- college; educational institute; school; faculty; CL:所[suo3]
- playground; sports field; drill ground; CL:個|个[ge4]
- scale; scope; extent
- to lack; to be short of
- to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself
- to separate and live apart; division of a large family into smaller groups
- 白水 bái shǔi: 白水 bai2 shui3: plain water白水 Bái shǔi: 白水 Bai2 shui3: see 白水縣|白水县[Bai2 shui3 Xian4]
- beer (loanword); CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
- the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
- stair; staircase; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 直 Zhí: 直 Zhi2: surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God直 zhí: 直 zhi2: straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
- puzzled; bewildered
- smuggled goods; unauthorized goods
- strong; powerful; robust
- 劲 jìn: 劲 jin4: strength; energy; enthusiasm; spirit; mood; expression; interest; CL:把[ba3]; Taiwan pr. [jing4]劲 jìng: 劲 jing4: stalwart; sturdy; strong; powerful
- partner; fellow; mate; waiter; servant; shop assistant
- 供 gòng: 供 gong4: to lay (sacrificial offerings); (bound form) offerings; to confess (Taiwan pr. [gong1]); confession; statement (Taiwan pr. [gong1])供 gōng: 供 gong1: to provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
- odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office; (old) worker; fellow worker
- every day
- superb; first-rate; (of officials in imperial times) the highest rank
- cheese; CL:塊|块[kuai4],盒[he2],片[pian4]
- (bound form) semi-solid food made from milk (junket, cheese etc); (bound form) fruit jelly; sweet paste made with crushed nuts; Taiwan pr. [luo4]
- lunch; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
- to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc)
- cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many
- physical strength; physical power
- (literary, or bound form) to look at
- to brew; to make (wine, vinegar, soybean paste etc) by fermentation
- to dissolve
- cereal; grain
- flour
- potion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life (aka 孟婆湯|孟婆汤[meng4 po2 tang1]); magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions
- wages; pay; CL:份[fen4]
- to pay (expenses); expenses; (old) to dismiss (an employee)
- disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
- tight fitting; hard up (i.e. lacking money)
- to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans
- to see in the New Year; to welcome new guests; by extension, to receive new students