- dedicated to one's work
- manner; bearing; attitude; approach; CL:個|个[ge4]
- later generations
- countless; numberless; innumerable
- to lose one's splendor; to lose luster; to be eclipsed; to be overshadowed
- 难 nán: 难 nan2: difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good难 nàn: 难 nan4: disaster; distress; to scold
- therefore
- someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)
- finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last
- who; also pr. [shui2]
- 咋 zǎ: 咋 za3: dialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]; Taiwan pr. [ze2]咋 zé: 咋 ze2: (literary) to bite; to gnaw咋 zhā: 咋 zha1: used in 咋呼[zha1 hu5]; Taiwan pr. [ze2]
- like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- magical; mystical; miraculous
- before; formerly; previous; ago
- whenever; every time
- child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)
- always
- to hope; a hope; a wish
- 只 zhǐ: 只 zhi3: only; merely; just只 zhī: 只 zhi1: grain that has begun to ripen只 zhī: 只 zhi1: classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- to sum up; to conclude; summary; résumé; CL:個|个[ge4]
- a line of verse; a sentence
- to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
- different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- idea; opinion; suggestion; objection; complaint; CL:點|点[dian3],條|条[tiao2]
- to concentrate; to condense; (nuclear energy) to enrich; espresso coffee (abbr. for 意式濃縮咖啡|意式浓缩咖啡[Yi4 shi4 nong2 suo1 ka1 fei1])
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 权 quán: 权 quan2: authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary权 Quán: 权 Quan2: surname Quan
- to consider; to weigh (a matter); to balance (pros and cons)
- expedient
- popular feeling; the will of the people
- (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
- to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
- 那 nà: 那 na4: (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)那 Nā: 那 Na1: surname Na那 Núo: 那 Nuo2: surname Nuo那 núo: 那 nuo2: (archaic) many; beautiful; how
- subtle
- to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- steelyard weight; standard weight
- 随 Súi: 随 Sui2: surname Sui随 súi: 随 sui2: to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently
- (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- severity (of the case); degree of seriousness; whether sth is slight or serious
- to change; to fluctuate; change; fluctuation
- to find
- that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]
- position; place; seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result
- how; what kind
- start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly