (in) the original place; the place where one currently is; place of origin; local (product)
- decadent; dispirited; depressed; dejected
- to decline; to wane