Vocabulary: 过得刚好
- lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten; constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
- running water; (business) turnover
- Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through.; Never give up hope.; Never say die.
- prime minister (in feudal China)
- five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
- subject; title; topic; exercise or exam question (CL:道[dao4])
- clear sky; sunny day
- to have a taste of; to realize; to appreciate
- to fritter away (one's time)
- disgrace; dishonor; to insult; to bring disgrace or humiliation to; to be indebted to; self-deprecating; Taiwan pr. [ru4]
- wutong (Firmiana platanifolia); Chinese parasol tree
- Japanese banana (Musa basjoo)
- plum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games); (dialect) wintersweet
- wild herb; potherb
- eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine; brinjal; Guinea squash; phonetic "cheese" (when being photographed); equivalent of "say cheese"
- omnipotent; all-round; strong in every area
- (idiom) so that's how it is; I see
- sterile; aseptic
- will die for sure; to be a goner
- proportion; scale
- everything
- extreme
- a legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods; see also 蛟龍|蛟龙[jiao1 long2]
- 蛤 gé: 蛤 ge2: (bound form) clam; used in 蛤蚧[ge2 jie4]蛤 há: 蛤 ha2: used in 蛤蟆[ha2 ma5]
- to mix; to mingle
- 滑 Huá: 滑 Hua2: surname Hua滑 huá: 滑 hua2: to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted
- to pick up; to collect; to gather
- (coll.) tall person
- to see through; disillusioned with; to reject (the world of mortals)
- for a time; at one time; one time; once
- guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither); musical instrument in general
- to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass
- to take (a picture); to shoot (a film)
- (since c. 2005) (slang) emoticon signifying embarrassment, shock, helplessness etc
- way; route; road
- to stop in the middle of sth; intermittent; intermittence
- heat; hot weather; summer heat
- see 天長市|天长市[Tian1 chang2 Shi4]
- sultry; sultriness; hot and stuffy; stifling hot
- clap of thunder
- 闪 Shǎn: 闪 Shan3: surname Shan闪 shǎn: 闪 shan3: to dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it; shaken (by a fall); to sprain; to pull a muscle; lightning; spark; a flash; to flash (across one's mind); to leave behind; (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
- to shift; to move