- a slap on the face; CL:記|记[ji4]
- to set about (a task); to raise a hand to hit sb; to touch; to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)
- to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head
- work; toil; physical labor; CL:次[ci4]
- career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life
- always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- hardworking; diligent
- to work hard; to do one's very best; to throw oneself into the task at hand
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- to look askance; cross or wall-eyed
- to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from
- boots
- to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ)
- stove; furnace
- tube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
- drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell
- immediately; at once; right away
- can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack
- pregnant; potbelly; big eater
- to splash; to spatter
- 火星 Hǔo xīng: 火星 Huo3 xing1: Mars (planet)火星 hǔo xīng: 火星 huo3 xing1: spark (from a fire)
- to mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise; to initiate (legal proceedings)
- very fast; at lightning speed; (coll.) razor-sharp
- 跑 páo: 跑 pao2: (of an animal) to paw (the ground)跑 pǎo: 跑 pao3: to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off
- the bottom of a pot or pan; hotpot broth
- to add; to increase; to replenish
- 劈柴 pǐ chai: 劈柴 pi3 chai5: chopped wood; firewood劈柴 pī chái: 劈柴 pi1 chai2: to chop firewood; to split logs
- some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- moist; wet
- to dry over a stove
- exhausted; fatigued to the extreme
- 阿 ā: 阿 a1: prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]); (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4]); (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4]); (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2]); also pr. [a4]阿 ē: 阿 e1: (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
- to go out
- to cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc); (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid; (literary) to launch a surprise attack
- 嚄 hùo: 嚄 huo4: (interj.) oh!嚄 ǒ: 嚄 o3: (interj. of surprise)
- same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
- to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
- 准 zhǔn: 准 zhun3: to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of准 zhǔn: 准 zhun3: accurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-