- inside; interior; also pr. [li3 mian5]
- to look around
- to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together
- slowly; unhurriedly; little by little
- readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite
- as the time draws near; at the last moment; temporary; interim; ad hoc
- paint; lacquer; CL:道[dao4]; to paint (furniture, walls etc)
- lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others); water-lily
- 中式 Zhōng shì: 中式 Zhong1 shi4: Chinese style中式 zhòng shì: 中式 zhong4 shi4: to pass the imperial examinations
- oil paints; lacquer; to paint; CL:層|层[ceng2]
- wood
- portion; part of; subset
- damaged by moths or worms
- to infer; to gather
- at that time; originally
- what kind?; how, what; somewhat
- to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship
- fine; meticulous; careful
- to spit; (onom.) pshaw!; (old) to sip
- inferior; shoddy; lousy; lame
- to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
- cultural relic; historical relic; CL:件[jian4],個|个[ge4]
- to continue; to replenish
- interval; gap; clearance
- interruption; to interrupt (esp. talk); to change the subject
- the correct path; the right way (Buddhism)
- tradition; traditional
- until
- funds; capital
- substantial; robust; ample; abundant
- buyer; purchaser
- insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent
- to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- otherwise; if not; or (else)
- high quota; large amount
- scholarship; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into
- task; problem; issue
- light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- nature; natural; naturally
- to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by; CL:個|个[ge4]
- apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了[chu2 le5] + A + 就是[jiu4 shi4] + B, "either A or B")
- vehement; fervent; generous; magnanimous