- to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters; condescending; to go about with one's nose in the air
- habit becomes nature (idiom); get used to something and it seems inevitable; second nature
- to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter
- 搁 gē: 搁 ge1: to place; to put aside; to shelve搁 gé: 搁 ge2: to bear; to stand; to endure; Taiwan pr. [ge1]
- in the past; formerly
- a way out (lit. and fig.); opportunity for advancement; a way forward; outlet (for one's products)
- to pass entrance exam; to enter college after a competitive exam
- Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
- brilliance; splendor; magnificence
- third year of university
- fourth year of university
- Yale University
- to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute
- to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later; to decide behind closed doors; all cut and dried
- charcoal briquette
- dark horse; fig. unexpected winner
- wind direction; the way the wind blows; fig. trend; direction of events; how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself); public opinion (concerning one's actions); publicity (usually derog.); limelight
- Renminbi, the official currency of the PRC (currency codes: RMB or CNY)
- to exclaim in admiration; a gasp of surprise
- termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close
- to stand above; to occupy an important position; to rank (among the top few)
- 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
- to have all to oneself; to monopolize
- party; delegation
- to take seriously; serious; No joking, really!
- to raise one's head
- to stand in a circle and watch
- list of successful applicants for college admission; list of people or entities ranked highest according to some metric
- lowercase
- the human world; the earth
- 合 gě: 合 ge3: 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗合 hé: 合 he2: to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale
- corridor; aisle; hallway; passageway; veranda
- right side; right, to the right
- picture; image; film; movie; photograph; reflection; shadow; trace
- hem (of a skirt)
- to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs
- to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips
- cotton cloth
- (bound form) skirt