Vocabulary: 家
- to sigh (with feeling); to lament
- fortunately; luckily; (sarcastic) fancy that, how fortunate!
- husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma
- to chant the sutras
- to pray to Buddha; to chant the names of Buddha
- kindly; nice; amiable
- dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out
- to simmer; to roast in ashes
- fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
- fowl; chicken; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (slang) prostitute
- bamboo; CL:棵[ke1],根[gen1]
- cover of lamp; lampshade; glass cover of oil lamp
- 无 wú: 无 wu2: not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less无 mó: 无 mo2: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- fun; interest; delight; taste; liking; preference
- one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise
- to cross; to intersect; to overlap
- pendulum
- (onom.) pattering sound; drip drip (of water); tick tock (of clock); also pr. [di1 da5]
- tonight
- to wake sb; to rouse
- to go to bed; (coll.) to have sex
- so as not to; so as to avoid
- to catch cold
- to open (one's eyes)
- small side table; coffee table; teapoy (ornamental tripod with caddies for tea)
- teacup; tea-glass; cup; mug; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- teapot; CL:把[ba3]
- to pour; to deliberate
- (of tea, wine etc) strong; (of ink, aroma etc) thick; (of a color) deep; rich
- (of a person) short; (of a wall etc) low; (of rank) inferior (to); lower (than)
- to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
- to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke
- 喝 hè: 喝 he4: to shout喝 hē: 喝 he1: to drink
- to play with; to toy with; to dally with; to engage in; to resort to
- corner of the lower hem of a jacket etc
- to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess