Vocabulary: 家
- to select; to choose; to settle on
- a man; a male; men; CL:個|个[ge4]
- poverty-stricken; poor
- more than ten; a dozen or more
- original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- master; host; owner; CL:個|个[ge4]
- salary; wages
- prospects; future outlook; journey
- (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc)
- plait; braid; pigtail; a mistake or shortcoming that may be exploited by an opponent; handle; CL:根[gen1],條|条[tiao2]
- to convert; to turn into (sth else); to adapt (a story to another medium)
- hair worn in a bun or coil
- 常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang
- to hide; to dodge; to avoid
- garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; CL:座[zuo4]
- to shed tears
- sometimes
- husband
- 待 dāi: 待 dai1: to stay; to remain待 dài: 待 dai4: to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to
- forecast
- not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- to sigh; to exclaim
- to surround; to encircle; to hem in
- 过来 gùo lai: 过来 guo4 lai5: see 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]过来 gùo lái: 过来 guo4 lai2: to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of
- to enlarge; to amplify; to magnify
- 直 zhí: 直 zhi2: straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters直 Zhí: 直 Zhi2: surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- lazily
- to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch
- to get rid of; to exclude; to eliminate; to remove; to delete; to strip out; to extract
- slightly
- spacious; roomy; uncrowded; (of clothes) loose and comfortable; relaxed; free of worry; well-off; affluent
- fat; obese
- (to stand or move) sideways
- 铺盖 pū gài: 铺盖 pu1 gai4: to spread evenly over铺盖 pū gai: 铺盖 pu1 gai5: bedding; bedclothes
- one head; a head full of sth; one end (of a stick); one side; headlong; directly; rapidly; simultaneously
- half of sth; one side of sth
- almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad
- to emerge; to pop up; to spring forth; to appear from nowhere
- to force a smile; a bitter laugh