Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb)
- the Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- to interpret; to comment and explain; to annotate; to perform (i.e. interpret a theatrical role); to decode; interpretation; annotation
- one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
- to practice; exercise; drill; practice; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
- (music) note; phonetic component of a Chinese character; phonetic symbol; phonogram
- to miss; to leave out; to omit; to be omitted; to be missing; to slip through; to leak out; to seep away
- ending; coda; to wind up
- sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)
- 调 tiáo: 调 tiao2: to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite调 diào: 调 diao4: to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody
- outside the door
- common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
- 哼 hēng: 哼 heng1: to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph!哼 hng: 哼 hng5: interjection expressing dissatisfaction or suspicion
- to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress
- to work as a teacher; to teach (in a school)
- to take care; to look out
- to fascinate; to strongly attract; to obsess; to infatuate; to captivate; to enchant
- it may be assumed that
- to concede; to admit defeat
- ambitious
- to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo
- snobbish
- legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
- extravagant; liberal with money
- to chase; to pursue vigorously
- target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to purse; to pucker (up)
- eyebrow; upper margin
- inside
- queen
- low status; lowly; to lower (one's head)
- lowly; mean and low
- servant
- to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease
- to betray
- to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof
- specially; for a special purpose