Vocabulary: 家
- intimate; private saving of family members
- wife of older male cousin via female line
- to compare
- grave; solemn; dignified
- happy occasion; wedding
- photograph; CL:張|张[zhang1],幅[fu2]
- queen; empress; imperial concubine; Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West; mother; aunt
- how old are you? (familiar, or to a child)
- cheeks
- to diverge; to branch off the road; to change (the subject)
- for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly
- to make oneself presentable; to freshen up
- to finish; to end; to complete
- to bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open; (fig.) to burst with joy; (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish
- alone; by oneself
- food market
- city gate
- country folk; rustic; rural folk
- food market
- completely
- skill; ability; capability; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- dining table
- tasty; to taste good
- several kinds
- appetizer; small side dish; easy job; piece of cake; see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2]
- appetite; liking
- unexpectedly; to one's surprise
- or; could it be that...?
- fortunately
- amount of food one eats; portion size
- 下咽 xià yān: 下咽 xia4 yan1: (anatomy) hypopharynx下咽 xià yàn: 下咽 xia4 yan4: to swallow (food or drink)
- green vegetables; Chinese cabbage
- Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis); CL:棵[ke1]
- tofu; bean curd
- jellied tofu; soft bean curd
- to hint; to indicate (an idea to sb)
- fork in road; bifurcation; branch in road, river, mountain range etc; to branch off; to turn off; to diverge; to stray (from the path); to change the subject; to interrupt; to stagger (times)