- see 臨江市|临江市[Lin2 jiang1 Shi4]
- to construct; building; CL:個|个[ge4]
- simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
- to come to oneself; to come to realize; to come to see the truth; to wake up to reality
- old Buddhist temple
- didn't expect
- base; mean; despicable
- what kind?; how, what; somewhat
- cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely
- to guide; to lead (around); to conduct; to boot; introduction; primer
- palace hall
- to sit cross-legged; to sit in the lotus position
- hold one's breath
- the whole night
- a long talk
- to open (one's eyes)
- pupil of the eye
- to expose; to show; also pr. [lou4 chu1]
- nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised
- to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; (math.) to converge
- faint; dim; dull; insipid; unenthusiastic; indifferent
- to stay (at a hotel etc during a trip)
- to read aloud; to recite rhythmically; to chant; to intone (esp. poems in rhythm)
- (dialect) to look at
- (literary) to think to oneself
- to take care of; to raise money; to attend to (guests, customers etc)
- food
- hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on
- tone of voice; the way one speaks; manner of expression; tone
- to conceal one's identity; living incognito
- to live a hermit's life (in seclusion); a frugal life (idiom)
- to chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems); (literary) to lament; to groan; (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects; (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato)
- equivalent to either 是[shi4] or 就是[jiu4 shi4]
- royal family; royal household
- to decline; to wane; weakened; enfeebled; in decline
- now; at the present (time)
- can it be possible that; could it be
- to stay at; to live in (temporarily)
- (idiom) (originally, in Mencius) to cultivate one's moral character in solitude; (modern sense) to look after only one's own interests