- to leave home to make one's way in the world; to leave the life one knows to seek success
- firm; resolute; determined
- edge of the water; waterside; shore (of sea, lake or river)
- 常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang
- 水 shǔi: 水 shui3: water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment水 Shǔi: 水 Shui3: surname Shui; Shui ethnic group
- to understand profoundly; well-versed; skillful; practiced; to have the knack
- swimming ability; characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc); aqueous; water-based (paint etc)
- to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association
- boat
- dugout; canoe; kayak
- to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain
- difficulty; crisis
- to be unwilling to pass on one's responsibilities to others
- situation; occasion; context; setting; location; venue
- awkward situation; predicament
- case; (for) instance; example; CL:個|个[ge4]
- many years ago; in the past; in one's early years
- not necessarily; maybe not
- suitable; fitting; appropriate
- 池 chí: 池 chi2: pond; reservoir; moat池 Chí: 池 Chi2: surname Chi
- one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
- to link; to join; link; connection
- high tide; rising tide
- beach; shoal; rapids; CL:片[pian4]; classifier for liquids: pool, puddle
- to clutch; to grab; to capture
- 鱼 Yú: 鱼 Yu2: surname Yu鱼 yú: 鱼 yu2: fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4 yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4 yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1 yu2])
- to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote
- (of a period of time) long
- mud; mire
- 汤 Tāng: 汤 Tang1: surname Tang汤 shāng: 汤 shang1: rushing current汤 tāng: 汤 tang1: soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled
- to construct; to build
- pile
- stone; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- 修 Xīu: 修 Xiu1: surname Xiu修 xīu: 修 xiu1: to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class)
- in accordance with; to agree with; to conform to; to meet (a requirement); (physics) coincidence
- to mobilize; mobilization; CL:次[ci4]
- ant