- (literary) quiet; calm; still; tranquil
- to take to one's heels; to scram
- to prepare a meal; to cook
- suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
- cleaning rag; also pr. [mo3 bu4]
- quietly; noiselessly
- to turn over; to transform
- main street; avenue
- to strike; to hit; to ram
- thigh
- step; pace
- rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- feet not touching the ground (idiom); to run like the wind
- 闻 wén: 闻 wen2: to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at闻 Wén: 闻 Wen2: surname Wen
- sound of the wind; rumor; talk; news; reputation
- slab; board; plank; CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4]
- roof
- to collapse
- to pile up like a mountain (idiom); a mountain of (paperwork etc); a large number of sth
- brick kiln
- to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
- to damage; to devastate; to vandalize; damage; destruction
- everywhere
- weeds; mistress or prostitute (old)
- growing as a thicket; overgrown; breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)
- to appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance); to demonstrate
- 凄凉 qī liáng: 凄凉 qi1 liang2: mournful; miserable凄凉 qī liáng: 凄凉 qi1 liang2: desolate (place)
- scene; sight (to behold)
- occasionally; once in a while; sometimes
- to play (as children do); to amuse oneself
- to conceal; to hide; covert; under cover
- to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily
- treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character
- to get into; to dig into (studies, job etc); to squeeze into
- cautious; prudent
- not a soul in sight (idiom)