Vocabulary: 家
- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
- firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [ta4 shi2]
- I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically); one might well ask
- lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate
- 商 shāng: 商 shang1: commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)商 Shāng: 商 Shang1: Shang Dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC); surname Shang
- to escape; to evade; to avoid; to shirk
- to propose marriage
- daughter's husband; son-in-law
- to care for; to worry about
- right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth
- to order people about; to stir up; to sow discord
- question mark (punct.); unknown factor; unsolved problem; interrogation
- tightfisted; stingy; short of money; hard up
- to embrace; to hug
- blackboard; CL:塊|块[kuai4],個|个[ge4]
- to summon one's courage
- to repay; to reward
- demon; fiend
- to blush; to turn red
- (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; CL:間|间[jian1]; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture
- as follows
- bedroom; dormitory; CL:間|间[jian1]
- to stand as a goalkeeper; to keep guard on a gate
- mirror; CL:面[mian4],個|个[ge4]
- until; (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止)
- meticulous; careful; attentive
- to investigate; to check and research; exquisite
- secret signal; password; countersign