Vocabulary: 家肴
- 中 Zhōng: 中 Zhong1: (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong中 zhōng: 中 zhong1: within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right中 zhòng: 中 zhong4: to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery)
- only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- still; as before; yet
- to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later
- spur; bony outgrowth
- many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of
- long-winded; garrulous; to talk endlessly without getting to the point
- before; formerly; previous; ago
- tapertail anchovy (Coilia ectenes); various species of cutlassfish; saury
- dried fish
- on the contrary; instead
- valuable; costly; expensive
- why
- ear; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4],對|对[dui4]; handle (on a cup)
- to carry within it; to be mixed in; to slip sth in; to intersperse; (hydrology etc) to entrain; to smuggle; notes smuggled into an exam
- fishbone
- seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [si4 de5]
- to shoot a glance; glance; to appear in a flash
- a glance; a quick look; a glimpse
- sound for calling a cat
- legume; pulse; bean; pea (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]); (old) stemmed cup or bowl
- chopsticks; CL:對|对[dui4],根[gen1],把[ba3],雙|双[shuang1]
- to cut up; to break up
- to waken (to action); to rouse (the masses); to evoke (attention, recollection etc)
- pet name for a child; childhood name
- swiftly; suddenly
- to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- whole body; from head to toe; single person; a suit of clothes
- goose pimples; goose bumps
- because; owing to; on account of
- sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not
- to be born
- hospital; CL:所[suo3],家[jia1],座[zuo4]
- to keep warm
- box; trunk; chest
- to recline; to lie down
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- childhood
- figure (esp. a woman's)
- 比 Bǐ: 比 Bi3: Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]比 bǐ: 比 bi3: to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
- child
- slightly-built; petite
- in common usage
- oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc; (onom.) meow; kitty kitty!; Mimi (Western name); tits (i.e. slang for breasts)