- lit. diligent and never slacking (idiom); continuous concentrated effort; assiduous (in study); to concentrate
- tired; weary; fatigued
- to compete; competition
- to seem; to be like
- in one's childhood
- Solomon (name)
- admonition; exhortation; dictum; the biblical Book of Proverbs
- to handle (affairs); to work
- politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive
- sovereign king
- slut; cheap person
- to seek; to strive for
- Denmark
- 席 Xí: 席 Xi2: surname Xi席 xí: 席 xi2: woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc
- proverb
- fortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck
- to work hard without complaint (idiom)
- a book; a volume
- store; shop
- papermaking
- rag
- simple home-style meal; common occurrence; nothing out of the ordinary
- cow's milk; CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]
- to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
- 粥 yù: 粥 yu4: used in 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1 yu4]粥 zhōu: 粥 zhou1: congee; gruel; porridge; CL:碗[wan3]
- 陶 Táo: 陶 Tao2: surname Tao陶 táo: 陶 tao2: pottery; pleased
- bowl; cup; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
- tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- soup spoon; tablespoon; CL:把[ba3]
- luxurious; extravagant
- porcelain bowl
- to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark
- many
- to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext
- silverware
- chinaware; porcelain
- several years; many years
- Presbyterianism
- eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die)