- flustered; ruffled; disconcerted
- other people; others; other person
- to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate
- to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations
- to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- to be full of remorse; to repent and redress one's errors
- (idiom) to vanish without a trace; to go missing
- (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
- (formal) to go to; to head for
- to fight; to wage war
- (military) forward position; frontier; cutting-edge; forefront
- The Commercial Press, Beijing (est. 1897)
- hanging by a thread; very precarious; almost extinct; (of sound) linger on faintly
- undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- the very front
- standard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard; good; correct; conforming to a standard
- to weigh; to examine; to consider
- famous family; prestigious house
- dazzling; to show off; to flaunt
- everyone; influential family; great expert
- illustrious; celebrated
- deep; profound
- to pay attention to; to emphasize
- 游 Yóu: 游 You2: surname You游 yóu: 游 you2: to swim游 yóu: 游 you2: to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel
- to like; fond of; to prefer; to love; one's tastes; preference
- work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
- calligraphy; handwriting; penmanship
- (literary) the feminine arts (e.g. needlework)
- to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- excellent in every respect; flawless
- capable; clever; dexterous
- well-bred young lady
- fig. the man sings and the woman follows; fig. marital harmony
- to direct; to oversee
- children; sons and daughters
- model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative
- the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] and the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
- to pass on through the generations
- barely; only; merely
- to stop; to prohibit; until; only
- (idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person
- traditional Chinese musical instruments; music
- cultured; sophisticated