- to abandon (cultivated fields); no longer cultivated; to lie waste; wasted; to neglect (one's work or study)
- 沾 zhān: 沾 zhan1: to moisten; to be infected by; to receive benefit or advantage through a contact; to touch沾 zhān: 沾 zhan1: to moisten
- 步 Bù: 步 Bu4: surname Bu步 bù: 步 bu4: a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation
- lit. trailing dust; fig. sb's footsteps; course in life
- former days; in the past
- lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day; frequently
- to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel; CL:頓|顿[dun4]
- 越 Yuè: 越 Yue4: generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南越 yuè: 越 yue4: to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more
- customer
- see 客死異鄉|客死异乡[ke4 si3 yi4 xiang1]
- up until now; so far
- rival; competitor
- old enemy
- rich; plentiful
- confident and at ease; free and easy
- 散工 sǎn gōng: 散工 san3 gong1: day labor; piece-time work散工 sàn gōng: 散工 san4 gong1: to release from work at the end of the day
- fast and abundant (news); clever; effective
- to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute
- legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken; (fig.) source of easy money
- nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...
- messenger of death; person bringing bad luck; Taiwan pr. [sang1 men2 xing1]
- to transmit; to dispatch; to issue (an official document or credential)
- public opinion
- postman; mailman (dated in mainland China)
- to offer a bribe
- camera bellows; camera obscura
- base; mean; contemptible; despicable
- position; place; seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to take care; to look out
- to lease; to hire; to rent (sth from sb)
- a relative (i.e. family relation); CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- to play matchmaker; to act as a middleman
- alone; by oneself; on one's own
- to illuminate; to open up (a topic)
- to pass on a story; to communicate a message
- a loan; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; to provide a loan (e.g. bank); to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank)
- to provide (an asset) as security for a loan; to put up collateral
- to reply
- to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out
- to add; to increase; to replenish
- in succession; following closely
- to visit sb at home
- 关 Guān: 关 Guan1: surname Guan关 guān: 关 guan1: mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve
- to play tricks; to maneuver
- (idiom) to have an affinity with each other; to find each other congenial
- hard to (predict, imagine etc)