- to care for; to show concern for; to think longingly (of one's country)
- soon; at an early date; the early days; the past
- home; homeland; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- used in 茉莉[mo4 li4]
- riches and honor
- throughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong
- please forgive me
- very; extremely
- known; what one knows
- wise opinion; brilliant idea (honorific)
- disloyalty; infidelity
- to find out; to ascertain; to get an idea of
- to cherish the memory of; to think of; to reminisce
- together
- to approve; to permit; approval; permission
- not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit
- mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female
- to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory
- luster; splendor; radiance; brilliance
- to be homesick
- 切 qiè: 切 qie4: definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)切 qiē: 切 qie1: to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangential
- strategy; overall plan (esp. high-level or policy)
- to be alive
- countryside; rural area; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to play with; to toy with; to dally with; to engage in; to resort to
- slave girl; maid servant
- capital offense; crime punishable by death; my deepest apologies
- brocade; silk fabric with colored pattern
- famous
- there is no need; why should
- 挑 tiāo: 挑 tiao1: to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick挑 tiǎo: 挑 tiao3: to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up
- darning; to darn
- extremely careful; meticulous; overattentive
- to spread out; to unfold
- felt a chill (in one's heart); (one's heart) sank
- to move troops to; (fig.) to move to; to shift to
- not to stint; to be generous (with praise etc); to be prepared to (pay a fee, give of one's time etc)