Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- oneself; (attributive) one's own
- to guess
- 错 Cùo: 错 Cuo4: surname Cuo错 cùo: 错 cuo4: mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver
- despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
- next door; neighbor
- room; CL:間|间[jian1]
- chattering
- soft
- beautiful hair
- to curl; curled
- 曲 qū: 曲 qu1: bent; crooked; wrong曲 qǔ: 曲 qu3: tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]曲 Qū: 曲 Qu1: surname Qu曲 qū: 曲 qu1: fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- soft; velvety; flabby; weak; schmaltzy
- to huddle together; to curl up
- evening meal; dinner; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]
- to nap; to doze
- father and mother; parents
- to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
- in the country; rural; pastoral
- 公馆 Gōng guǎn: 公馆 Gong1 guan3: Gongguan or Kungkuan township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan公馆 gōng guǎn: 公馆 gong1 guan3: residence (of sb rich or important); mansion
- 过去 gùo qù: 过去 guo4 qu4: (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by过去 gùo qu: 过去 guo4 qu5: (verb suffix)
- ten; 10
- 家 jiā: 家 jia1: used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]家 jiā: 家 jia1: home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- happy; joyful
- a holiday; a day off
- a period of time in the recent past; (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along; the whole time
- at one's side; on hand
- to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through
- 正 zhèng: 正 zheng4: straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive正 zhēng: 正 zheng1: first month of the lunar year
- to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- from now on; in the future; time to come
- to return to
- to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- how; what way; what
- some; somewhat; rather; a bit
- to long for; to look forward to
- since; as; this being the case
- to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
- before; previously
- to contemplate; to ponder; contemplation; meditation
- heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
- friendly
- dear; beloved; darling
- to part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart; difference; distinction; in different ways; differently; separately; individually; respectively
- not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)