- to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over
- Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830
- to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 后 hòu: 后 hou4: empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler后 Hòu: 后 Hou4: surname Hou后 hòu: 后 hou4: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 那 Núo: 那 Nuo2: surname Nuo那 Nā: 那 Na1: surname Na那 nà: 那 na4: (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)那 núo: 那 nuo2: (archaic) many; beautiful; how
- that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- scientist
- inventor
- industrialist
- fiery; burning; fervent; ardent; passionate
- a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar
- 离 chī: 离 chi1: mythical beast (archaic)离 Lí: 离 Li2: surname Li离 lí: 离 li2: to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲
- very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- distant; remote
- century
- tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man
- first; first time; for the first time
- to complete; to accomplish
- to go (up) to the moon
- for a time; at one time; one time; once
- quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- ordinary person; private citizen; people; the person in the street
- interstellar; interplanetary
- to travel; journey; trip; CL:趟[tang4],次[ci4]
- so far; to this day; until now
- to become; to turn into
- reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested
- (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- still; as before
- far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever
- today; the present time; now
- China
- incomparable; matchless
- entire population; all the people (of a country or society)
- to begin an undertaking; to start an enterprise; entrepreneurship
- item; project; (sports) event
- only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
- it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
- no good
- to love ardently; to adore
- just as; precisely as
- Jeff or Geoff (name)
- 汉 hàn: 汉 han4: man汉 Hàn: 汉 Han4: Han ethnic group; Chinese (language); the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
- silent; to write from memory