- to beg; to go begging
- beggar
- to beg (for food or money)
- life; to survive; to save a life; to scrape a living
- degree; extent; allotted share
- north; north side; northern part; to the north of
- common people
- for now; for the time being; temporarily
- 归 Gūi: 归 Gui1: surname Gui归 gūi: 归 gui1: to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
- south; south side; southern part; to the south of
- 唐 Táng: 唐 Tang2: Tang dynasty (618–907); surname Tang唐 táng: 唐 tang2: to exaggerate; empty; in vain
- for many generations
- beggars' union; a group of beggars
- to wield (power etc)
- as if; to seem like
- to take an official post; to become a government employee
- golden seal; characters tattooed on a convict's face
- fortunately; luckily; (sarcastic) fancy that, how fortunate!
- ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
- too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad
- indolent; careless
- to entrust
- unpleasant; hard to take
- louse (Pediculus humanus)
- 采 cǎi: 采 cai3: to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather采 cǎi: 采 cai3: color; complexion; looks采 cài: 采 cai4: used in 采邑[cai4 yi4] and 采地[cai4 di4]
- harmful teachings; evil doctrine
- virgin; maiden; maiden (voyage etc); virgin (land); (a novelist's) first (work)
- can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- (idiom) to live forever and never grow old
- mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female
- to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
- difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation
- to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; product; resource; estate; property
- since childhood; from a young age
- to betray; to rebel; to revolt
- veins
- to expel; to deport; banishment
- island; CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]