- to ingratiate oneself
- term; semester; CL:個|个[ge4]
- vacation
- dry land (as opposed to the sea)
- to violate (a law)
- objective; aim; goal
- water shortage; dehydration
- a while; a spell; a short time; a burst
- 宫 gōng: 宫 gong1: palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale宫 Gōng: 宫 Gong1: surname Gong
- to study; to practice
- to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule
- commandment; to prohibit
- amazing powers; miraculous skill
- to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
- court lady; palace maid; traditional painting of beautiful women
- son of an official; son of nobility; your son (honorific)
- to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom); the traditional roles of a good wife
- in perfect harmony; in sync; lit. qin and se sing in harmony
- luxury home; mansion
- 闲 xián: 闲 xian2: enclosure; unoccupied; leisure闲 xián: 闲 xian2: idle; unoccupied; leisure
- to go by car (as driver or passenger)
- to come (formal); before; previously
- to pay a visit; to call on
- snowflake
- letter (sent by mail)
- fashion; fad; fashionable
- to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time)
- handbag; briefcase
- (polite) do me the honor
- to try sth out; to be on probation
- to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail
- unattainable; far-fetched; out of reach; exceedingly remote or distant
- (onom.) bang; pop; pow
- to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition
- to jump up suddenly; to bound up; to rise up in one bound
- zipper
- cicada slough; fig. to free oneself; to extricate oneself from