- genre; style; form of writing
- number of written characters; number of words; word count
- Classical Chinese
- spoken language; vernacular
- length (of a piece of writing); space occupied on a printed page
- manpower; staff; human hand
- to mark (homework, exam scripts etc); to correct and criticize (an article); to check; to correct; a correction (to a piece of writing)
- paper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]); classifier for documents, letters etc
- small box; case
- to reward; reward (as encouragement)
- to learn to read; able to read; literate
- to wipe out illiteracy
- see 家信[jia1 xin4]
- to pay attention to; to emphasize
- the same old stuff
- standardized; standard (service, method etc); regulation (clothing etc); formulaic; (telecommunications etc) system; format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals)
- at a slow pace
- formalization; formalized
- countryside; areas outside the city
- (military, firefighting etc) (verb and noun) drill; exercise; maneuver
- 劈 pǐ: 劈 pi3: to split in two; to divide劈 pī: 劈 pi1: to hack; to chop; to split open; (of lightning) to strike
- (lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load; to carry a heavy burden
- to run; to jog; (military) to march at the double
- obstacle; hindrance
- form; specification; format
- tedious; convoluted; fiddly; pedantic
- main text (as opposed to footnotes); main body (of a book)
- nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
- troublesome; to take a lot of trouble to do sth
- useless; worthless
- simple and convenient; handy
- corporal punishment; to inflict physical punishment on (sb)
- specially made; custom-made
- to strictly prohibit
- to err; to make a mistake; to do the wrong thing
- to put in detention (a soldier, a pupil)
- negligible; insignificant
- sensational effect; wild reaction
- to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality
- all one's life