- (idiom) people coming and going; bustling with activity
- the secular world
- youthful time; prime of youth; flowering season
- a slight chill
- to keep a record of events; record; to start to form memories (after one's infancy)
- to shrink into
- to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)
- to treat an illness
- to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel; CL:頓|顿[dun4]
- illness; CL:場|场[chang2]; disease; to fall ill; defect
- to acquire; to get; to obtain
- to coerce (sb into doing sth bad); to lure (into a trap); to seduce
- to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise
- throat; voice; CL:把[ba3]
- toilet; lavatory; washroom
- bathroom sink; wash basin
- to hold one's breath; to feel suffocated (for lack of air); choked with bottled-up resentment
- to rumble with thunder; clap of thunder
- child
- to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics); perfunctory; to skimp; to botch; to do sth half-heartedly or just for show; barely enough to get by
- middle age
- to treat each other as an honored guest (idiom); mutual respect between husband and wife
- laughter
- cook; chef
- to test; to detect
- 当天 dāng tiān: 当天 dang1 tian1: on that day当天 dàng tiān: 当天 dang4 tian1: the same day
- to criticize; to find fault with; to denounce
- to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; (in football etc) to pass to
- to prepare a meal; to cook
- jittery; twitchy; fidgety
- to foster; to bring up; to raise
- woodwork; carpentry; woodworker; carpenter
- furniture; CL:件[jian4],套[tao4]
- to show one's head; to give a sign to show one's presence
- palm
- 仔 zǐ: 仔 zi3: (bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young; (bound form) fine; detailed仔 zǎi: 仔 zai3: (dialect) (bound form) young man仔 zī: 仔 zi1: used in 仔肩[zi1 jian1]
- (onom.) meow; cat's mewing
- night clothes; pajamas
- well-rounded; plump
- to serve to highlight; to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element