Vocabulary: 家
- Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty
- same type; category 1 (i.e. class A)
- to be studying (at a school or research institute)
- modest
- 伯 bǎi: 伯 bai3: one hundred (old)伯 bó: 伯 bo2: father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- reader; an instructional book
- antique; old relic; (fig.) old-fashioned person or thing; old fogey
- (coll.) to be eager for; to long for; to look forward to
- to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality
- 禁 jìn: 禁 jin4: to prohibit; to forbid禁 jīn: 禁 jin1: to endure
- to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking
- to be called; to be known as
- bard; poet
- to smile; to laugh
- 语 yù: 语 yu4: (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know语 yǔ: 语 yu3: dialect; language; speech
- courtesy name of Lin Shu 林紓|林纾[Lin2 Shu1]
- sth written or painted in one's own hand; (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill; style; hand; (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc; scale
- to jeer at; to deride; to ridicule; mockery; derision
- younger male cousin through a female relative
- 人家 rén jiā: 人家 ren2 jia1: household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be; CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]人家 rén jia: 人家 ren2 jia5: other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
- deliberately; on purpose
- to reduce the pace (of movements, steps etc)
- central room of a traditional Chinese house
- (stage) lighting; light
- dusky
- (sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face
- electric light; CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
- to burn; to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes); to start (debate); to raise (hopes)
- signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]); brand; trademark; mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]); (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2 pai2] and 曲牌[qu3 pai2])
- sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- left side
- to decorate; decoration; decorative; ornamental
- to lift; to raise; to raise one's head; high; high spirits; soaring; expensive
- to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around
- unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
- light and quick; brisk; spry; lively; effortless; relaxed; agile; blithe
- to laugh heartily; a belly laugh
- to wave sth; to brandish
- arm (from shoulder to wrist); (fig.) assistant; helper
- space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space
- to bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle
- to obstruct; to hinder; to block; obstruction; hindrance
- to play the role of; to act
- (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform; (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete; (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product); (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue