Vocabulary: 过得刚好
- hoof; (old) wench; hussy
- old married couple
- half of a lifetime
- to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc); (of two or more things) interchangeable
- allegro
- beat boxing; vocal mimicry; ventriloquism
- small bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick); (fig.) penis (kiddie term); (golf) birdie
- to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel; CL:頓|顿[dun4]
- to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
- to draw support from; with the help of
- (theater) prop; paraphernalia; (gaming) item; artifact
- yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals)
- to dry (sth) by airing
- (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid; (of skin, mouth etc) dry; (fig.) dull; dry; boring; (of timber etc) to dry out; to season; to cure
- nature; the natural world
- tongue; CL:個|个[ge4]; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information
- (fig.) close partners; interdependent
- mouthpiece; spokesperson
- jargon; language of the trade
- to attract (customers); to drum up (trade)
- to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app
- 琼 Qíong: 琼 Qiong2: short name for Hainan 海南[Hai3 nan2]琼 qíong: 琼 qiong2: jasper; fine jade; beautiful; exquisite (e.g. wine, food); abbr. for Hainan province
- white face; face painting in Beijing opera etc
- pigtail; (fig.) a shortcoming or evidence of wrongdoing that can be seized upon by others
- to run into; to come upon; to meet
- throat; voice; CL:把[ba3]
- a summons (to the police); subpoena
- to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)
- poem for singing; tune; music; CL:支[zhi1]
- title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father; nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]
- to beg forgiveness
- during holidays and festivals; on festive occasions such as New Year
- single; only; sole
- to stroll
- a drum tower; Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
- object
- 宗 Zōng: 宗 Zong1: surname Zong宗 zōng: 宗 zong1: school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs