- slowly; gently
- elegant; graceful; smart; to dance lightly
- foresight; discernment; vision
- by fair means or foul; by hook or by crook; unscrupulously
- (idiom) bustling with activity
- to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom)
- to draw up the theme (for discussion)
- to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently)
- full stop; period (punct.)
- prologue of play; opening remarks; preamble (of speeches, articles etc)
- 幢 chuáng: 幢 chuang2: banner; pennant (in ancient China)幢 zhuàng: 幢 zhuang4: classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]); (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows
- indecisive; irresolute
- to scrupulously abide by
- material; resources; data; information; profile (Internet); CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4]
- to compile; to edit
- rather; quite
- Chinese opera
- skill; art
- to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave); to linger on
- brothel; theater; carved balustrade
- dim; dark; overcast; darkness; shadow; (fig.) dismal; gloomy; somber; murky; shadowy (side)
- behind sb's back; secretly
- to spit on and curse; to revile
- to urge; to exhort
- to look askance; cross or wall-eyed
- glance; glimpse
- ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment
- part of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经; a song; a poem set to elegant music; a refined chant; the biblical Song of Solomon
- to take the bait
- arrow; dart; straight; to vow; to swear
- lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom); fig. to fail an exam; to fall behind (in a competition)
- egotistical; arrogant; brassy
- (idiom) half believing, half doubting; not quite convinced; skeptical
- to accept wholeheartedly; to embrace; to be won over
- free and at ease; natural; unconstrained
- undisciplined; unorganized
- dilatory; sluggish; muddled; roundabout
- to trifle without respect (idiom); to despise worldly conventions; frivolous
- doorway; gate; entrance
- interest in sth; curiosity; inquisitive
- bright; sharp; quick-witted