Vocabulary: 家肴
- thorny; (fig.) barbed; sarcastic
- to hesitate
- surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled; a certain ...; a given ...
- eager; impatient
- (familiar) elder brother
- blankly; vacantly; at a loss
- Yongjia county in Wenzhou 溫州|温州[Wen1 zhou1], Zhejiang; reign name 307-313 of Jin Emperor Huai 晉懷帝|晋怀帝[Jin4 Huai2 di4]
- 路 lù: 路 lu4: road (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind路 Lù: 路 Lu4: surname Lu
- excessively; too
- (of the heart) palpitating with fear; palpitation (Chinese medicine)
- older sister
- to block up
- to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
- quiet
- to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth
- a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward; outlet (for one's products)
- explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to force a smile; a bitter laugh
- selfish; selfishness
- to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of
- to take control of; to manage; to curb
- tea; tea leaves; CL:盒[he2],罐[guan4],包[bao1],片[pian4]
- 撮 cūo: 撮 cuo1: to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips; to scoop up; to collect together; to extract; to gather up; classifier: pinch; Taiwan pr. [cuo4]撮 zǔo: 撮 zuo3: classifier for hair or grass: tuft; Taiwan pr. [cuo4]
- salted vegetables; pickles
- to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
- secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions
- to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither
- 兆 Zhào: 兆 Zhao4: surname Zhao兆 zhào: 兆 zhao4: (bound form) omen; to foretell; million; mega-; (Tw) trillion; tera-; (old) billion
- 相 Xiāng: 相 Xiang1: surname Xiang相 xiāng: 相 xiang1: each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])相 xiàng: 相 xiang4: appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
- like this; this way
- cup; glass; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- to continue; to replenish
- to leave
- (not) ever again; (not) any longer
- to touch; to meet with; to bump
- residence; dwelling
- (onom.) bang; thump
- 重重 chóng chóng: 重重 chong2 chong2: layer upon layer; one after another重重 zhòng zhòng: 重重 zhong4 zhong4: heavily; severely
- to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc)
- thermos bottle; vacuum bottle; hot water dispenser (appliance); CL:個|个[ge4]
- to have one's back towards
- to freeze; to solidify; to congeal; fig. with rapt attention
- more than ten; a dozen or more
- (time) second
- 哑 yā: 哑 ya1: (onom.) sound of cawing; sound of infant learning to talk哑 yǎ: 哑 ya3: mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (bound form) (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud
- to choke (on); to choke off (in speech)