Vocabulary: 过得刚好
- big; large; great
- to collect money; to raise funds
- contributions; donations
- 钻 zuàn: 钻 zuan4: drill; auger; diamond钻 zuān: 钻 zuan1: to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain
- to improve (sth); to reform (a system)
- bustling with noise and excitement; lively
- leading (role); heading list of signatories; leading actors (in a show); starring
- drought; (of land, climate etc) arid; dry
- to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- compassion; kindness; care for others; love; CL:片[pian4]; charity (bazaar, golf day etc); heart (the symbol ♥)
- disaster relief
- benefit performance; charity show
- 当晚 dàng wǎn: 当晚 dang4 wan3: the same evening当晚 dāng wǎn: 当晚 dang1 wan3: on that evening
- to discharge
- troop arrangement; battle formation; lineup (of a sports team etc)
- scene; spectacle; occasion; situation
- rather; quite
- Empress Dowager
- to strike a pose (Chinese opera); (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc); (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
- adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
- 陶 táo: 陶 tao2: pottery; pleased陶 Táo: 陶 Tao2: surname Tao
- positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
- to perform outstandingly; outstanding; dazzling; brilliant
- 贾 Jiǎ: 贾 Jia3: surname Jia贾 gǔ: 贾 gu3: merchant; to buy
- to enunciate beautifully (in speaking or singing) (idiom)
- pure; unadulterated; (of motives etc) honest
- Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1]
- the dragon and phoenix are symbols of good fortune (idiom); auspicious; decorated with auspicious symbols such as the dragon and the phoenix
- Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
- to hunch one's back (coll.); a hunchback
- marriage by capture; bride kidnapping
- tonight
- dry land (as opposed to the sea)
- not only (... but also ...)
- Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty; modern day metaphor for an honest politician
- 延 Yán: 延 Yan2: surname Yan延 yán: 延 yan2: to prolong; to extend; to delay
- to guard; to watch over