- to open one's mouth; to start to talk
- to sit in on (proceedings); to be present at a meeting as an observer; to audit (a class)
- to discuss; to talk about
- socket (for an electric plug); to interrupt (sb speaking); to butt in
- to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to
- layman; layperson; original home of a monk
- personally; in person; oneself
- hey
- used in 楞迦[Leng2 jia1]
- (idiom) stupid; muddle-headed
- wife's father, father-in-law
- highly intelligent; brilliant
- fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe
- didn't expect
- stammeringly
- one's thoughts; mind; intention; willingness to accept new ideas; baseless suspicions
- to attend school
- ample; complete; hundred percent; a pure shade (of some color)
- to flatter; to fawn on; to butter sb up; toadying; bootlicking
- 种 zhǒng: 种 zhong3: seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts种 zhòng: 种 zhong4: to plant; to grow; to cultivate
- foolish
- to dig for thoughts (idiom); to search everything for an answer; to rack one's brains
- 磨 mò: 磨 mo4: grindstone; to grind; to turn round磨 mó: 磨 mo2: to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist
- a reddish flush on the face (as from emotion, health or exertion); a rosy tint (on clouds, flowers or water)
- to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth)
- to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
- to run into; to come upon; to meet
- (dialect) mouse; rat
- 猫 máo: 猫 mao2: used in 貓腰|猫腰[mao2 yao1]猫 māo: 猫 mao1: cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword) (coll.) modem
- to penetrate; to see through
- selfishness; selfish motives
- to swagger off; to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind
- (of a period of time) long
- (idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest
- tree leaves
- public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- pine; pine tree; CL:棵[ke1]