Vocabulary: 南方与北方
- to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle
- pale; wan; sickly white
- to return a politeness; to present a gift in return
- (onom.) clang; jingling of metals; to strike
- appropriate; proper
- mental labor; intellectual work
- behavior; conduct
- charm; amulet (religious object conferring blessing)
- hidden; potential; latent
- vehement; fervent; generous; magnanimous
- brain; mind; head; essence
- disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck
- to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to
- swindler; a cheat
- to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people; to tell tales; to make mischief
- front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open
- to goof off; to be lazy
- main content; matter; work; origin of an incident; cause; purpose; subject (of business letter)
- 几 jī: 几 ji1: small table几 jī: 几 ji1: (literary) almost几 jǐ: 几 ji3: how many; how much; several; a few
- to erode; to corrode
- suddenly and completely (realize, change one's strategy etc)
- to repent; repentance
- premature; too soon
- to permit; to allow
- aloof; detached; disinterested; impartial
- to take control of; to manage; to curb
- small and weak; puny; the small and weak; children; women and children
- to be interdependent
- usual; customary
- old friend; sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
- accord; to make contact; to agree; to consult with; extensive
- infant; baby; CL:個|个[ge4]; lead (Pb)
- (of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned
- everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy