- chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor); (fig.) rubbish; junk; (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
- to be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be
- heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- (idiom) up to the present; even now; now (in contrast with the past); at this late hour
- (coll.) hour
- to ask; to inquire
- classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success)
- habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 占 zhān: 占 zhan1: to observe; to divine占 zhàn: 占 zhan4: to take possession of; to occupy; to take up
- companion; comrade; fellow
- to be picky about food
- in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day
- to one's taste; to one's liking
- mood; frame of mind
- gloomy; depressed
- illness; CL:場|场[chang2]; disease; to fall ill; defect
- to live to the (ripe) age of
- to bury husband and wife together; joint interment
- a few years; several years; how many years?
- grave; tomb; mausoleum
- marble
- inscription on a tablet
- as follows
- (literary) and; as well as; (literary) up to; as far as (as in 暨今[ji4 jin1] "up to now")
- to marry; to tie the bridal veil
- to accompany sb; to accompany each other
- also
- scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory
- diligent; hardworking; industrious; assiduous
- work; manual labor
- quiet and comfortable
- to pass one's days; to scratch out a difficult, meager existence
- to rear; to bring up; to nurture
- son's daughter; granddaughter
- to assent; to comply with
- dedicated to one's work
- to sincerely believe