- Kyiv or Kiev, capital of Ukraine
- 读 dòu: 读 dou4: comma; phrase marked by pause读 dú: 读 du2: to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
- summer vacation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- younger sister; young woman; CL:個|个[ge4]
- rhetoric
- gorgeous
- love letter
- to reply; to write back; letter written in reply; CL:封[feng1]
- even; so much so that
- to extract; to excerpt
- 德 dé: 德 de2: virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind德 Dé: 德 De2: Germany; German; abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]
- 诗 Shī: 诗 Shi1: abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songs诗 shī: 诗 shi1: poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse
- (idiom) in deadly earnest; deadpan
- look; style; appearance; approximation; about; CL:個|个[ge4]; also pr. [mo2 yang4]
- shelf; frame; stand; framework; airs; arrogance
- 罢了 bà le: 罢了 ba4 le5: a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)罢了 bà liǎo: 罢了 ba4 liao3: a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok)
- letter paper; writing paper
- experienced person; an old hand at sth
- for a very long time
- to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc); to fawn upon (an influential politician etc); to court sb's favor; to ingratiate oneself
- simple and crude
- temporary construction-site shed (sometimes used as workers' accommodation)
- 挑 tiǎo: 挑 tiao3: to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up挑 tiāo: 挑 tiao1: to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick
- (literary) to admire; to envy
- convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself
- Váli (son of Odin)
- foreman
- to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
- to loathe; to despise; contempt
- to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
- brows
- lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene
- shady business
- 嚼 jiào: 嚼 jiao4: used in 倒嚼[dao3 jiao4]嚼 jiáo: 嚼 jiao2: to chew; also pr. [jue2]