- on the contrary; instead
- 准 zhǔn: 准 zhun3: to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of准 zhǔn: 准 zhun3: accurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-
- introduction; primer; opening words
- to have as its purpose; to be intended to; to aim to (do sth)
- 公道 gōng dào: 公道 gong1 dao4: justice; fairness; public highway公道 gōng dao: 公道 gong1 dao5: fair; equitable
- stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy
- to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
- to buy groceries
- to revolve; to rotate; to turn around; to turn back; to go back; to return; (skiing) slalom
- to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
- lasting until; up till (the present)
- to get dark; dusk
- choy sum; Chinese flowering cabbage; stem of any Chinese cabbage
- oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning
- duck foot
- ham; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to dig; to excavate; to scoop out
- round hole
- sports such as ping-pong and badminton that use small balls; see also 大球[da4 qiu2]
- 扎 zhá: 扎 zha2: used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1 zha2]扎 zhā: 扎 zha1: to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")扎 zhā: 扎 zha1: (of troops) to be stationed (at); Taiwan pr. [zha2]扎 zā: 扎 za1: to tie; to bind; classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle; Taiwan pr. [zha2]
- umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)
- to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away
- 食 shí: 食 shi2: to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse食 sì: 食 si4: to feed (a person or animal)
- very; greatly
- 倾倒 qīng dǎo: 倾倒 qing1 dao3: to topple over; to fall over; to greatly admire; to prostrate oneself before倾倒 qīng dào: 倾倒 qing1 dao4: to dump; to pour out; to empty out
- Tang poetry; a Tang poem
- bridge; CL:座[zuo4]
- bright moon; refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark; CL:輪|轮[lun2]
- if it were not for; but for
- cymbidium; orchid
- deft; nimble; ingenious
- soft; gentle; pliable
- indistinct; faintly discernible
- tentacle
- ball; sphere; globe
- fine; meticulous; careful
- difficult; hard; challenging
- no less than; not inferior to
- grain of rice; granule