Vocabulary: 过得刚好
- scholar
- (fig.) sweat and toil; hard work
- to pursue scholarly study; to engage in academic research
- to detest; to loathe; to abhor
- to drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll; to split open; to spread out
- corset; sockpuppet (Internet slang); vest (dialect)
- main text (as opposed to footnotes); main body (of a book)
- to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
- widow
- 刨 páo: 刨 pao2: to dig; to excavate; (coll.) to exclude; not to count; to deduct; to subtract刨 bào: 刨 bao4: carpenter's plane; to plane (woodwork); to shave off; to peel (with a potato peeler etc)
- grave; tomb; CL:座[zuo4]; embankment; mound; ancient book
- deaf person
- 卷 juǎn: 卷 juan3: to roll up; (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation); (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive; a roll; classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)卷 juàn: 卷 juan4: scroll; book; volume; chapter; examination paper; classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll卷 juǎn: 卷 juan3: to roll up; to sweep up; to carry along; a roll; classifier for rolls, spools etc
- a mute; mute; silent
- to take liberties with a woman; to dally; to assail a woman with obscenities
- elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother; CL:位[wei4]
- wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble
- to share profits (or debt)
- to sulk; to squabble
- holy book
- pigeon; dove
- 呼 hū: 呼 hu1: to call; to cry; to shout; to breath out; to exhale呼 hū: 呼 hu1: to shout; to call out
- (bound form) chick; young bird
- crow; raven
- to support one's parents in their old age; to show filial piety; to to repay; to return a favor
- bee; wasp
- 采 cǎi: 采 cai3: to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather采 cǎi: 采 cai3: color; complexion; looks采 cài: 采 cai4: used in 采邑[cai4 yi4] and 采地[cai4 di4]
- thus; so; like that; you; thou
- lamb
- to kneel
- (bound form) breast; (bound form) milk; (bound form) newborn; suckling
- to take unfair advantage of; to deceive; to cheat
- mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female
- 礼 lǐ: 礼 li3: gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy礼 Lǐ: 礼 Li3: surname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites
- spider
- net; fishing net; bird net
- 食 shí: 食 shi2: to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse食 sì: 食 si4: to feed (a person or animal)
- lit. mole cricket and ants; fig. tiny individuals with no power
- 塞 sè: 塞 se4: (bound form) to block; to obstruct塞 sài: 塞 sai4: (bound form) strategic stronghold塞 sāi: 塞 sai1: to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork
- to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from
- (literary) wise; wisdom
- dawn; daybreak; to know; to let sb know; to make explicit
- warm; to warm