- fragments; bits and pieces
- quiet
- ululation; to howl
- dexterous; deft; easy; light and easy to use; nimble; agile; lithe; graceful
- dilatory; sluggish; muddled; roundabout
- 大爷 dà yé: 大爷 da4 ye2: arrogant idler; self-centered show-off大爷 dà ye: 大爷 da4 ye5: (coll.) father's older brother; uncle; term of respect for older man
- bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) (CL:張|张[zhang1]); bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc); frame; chassis; classifier for blankets, quilts etc
- to rebuke; to reprimand
- to invite a snub; to court a rebuff
- ordinary people; the "person in the street"; CL:個|个[ge4]
- good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle
- jaw; mandibular joint
- height; level; (music) pitch; relative superiority; propriety; discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4 zhi1 gao1 di1]); no matter what; just; simply (will not ..., must ... etc); at long last
- rugged; craggy
- bypath; trail; bribery as a means of achieving a goal; minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman)
- tree leaves
- to go through; to pass through; to thread one's way through
- to whip; to lash; to flog; to thrash
- 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse; ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
- heavy rain; CL:場|场[chang2]
- (of the sun) to shine on; to bask in (the sunshine); to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun; (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share"); (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to
- song of cicadas; chirping of insects
- field; farm; farming area; village
- distant; remote
- tranquil; tranquility; serenity
- world
- pumpkin
- steaming hot; (fig.) bustling; hectic; (fig.) excited; stirred up; (fig.) created only a short time before; freshly minted; hot off the press; (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1]
- to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish
- to argue noisily; to shout; to make widely known; to reproach
- fail to appreciate sb's kindness; not know how to appreciate favors
- to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot