- to begin a lecture; to start on a story
- to attend a class; to go to a lecture
- to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt
- to screen; to block (sth or sb); to shield; (protective) shield
- (Tw) contact person
- Cairo, capital of Egypt
- Istanbul, Turkey
- life or death; fate; no matter what; anyway; for the life of me
- eloquence
- river water
- continuous; endless
- literature and language; (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
- to compete; to race; contest; competition; match; race
- 班 Bān: 班 Ban1: surname Ban班 bān: 班 ban1: team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
- with utmost care; fine; meticulous; detailed
- voluminous; flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)
- to drill; to practice
- to mark out; to tag; to put a sign on sth explaining or calling attention to; to annotate (e.g. a character with its pinyin)
- to give a lecture; to make a speech
- subject; title; topic; exercise or exam question (CL:道[dao4])
- Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer, linguist and inventor
- miniskirt
- laughter
- well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)
- to cough; CL:陣|阵[zhen4]
- to keep silent
- assembly hall; auditorium; CL:座[zuo4]
- platform; podium; rostrum; lectern; (teacher's) desk
- obscene; indecent; bawdy
- to spurn; to disdain
- to waive a right; to abstain (from voting); (sports) to forfeit (a game); to voluntarily withdraw from a match
- the whole class
- if
- soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad