- (idiom) to grant government positions or official titles in exchange for bribes
- model; example; paragon
- see 虎符[hu3 fu2]
- to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
- (literary) salary of a private tutor
- home; residence; to stay at home (unemployed)
- to bathe; to cleanse; to receive; to be given
- name card; business card
- (bound form) wing (of a bird or insect)
- portable; easy to carry
- to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden
- chess player
- eighty; 80
- to refuse politely
- (economics) to reduce; to curtail; to cut back; to tighten; austerity; tightening; crunch
- to dismiss; to discharge; to fire
- male-female; male and female
- (of lifestyle, clothing, writing etc) simple; plain
- four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1]
- ceremonial robe; formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc)
- long gown; cheongsam; traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao
- swelling or lump on skin; pimple; knot; lump; preoccupation; problem
- Chinese skullcap resembling the skin of half a watermelon
- to see; to catch sight of
- to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out
- to cook; cooking
- craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade
- grand hotel; large, upscale hotel
- see 東興區|东兴区[Dong1 xing1 Qu1]; see 東興市|东兴市[Dong1 xing1 Shi4]
- 楼 lóu: 楼 lou2: house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor; CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]楼 Lóu: 楼 Lou2: surname Lou
- happiness and longevity
- (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; CL:間|间[jian1]; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture
- exotic delicacies; luxury foodstuff from distant locations
- to eat a meal
- needed; to come in useful
- plain tea and simple food; (fig.) bread and water
- sweet potato
- wives and concubines (of a polygamous man); harem
- to skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals; also pr. [bo1pi2]