- to change into; to turn into; to become
- engineering as an academic subject
- 盖 Gě: 盖 Ge3: surname Ge盖 gài: 盖 gai4: lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build
- simple and crude
- thatched hut
- leisurely frame of mind
- to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir
- to foresee; to anticipate
- to accompany; to follow; to attend; entourage; attendant
- brittle; fragile; crisp; crunchy; clear and loud voice; neat
- conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction
- to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after
- to care about; to mind
- superior and subordinate; social ranking
- noble and lowly; high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism
- to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
- to treat; treatment
- to decoct medicinal herbs
- to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
- relieved; comforted; to relieve anxieties; at ease; relaxed; reassuring; happy
- bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
- to look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on; without a friend in the world
- one's close relatives
- limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes)
- lonely; solitary
- beautiful; fine
- see 西山區|西山区[Xi1 shan1 Qu1]
- 采 cǎi: 采 cai3: to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather采 cǎi: 采 cai3: color; complexion; looks采 cài: 采 cai4: used in 采邑[cai4 yi4] and 采地[cai4 di4]
- Pteridium aquilinum; bracken
- day after day
- (of flowing water or time) to pass by; to pass away; to die
- Lantern Festival; night of the 15th of the first lunar month; see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4]; sticky rice dumplings
- to think about (the distant past or future)
- grand view; magnificent landscape
- to add; to increase; to replenish
- country with an ancient history
- barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless
- underbrush
- to stick one's head out and look around (idiom)