- the present time; (old) (in reference to the reigning monarch) His Majesty
- ball; pellet; pill
- 常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
- to compare notes; to learn from one another
- to eavesdrop; to wiretap
- to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation; CL:次[ci4]
- to pass on (stories); to relate
- to make up; to fabricate
- diligent; industrious (in one's studies); to study hard; to make great effort
- one or two; a few; a little; just a bit
- to offend
- to cry; to weep
- originally; at first; at the outset
- to comfort; to console
- early demise; untimely death
- to be far from; to keep away from
- pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
- to know oneself; to be intimate or close; intimate friend
- (idiom) to sob and sniffle
- suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior
- then and now; ancient and modern
- lit. walking alone; prominent; unrivalled; outstanding
- even; so much so that
- somewhat; to some degree
- to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
- to blurt sth out; to open one's mouth without thinking
- to boast wildly
- strenuously; persistently; hard; painful
- 假 jià: 假 jia4: vacation假 gēi: 假 gei1: used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]假 jiǎ: 假 jia3: fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose假 jiǎ: 假 jia3: to borrow
- to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb