- (idiom) uneven (surface); bumpy (road)
- to cut short; to break off; to discontinue; to interrupt
- nick; jag; gap; shortfall
- momentum (the force exhibited by a moving body); (fig.) momentum (capacity for progressive development)
- to leap
- to give no thought to; to have no regard for; to disregard
- steep cliff; crag; precipice
- over and above (some amount); beyond (budget)
- to read aloud with expression; to recite; to declaim
- thorny (problem); intractable
- The Analects of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
- (literary) boy
- Yi River, Shandong
- to sing
- spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair
- singing and dancing (idiom); festive celebrations
- Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars); (used sarcastically) pedant
- subtle words with profound meaning (idiom)
- towel; general purpose cloth; women's headcovering (old); Kangxi radical 50
- to fold; collapsible; folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)
- 颏 kē: 颏 ke1: chin颏 ké: 颏 ke2: (used in bird names) throat
- pitch-black
- learned; erudite; scholarly
- experienced scholar; old expert in the field
- Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)
- classic work (esp. Confucian classics)
- to grow to adulthood; fully grown; adult; the whole year
- both of them; the two of them
- (literary) dangerous; perilous; (literary) almost; well-nigh
- to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)
- to laugh involuntarily; Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]
- the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] and the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
- in many ways; from all sides