- concerning foreigners or foreign affairs
- bottle cork; bottle stopper
- Holy Communion; Eucharist
- chapel; church (Protestant)
- alcoholism; alcohol poisoning
- beggar
- (dialect) elderly lady; wet nurse; Catholic nun
- good news; glad tidings; gospel
- health; healthy
- meek; modest; amiable
- to form ties; to become attached (to sb, sth)
- full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted
- to move and appeal; to rally to a cause; to impel; to inspire
- the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor; see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3]; the four directions; the four limbs (Chinese medicine); four-dimensional
- (literary) to instruct; to admonish; to counsel; teachings; instruction; guidance
- chicken coop; (slang) brothel
- inherent; innate
- earnest; sincere
- short; dwarfish
- to whisper in sb's ear; a whisper
- as round as a ball
- great catastrophe
- to change shape in a single shake; fig. to take on a new lease of life
- to study the Confucian classics; to read scriptures or canonical texts
- active supporter; political activist
- glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled
- to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate; (old) period of five days
- dormitory building; CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
- the reason why
- Dai ethnic group
- Gospel according to St John
- to be grateful
- to grant; to bestow
- to look at each other
- formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony
- to be witness to; witness; evidence
- loyal and dependable