- why
- 若 rě: 若 re3: used in 般若[bo1 re3]; used in 蘭若|兰若[lan2 re3]若 rùo: 若 ruo4: to seem; like; as; if
- other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders
- (of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread; (of people) numerous
- the world in chaos; troubled times; (in Buddhism) the mortal world
- to read a book; to study; to attend school
- to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander
- very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (coll.) very; extremely
- wealth; money
- to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
- mere worldly possessions
- to comprehend (the nature of things etc); to achieve enlightenment
- 冒 Mào: 冒 Mao4: surname Mao冒 mào: 冒 mao4: to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover
- to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson; CL:番[fan1],頓|顿[dun4]
- enraged; furious; livid
- to heed; to pay attention to
- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise
- red wood; mahogany; rosewood; padauk
- small box
- (of one's gaze) fixed; staring
- type; style
- simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
- cover; lid; shell
- material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
- first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
- secondly; the other (usu. of two); the second
- 金 jīn: 金 jin1: gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]金 Jīn: 金 Jin1: surname Jin; surname Kim (Korean); Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
- seed (of a plant)
- 乙 yǐ: 乙 yi3: second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; second in order; letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]); ethyl; bent; winding; radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5); ancient Chinese compass point: 105°乙 zhé: 乙 zhe2: turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]
- point of a spear; edge of a tool; vanguard; forward (in sports team)
- training in the basic skills; knowledge of the fundamentals
- over there; yonder
- grinning from ear to ear (idiom); beaming with happiness
- to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not
- to inconvenience; to trouble (sb with a request)
- to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom
- 礼 lǐ: 礼 li3: gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy礼 Lǐ: 礼 Li3: surname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites
- to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips
- to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to
- opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely