- bamboo forest
- strong or weak; intensity; amount of force or pressure
- obvious at a glance (idiom)
- to read out loud; (computing) to read (data); readout (of a scientific instrument)
- a hundred percent; out and out; absolutely
- (dead) human remains
- to kneel and bow with joined hands at forehead level; to worship
- twisting; to twine; to wind; to pester; to bother
- magical object; object symbolic of imperial power; fine weapon; very useful tool
- cheap quality counterfeit (goods); low-quality commodities
- merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power
- to rack one's brains
- to grind; study; research
- ingrained; entrenched; deep-rooted
- to coerce (sb into doing sth bad); to lure (into a trap); to seduce
- to gallop; to rush headlong
- life
- stool; small seat
- cheerful and optimistic; in a good mood; gaily
- to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to
- to implore; to plead; to ask earnestly
- to be generous (idiom); to be magnanimous; Give me a break!
- (coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt
- shrill (voice)
- to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish
- sister's daughter; wife's sibling's daughter
- to be accompanied by
- (coll.) nowadays
- sister's son; wife's sibling's son
- money wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment; kickback; bribe
- lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom); fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
- to be a mistress or lover
- dessert; sweet
- intentionally or otherwise
- calendar; CL:張|张[zhang1],本[ben3]
- young married woman