- incense burning in front of a temple; burning joss sticks
- spring (season); CL:個|个[ge4]
- to burn incense at a temple
- time; season; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere
- lay practitioners of Buddhism
- (idiom) continuously; in an endless stream
- inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash
- to hide; to conceal; to mask; to shelter; to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden); to hide oneself; to lie low; to nestle; hidden; implicit; private; covert; recessed (lighting)
- (old) spy; secret agent
- to glower (at sb); to cast an angry look
- not completely; endlessly
- hard to (predict, imagine etc)
- to perform an in-depth investigation
- in the end; after all; eventually
- hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve
- to indulge in; to delay
- young disciple (of the same master); younger or junior male schoolmate
- merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power
- letter; epistle
- to carry (on one's person); to support (old); Taiwan pr. [xi1 dai4]
- senior male fellow student or apprentice; son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
- to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care
- tracks; trail; footprint; trace; vestige
- cellar; basement
- to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary
- rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
- to meet; to see each other; CL:次[ci4]
- (onom.) bang
- deep at night
- honorific title for a Buddhist monk
- to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass; straw mat
- Double Ninth or Yang Festival; 9th day of 9th lunar month
- a real person; Daoist spiritual master
- authentic tradition; handed-down teachings or techniques
- especially
- outstanding; distinguished; remarkable; prominent; illustrious
- (idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative