- precious
- cradle (for a baby); (fig.) cradle; birthplace (of a civilization, movement etc)
- father and mother; parents
- 童 Tóng: 童 Tong2: surname Tong童 tóng: 童 tong2: child
- to install; to erect; to fix; to mount; installation
- arc
- sled; sleigh
- to shut
- to ask oneself; to search one's soul; to reach a conclusion after weighing a matter
- to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (often used in the negative) to care about
- bright; smart; quick-witted; heart; thoughts; spirit
- romance; love (romantic); CL:份[fen4]
- to occupy; to hold
- 蓉 Róng: 蓉 Rong2: short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]蓉 róng: 蓉 rong2: paste made by mashing beans or seeds etc; used in 芙蓉[fu2 rong2], lotus
- 写 xiě: 写 xie3: to write写 xiè: 写 xie4: used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- youth; youthfulness
- author; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- in one's spare time; outside working hours; amateur (historian etc)
- royalty (on books)
- wages; pay; CL:份[fen4]
- to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date; (interpersonal) relationship; association; contact
- marriage; matrimony; CL:樁|桩[zhuang1],次[ci4]
- emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons
- 昔 xī: 昔 xi1: former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]昔 Xī: 昔 Xi1: surname Xi
- to be out of the question
- how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent
- lit. etched into one's heart and bones (idiom); fig. etched in one's memory; remembered with gratitude as long as one lives
- to try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it)
- work (of art); opus; CL:部[bu4],篇[pian1]
- to take aim; (fig.) to aim one's looks at; to glance at
- this kind; these kinds; such
- writings; writing style
- (of writing, scenery, a woman etc) graceful; elegant; charming; beautiful
- author; writer
- concise; succinct; pithy
- 读 dú: 读 du2: to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce读 dòu: 读 dou4: comma; phrase marked by pause
- to see; to catch sight of
- to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)
- (idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy
- individuality; personality
- to meet; to encounter; to come across