- lit. as if in mourning for one's parents (idiom); fig. (often pejorative) inconsolable; distraught
- to describe; (literary) countenance; appearance
- experienced person; an old hand at sth
- mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick
- picture; drawing; painting
- dining hall; dining room; restaurant; CL:間|间[jian1],家[jia1]
- knight; cavalier; (Tw) bike rider (scooter, bicycle etc)
- leaf (CL:片[pian4]); (slang) marijuana
- to send away to serve a penal sentence
- in order; in succession
- lunch; luncheon; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]
- dish; lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet); emaciated look (from malnutrition)
- luncheon
- pork shoulder; (coll.) elbow
- mashed potato
- pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage
- red wine
- beef
- to rely mainly on; to attach most importance to
- vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type
- side dish
- main course
- the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
- the latter
- skull; brain; head; mind; mentality; ideas
- 横 héng: 横 heng2: horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent横 hèng: 横 heng4: harsh and unreasonable; unexpected
- menu; CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]
- hometown; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 牛 Níu: 牛 Niu2: surname Niu牛 níu: 牛 niu2: ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome
- feces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
- to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc); to fiddle with; to stir up
- 何 Hé: 何 He2: surname He何 hé: 何 he2: what; how; why; which; carry
- family name
- famous; noted; well-known; celebrated
- from generation to generation; generation after generation
- chief (representative, correspondent etc)