Vocabulary: 家肴
- to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by
- to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely; to get to the heart of the matter
- how; what kind
- 呢 ní: 呢 ni2: dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)呢 ne: 呢 ne5: (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
- to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly
- a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time
- unable to; incapable of
- to deal with; to cope
- to go to the bottom of things (idiom)
- dedicated; devoted; persistent; to persist in; to cling to; (Buddhism) attachment
- very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- (of a period of time) long
- party; gathering; to meet; to get together
- 得 dé: 得 de2: to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished得 dè: 得 de4: used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得 de: 得 de5: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得 děi: 得 dei3: to have to; must; ought to; to need to
- to forget; to overlook; to neglect
- to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
- beforehand; in advance
- preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)
- suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior
- excuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments
- to inquire
- sharp; keen; acute; incisive; penetrating; perceptive
- specific volume
- senior
- highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- actually; in fact; really
- clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about
- busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush
- just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that
- to pass; to go through; process; course; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to find an excuse
- (of a person) to turn round; to face about; (of a widow) to remarry (archaic)
- to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as
- connection; contact; relation; to get in touch with; to integrate; to link; to touch
- polite; courteous; formal; modest
- 追 dūi: 追 dui1: to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old)追 zhūi: 追 zhui1: to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumously
- a line of verse; a sentence
- perhaps; maybe
- to contain; to embody; to include
- right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- mother
- dissatisfied; discontented; resentful; (before a number) to be less than
- even; so much so that