- to visit; to go around visiting (people or places)
- to defeat; to crush (in battle); beaten; ruined; destroyed; in decline
- ghost; spirit (of the dead)
- to drift; to wave; to float on the waves; to flutter in the wind
- to rock; to sway; to shake
- (idiom) every movement; each and every move
- to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family
- to pay up; to shell out; to hand over the money to cover sth
- 好玩 hǎo wán: 好玩 hao3 wan2: amusing; fun; interesting好玩 hào wán: 好玩 hao4 wan2: to be playful; to be fond of one's fun
- to practice (a trade)
- just; exactly; to happen to be
- to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for
- miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy
- to piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all; to go all out; to spell (words)
- perilous; touch-and-go; nerve-racking; suspenseful
- expense; cost; to spend (time or money); expenditure
- (coll.) (other people's) dumb luck
- to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence)
- passport; CL:本[ben3],個|个[ge4]
- lawyer
- immigration office
- (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job
- Canada
- investment; to invest
- to immigrate; to migrate; emigrant; immigrant
- to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; undisturbed; peaceful
- to employ; to hire; to rent
- older female servant; amah
- elderly gentleman (respectful); esteemed father
- to travel around the world
- Vietnam
- war; conflict; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]
- 失调 shī diào: 失调 shi1 diao4: out of tune (music)失调 shī tiáo: 失调 shi1 tiao2: imbalance; to become dysfunctional; to lack proper care (after an illness etc)
- delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom); (of a woman) exquisite
- Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam; Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong
- girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old); CL:個|个[ge4]
- cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai into a close-fitting dress with a high collar and side slits
- 奥 ào: 奥 ao4: obscure; mysterious奥 ào: 奥 Ao4: (bound form) Austria (abbr. for 奧地利|奥地利[Ao4 di4 li4]); (bound form) Olympics (abbr. for 奧林匹克|奥林匹克[Ao4 lin2 pi3 ke4])
- umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow