- as to; considering; for
- to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc)
- 字帖 zì tiě: 字帖 zi4 tie3: piece of paper with short note; short letter字帖 zì tiè: 字帖 zi4 tie4: copybook (for calligraphy)
- to master (a skill)
- level (of achievement etc); standard; level (surveying)
- calligraphy; handwriting; penmanship
- an older generation; ancestors; forefathers
- start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest
- not ever; not necessarily
- 好事 hǎo shì: 好事 hao3 shi4: good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead好事 hào shì: 好事 hao4 shi4: to be meddlesome
- one's remaining years
- unexpected; measureless; unexpected circumstance; contingency; mishap
- to be content with what one is
- long-term; for a protracted period
- body; physique; physical condition
- everything is going smoothly; just as one wishes
- academic circles; academia
- honor and glory; glorious
- relations with other people
- offspring; posterity
- tint; coloring; coloration; (fig.) flavor; character
- special; particular; unusual; extraordinary
- sign; mark; symbol; to mark up; (computing) token
- to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc)
- outstanding; surpassing; distinguished; splendid
- evil or wicked conduct
- harm; troubles; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming
- to show clearly; to designate; to indicate
- short of food and clothing; destitute
- whence; where
- clothes and food
- Jacob (name); James (name)
- reasoning; inference; to infer; to deduce
- to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
- wholeheartedly; (to devote oneself) heart and soul
- inseparably close
- to take into consideration; to attend to
- to strengthen; to intensify