- first-hand
- eleventh lunar month
- beloved son
- performing arts
- adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
- senior
- (coll.) father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather
- to manage (a business); manager; broker
- show business
- to adore; to admire
- to be on an equal footing
- to act recklessly; to mess around
- to be derailed; to go off the rails; (fig.) to overstep the bounds; (fig.) to have an extramarital affair
- to suck; used in 囉嗦|啰嗦[luo1 suo5]; used in 哆嗦[duo1 suo5]
- 嘎 gá: 嘎 ga2: cackling sound嘎 gā: 嘎 ga1: (onom.) short but loud sound嘎 gǎ: 嘎 ga3: (dialect) ill-tempered; ornery; (dialect) naughty; mischievous
- pigtail; (fig.) a shortcoming or evidence of wrongdoing that can be seized upon by others
- (idiom) to do whatever one pleases
- to understand; to comprehend; to grasp
- to investigate; to delve; to probe; to enquire into; to look into
- dispute
- weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently)
- to purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization); to acquire or take over (a company or equity); acquisition; takeover
- dead tree
- frank; straightforward; blunt
- old woman (at times contemptuous)
- firewood
- to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth; (dialect) to chat idly
- secret purse; secret stash of money
- Mitsubishi
- to manage wealth; to manage finances; money management
- profits
- to visit (as a customer)
- to ridicule; to mock
- delicious; savory
- complicated
- decorative bow of ribbon or fabric
- simple and convenient; handy
- to embody; to reflect; to incarnate