Vocabulary: 家
- 任 Rén: 任 Ren2: surname Ren任 rèn: 任 ren4: to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
- elderly loyalist of a former dynasty; former official who remains loyal after a dynastic change
- to make an exhibition of oneself; ostentation
- the world of Chinese opera
- 榜 bàng: 榜 bang4: (literary) oar; (metonym) boat; (literary) to whip; to flog; Taiwan pr. [beng4]榜 bǎng: 榜 bang3: notice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees
- role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
- top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]; top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light
- cultured; sophisticated
- (old) a person of literary talent; a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post)
- to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc; vegetarian diet; study room; building; to give alms (to a monk)
- to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection
- painting and calligraphy
- unable to break the custom (idiom); bound by conventions
- concubine
- to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom); dressed to the nines and wearing makeup
- fragrance; aroma; incense
- lovable; pampered; tender; delicate; frail
- pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of sth; the cream of the crop
- affecting shyness or embarrassment; coy; mincing (walk, manner of speech); mannered
- to pass away; to die
- almost; nearly; close to
- to fall ill
- 谜 mí: 谜 mi2: riddle谜 mèi: 谜 mei4: see 謎兒|谜儿[mei4 r5], riddle
- (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show
- to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse
- talkative; to speak out of turn; to blab; to shoot one's mouth off; rumors fly
- extremely quiet
- (coll.) for a long time
- severe; strict
- distressed; embarrassed
- to compile; to draw up; to fabricate; to invent; to concoct; to make up; to cook up
- to sneer; to laugh grimly; grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc); bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
- dignified; imposing; august; awe-inspiring; awe; prestige; dignity
- to tell a lie
- 混 hùn: 混 hun4: to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless混 hún: 混 hun2: Taiwan pr. [hun4]
- to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting
- leaflet; flier; pamphlet
- rampant; unbridled; arrogant; aggressive
- Japanese goods
- merchant; businessman
- to parade sb through the streets; to march or parade in the streets