Vocabulary: 家
- (bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父[bo2 fu4]); (computing) (bound form) parent-
- 子 zi: 子 zi5: noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"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-
- early period; early phase; early stage
- United Kingdom (UK); Britain
- Dickens (name); Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist
- Japan
- for example; for instance; such as
- summertime
- to rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle
- 石 Shí: 石 Shi2: surname Shi; abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], the capital of Hebei石 dàn: 石 dan4: dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters; ancient pr. [shi2]石 shí: 石 shi2: rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- 田 Tián: 田 Tian2: surname Tian田 tián: 田 tian2: field; farm; CL:片[pian4]
- pouch; bag; sack; pocket
- 川 Chuān: 川 Chuan1: short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1]川 chuān: 川 chuan1: (bound form) river; creek; plain; an area of level country
- minor road; lane; pathway; trail
- real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely
- (bound form) sincere; genuine; (bound form) (of an illness) serious
- unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是[shi4]) in particular
- island; CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]
- 武 Wǔ: 武 Wu3: surname Wu武 wǔ: 武 wu3: martial; military
- 郎 Láng: 郎 Lang2: surname Lang郎 láng: 郎 lang2: (arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status; a youth
- to recite; to repeat from memory
- young; immature
- despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
- to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
- Japanese (language)
- so far; to this day; until now
- still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- frequently; often
- Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers
- more or less
- to exist; to be; existence
- these
- to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience
- first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally
- to urge on (of horse); to drive; to steer; to handle; to manage; to master; to dominate
- character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- sentence; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 边 biān: 边 bian1: side; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:個|个[ge4]; simultaneously边 bian: 边 bian5: suffix of a noun of locality
- to amend; to alter; to modify
- straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
- today; the present time; now
- to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
- article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning; CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]