- to purchase; to acquire
- (of an organization) to have as a subunit
- culinary delicacy; fine food; gourmet food
- to set foot in; to step into; to become involved for the first time
- food service industry; catering industry
- almost; nearly; close to
- history; CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4]
- to wrestle; (fig.) to lock horns; to tussle; to wrangle; Taiwan pr. [jiao3li4]
- to undertake; to accept a contract
- 商 Shāng: 商 Shang1: Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang商 shāng: 商 shang1: commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)
- to pass on; to resell; to change hands
- to resell
- to take over (duties etc); catcher (baseball etc)
- texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- outline; main threads
- an elder; a senior
- everyday life; regular pattern of life
- (idiom) natural; unforced; (idiom) naturally; as a matter of course; in the natural course of things
- to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread
- mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling
- housekeeping
- house; building; CL:所[suo3],套[tao4]
- to prune; to trim
- lawn
- to maintain; to conserve; curing (concrete etc)
- scenery; landscape
- to spur; to provide impetus; to drive
- originally; the original; original copy; original version
- desolate; unfrequented; to treat sb coldly; to snub; to cold shoulder
- again; once more; re-
- crowd
- to assist; to aid; supplementary; auxiliary
- to nurse; to tend and protect
- illness; CL:場|场[chang2]; disease; to fall ill; defect
- the latter
- to imagine; to assume; to envisage; tentative plan; to have consideration for
- seldom; rare; hard to come by
- thorny (problem); intractable
- acute (of medical condition); grave
- sick person; patient; invalid; CL:個|个[ge4]
- hotel guest; tenant
- not in the least; to completely lack
- no good
- to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing)