Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- demoralizing talk
- sincere
- to gather; to collect
- wretched situation; plight; wretched; miserable
- origin; root (cause)
- to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
- economy; economic
- principle; doctrine; CL:個|个[ge4]
- profit and loss; waxing and waning
- to degenerate; impoverished; to fall (into poverty); to be reduced (to begging)
- to perish; to ruin; to destroy
- to have no right; to have no authority
- incompetence; inability; incapable; powerless
- grief; remorse; deep in sorrow; bitter (anguish); profound (condolences)
- colleague; co-conspirator; accomplice
- hurried; hasty
- grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance
- ups and downs (of life etc); to drift along; to sink and emerge
- to speak bluntly (idiom); not to mince words
- to improve; to make better; improvement
- to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon
- solitary and impoverished (idiom)
- one's close relatives
- reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave
- 喂 wèi: 喂 wei4: hey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)喂 wéi: 喂 wei2: hello (when answering the phone)喂 wèi: 喂 wei4: to feed
- small bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick); (fig.) penis (kiddie term); (golf) birdie
- human nature; humanity; human; the totality of human attributes
- indifferent; insignificant
- specially; intentionally
- medical treatment
- articles for use; products; goods
- foresight; prescience
- long-term considerations; to take the long view
- to fall ill
- at one go; at a stretch; for a period of time; forming a gang
- in vain
- tired of; fed up with; sick of; (of a person) to annoy; to be tiresome
- to be deeply hidden; to lie deep (in some place)
- secret; hidden
- to face squarely; to meet head on; to face up to
- Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above; to fly skywards; (euphemism) to die; to pass away; the previous day (or days)
- blankly; vacantly; at a loss