Vocabulary: 家肴
- (old) foreign firm
- trifle; trivial matter; CL:點|点[dian3]
- 老板 lǎo bǎn: 老板 lao3 ban3: boss; business proprietor; CL:個|个[ge4]老板 Lǎo bǎn: 老板 Lao3 ban3: Robam (brand)
- to resign
- 爿 qiáng: 爿 qiang2: "piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[pian4]爿 pán: 爿 pan2: classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc; slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect)
- to make; to manufacture
- transformer
- copper wire
- and so on; and such
- eve; the day before
- to leave sth unused; to lie idle
- member
- to live alone; to live a solitary existence
- children; sons and daughters
- mother's sister; maternal aunt
- wife of mother's brother; aunt; maternal uncle's wife
- et cetera; and so on ...; wait a minute!; hold on!
- not long ago
- big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)
- 元宝 Yuán bǎo: 元宝 Yuan2 bao3: see 元寶區|元宝区[Yuan2 bao3 Qu1]元宝 yuán bǎo: 元宝 yuan2 bao3: a silver or gold ingot; mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship); a name for ancient currency; a rare genius
- Taiwan
- student; schoolchild
- (bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind; (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- widow
- primary wife
- daily; (soup etc) of the day
- 叉 chà: 叉 cha4: used in 劈叉[pi3 cha4]; used in 分叉[fen1 cha4]叉 chā: 叉 cha1: fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect; "X"叉 chá: 叉 cha2: to cross; be stuck叉 chǎ: 叉 cha3: to diverge; to open (as legs)
- mahjong; CL:局[ju2],副[fu4]
- to pass one's days; to scratch out a difficult, meager existence
- secret purse; secret stash of money
- to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with
- 班 bān: 班 ban1: team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles班 Bān: 班 Ban1: surname Ban
- ready-made; readily available
- 子 zǐ: 子 zi3: son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-子 zi: 子 zi5: noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
- (female) maid
- main; principal; major; primary
- labor force; manpower
- manpower; staff; human hand
- to employ; to hire; to rent
- handwork; manual
- to work; to operate; to manipulate
- machine; CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4],個|个[ge4]
- to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration; CL:個|个[ge4]
- assistance; aid; to help; to assist