- preferably; one would prefer to...(or not to...); would rather; (would) be better to; (to pick) the lesser of two evils
- to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc); ruined
- half an hour; 30 minutes
- feasible
- at what time?; when?
- to do as one sees fit; to play it by ear (according to the circumstances)
- folding fan
- across one's whole face; (smiling) from ear to ear
- windblown dust; hardships of travel; vicissitudes of life; prostitution
- beaten; exhausted; tired
- public sentiment
- no less than; not inferior to
- basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters; CL:個|个[ge4]
- small earthenware plate or basin; a monk's alms bowl; Sanskrit paatra
- 裤子 kù zi: 裤子 ku4 zi5: pants裤子 kù zi: 裤子 ku4 zi5: trousers; pants; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- casino
- to bet; to wager
- new hand; novice; raw recruit
- to strut about
- to lift; to raise; to raise one's head; high; high spirits; soaring; expensive
- reason; logic
- uncouth fellow; rustic
- goods; money; commodity; CL:個|个[ge4]
- crafty; cunning; deceitful
- to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action; to go through the motions; to practice; a trial run
- to cross over (by ferry); transition; interim; caretaker (administration)
- to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement
- busy; bustling
- 混 hún: 混 hun2: Taiwan pr. [hun4]混 hùn: 混 hun4: to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless
- trick; drama; play; show; CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]
- one's ancestral home (registered place of family origin, typically inherited patrilineally and recorded in official documents)
- Xuanwumen, Beijing
- provincial or county guild hall
- supporter
- to prepare to build sth
- 厦 shà: 厦 sha4: (bound form) tall building; mansion; (bound form) rear annex; lean-to; Taiwan pr. [xia4]厦 Xià: 厦 Xia4: abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2], Fujian
- to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy
- 雷 Léi: 雷 Lei2: surname Lei雷 léi: 雷 lei2: thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)