- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- mold; type; style; model
- eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father)
- one's late days; to have one foot in the grave
- again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- will; shall; to be going to
- to retire (from the workforce); to go into retirement
- (idiom) high-spirited; full of mettle
- unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that
- to talk nonsense
- (idiom) over the years; year after year
- to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
- lonely; solitary
- mound; tomb; hill; mountain
- it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
- (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
- fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure
- only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid; to carry weight; to regard as; to consider (to be ...)
- to approach; to get close to
- to die of old age; to die in one's bed at a ripe old age; (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life
- can't discern
- old and frail; decrepit; doddering; decrepitude; infirmities of old age
- every year; each year; yearly
- to molt (of birds); to change feathers
- a while; a spell; a short time; a burst
- young
- that kind; that sort
- spotlessly white; pure white
- 雪 Xuě: 雪 Xue3: surname Xue雪 xuě: 雪 xue3: snow; CL:場|场[chang2]; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
- ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- gradually
- to darken
- appearance; manner; pattern; model
- day after day
- to bully
- to expel; to oust; (dialect) to chase after; to try to catch up with
- to run like the wind; to rush; to gallop
- house; residence
- nightly
- never
- to show one's face; to appear (in public)