- to see
- corner (of a room, courtyard etc); (fig.) remote spot; nook
- stove
- Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars); (used sarcastically) pedant
- slightly-built; petite
- old man; elderly man
- attire; clothes; dress
- buttoned mandarin jacket of the Qing dynasty 清代[Qing1 dai4] (1644-1911)
- to doze off
- half of the day; a long time; quite a while
- to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations
- to overdo it; to overstep the limit; excessively; above one's head; overhead
- eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]); (bound form) shop; store
- (coll.) today
- to open a business; first transaction of a business day
- (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty; to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc); (literal usage) so easy
- to consider; to deliberate; to fill up a cup to the brim
- over and over again; again and again
- lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
- to have heard what was said
- just now; then
- suddenly; now (..., now...)
- skin and flesh; the physical body; (fig.) the superficial layer; surface aspects
- (theater) curtain
- to slight; to neglect
- shopkeeper
- to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb
- nimble
- walnut; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
- window; CL:扇[shan4]
- heavy rain; CL:場|场[chang2]
- (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that)
- (coll.) if
- to regard with disdain; to shun
- clothing; unlined garment
- to dry in the sun
- rainy day; rainy weather
- tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (property); to shift; to move (sth big and heavy); classifier for things resembling a plate or dish; classifier for coils; classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
- (idiom) to take one's time; unhurried; leisurely
- the first time; for the first time