- beginnings; clues; mental state; thread
- to guess; to conjecture; to suppose; (math.) hypothesis
- the Goldbach conjecture in number theory
- to hinder; to block; to obstruct
- palace
- popularity; presence of people; liveliness
- excellence; luster of gems
- to incite; to prompt (sb to do sth)
- to build up public opinion; to create a fuss
- expenditures; expenses (CL:筆|笔[bi3],項|项[xiang4]); to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages
- to follow
- (idiom) to assess merit and confer rewards
- outline; main threads
- to waste no time in (doing sth); to hurry up
- to wash; to rinse; to clean; (fig.) to purge; to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc)
- to steer (a ship)
- extended family; big family; harmonious group
- must; have to; be bound to
- ugly; shameful; to ridicule
- position; post; job
- respected; respectable; honorable
- to shrink (in the wash); fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
- (archaic) title granted to a person; to ban an (online) account
- lit. has a name but no reality (idiom); exists only in name; nominal
- to answer; to reply; Reply to: (in email header)
- greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle
- to get promoted
- elderly
- friends and family; kith and kin
- to stare blankly; to be in a daze
- both parents
- deeply worried (idiom); to feel anxious
- grinning from ear to ear (idiom); beaming with happiness
- spirit trembling with excitement (idiom); in high spirits; lively and full of enthusiasm; full of energy; con brio
- to respond; response
- father's father; paternal grandfather