- to wield the pen; to write
- to scribble rapidly
- calligraphy; handwriting; penmanship
- cardboard; card stock
- graceful; elegant; to drift; to float
- harsh; scathing; acid (remarks)
- court examination, the top grade imperial exam
- top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]; top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light
- sheep; lamb
- gaiety; gladness; glee; merriment; pleasure; happy; joyous; gay
- stupid
- spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair
- 秋 qīu: 秋 qiu1: autumn; fall; harvest time秋 Qīu: 秋 Qiu1: surname Qiu秋 qīu: 秋 qiu1: used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
- tofu; bean curd
- concrete; specific; detailed
- workplace; workforce (of a nation or industry etc); job market
- ignorant; ignorance
- the younger generation; those who come after
- to regret; to feel that it is a great pity; to feel sorry for sb
- special; specific; designated; particular
- countless; innumerable
- to purse; to pucker (up)
- Barents Sea
- (idiom) vibrant; full of vitality
- orca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
- storm; violent commotion; fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)
- to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc)
- cape; promontory
- populous and affluent
- to sail; to fly; to navigate
- ocean current
- salinity
- to encircle; to go around; to circle; to beat about the bush
- ocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan
- to have a look
- ice sheet
- to exchange (sth) for (sth else); to replace with; to convert into
- philosophic theory; philosophy
- heartfelt; sincere; unfeigned
- drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell
- to ask the way; to ask