- 小子 xiǎo zi: 小子 xiao3 zi5: (coll.) boy; (derog.) joker; guy; (despicable) fellow小子 xiǎo zǐ: 小子 xiao3 zi3: (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders)
- God; Heavens
- enemy; foe; (in opera) sweetheart or destined love
- pepper
- can; jar; pot
- jar; pitcher; pot
- to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge
- to sympathize with; sympathy
- eager to excel; eager to get ahead in life; strong-minded
- prospects; future outlook; journey
- to put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime; to lay the foundation; to come last in the rankings
- to be willing to; to resign oneself to
- item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment; sth significant but not immediately apparent; sth more than meets the eye
- housekeeping
- high and mighty (idiom); arrogant
- strong or weak; intensity; amount of force or pressure
- to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy
- to serve as a foil; to set off; a foil; a contrast
- to show off one's ability
- (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball); to be dismissed (in cricket); (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition; (fig.) to be weeded out; to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
- reputation
- in (sb's) eyes
- to howl; to bellow; to yell
- to be on summer vacation
- dry and rough (skin); hoarse (voice); dry and heavy (style)
- as matters stand; things having reached this stage
- original sin
- topography; terrain; landform
- pace; (measured) step; march
- to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical
- worldly affairs; the ways of the world
- crafty; cunning; deceitful
- intention; regard; kindly feelings
- to be in the way; to be a hindrance; (usu. in the negative) to be of consequence; to matter