Vocabulary: 家肴
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- first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone)
- 唉 āi: 唉 ai1: interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh唉 ài: 唉 ai4: alas; oh dear
- it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately
- dialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]; also pr. [sha4]
- to question; to ask questions; to inquire; to bring to account; to interrogate
- tranquil and even-tempered (idiom); calmly and without stress
- 出息 chū xī: 出息 chu1 xi1: to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism)出息 chū xi: 出息 chu1 xi5: future prospects; profit; to mature; to grow up
- original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks
- to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone)
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble
- restless; unsettled
- echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises
- rim of the eye; eye socket
- (idiom) to take one's time; unhurried; leisurely
- to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
- before; previously
- to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire); to live; to be alive; life; raw; uncooked; unprocessed; unfamiliar; strange; (bound form) student; person engaged in a field; (bound form) male role in traditional opera; (bound form) life; lifetime; (bound form) means of livelihood; (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]); (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- to pan fry; to sauté
- steamed bun
- nose; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- small store
- table; desk; CL:張|张[zhang1],套[tao4]
- reputation; fame
- to sigh; to gasp (in admiration)
- couple; pair
- precious object; treasure
- 东 Dōng: 东 Dong1: surname Dong东 dōng: 东 dong1: east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
- 西 Xī: 西 Xi1: the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanish西 xī: 西 xi1: west
- everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
- to appoint; to assign; to indicate clearly and with certainty; designated
- hard times
- to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
- auspicious day; good day; happy life
- father; dad
- forty; 40
- one breath; in one breath; at a stretch