- 面子 miàn zi: 面子 mian4 zi5: outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face面子 miàn zi: 面子 mian4 zi5: (medicinal) powder
- when the moment comes; at that time
- army and government
- yamen, government office in dynastic China
- 归 gūi: 归 gui1: to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor归 Gūi: 归 Gui1: surname Gui
- a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help
- to contract; to undertake (a job)
- is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)
- to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to worry about
- 回 Húi: 回 Hui2: Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)回 húi: 回 hui2: to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or times回 húi: 回 hui2: to curve; to return; to revolve
- intention; purpose; intent; inclination; disposition
- to keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy
- as before; as in the past
- greatest; most important
- honored (to have the privilege of ...)
- end of the month
- (of a bus, train etc) to leave for; heading for
- 假 gēi: 假 gei1: used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]假 jiǎ: 假 jia3: fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose假 jià: 假 jia4: vacation假 jiǎ: 假 jia3: to borrow
- to pay a visit to; to see (sb)
- to praise; to applaud; to compliment
- to recommend
- to become rich; enrichment
- to steer (the plane) away from; to drive away (from a place); to leave
- sandbank; sandbar
- to split open
- 缝 fèng: 缝 feng4: seam; crack; narrow slit; CL:道[dao4]缝 féng: 缝 feng2: to sew; to stitch
- mad; wild; violent
- (electrical) surge
- pump (loanword)
- to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
- to rotate; to take turns
- to participate; to take part; to join
- week; CL:個|个[ge4]; day of the week; Sunday
- letters; mail; news; messages; correspondence
- magnanimous; broad and level
- to size sb up; to look sb up and down; to take the measure of; to suppose; to reckon
- to turn one's head; to turn around
- lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom); fig. extravagant embellishments; hype