- to seem; to appear; (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure
- to cultivate (personal qualities); (of forests etc) to support; to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)
- (courteous) your daughter
- behavior and appearance
- eyeball; fig. the apple of one's eye (i.e. favorite person)
- family education; upbringing; to bring sb up; private tutor
- to blame
- hometown; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- about a year
- or; possibly; maybe; perhaps
- (courteous) home; residence (not one's own)
- (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride; to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house
- marriage connections
- to satisfy rival demands (idiom); to get the best of both worlds; to have it both ways; to have one's cake and eat it too
- to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble
- wedding; marriage; CL:門|门[men2],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) humorous; (literary) to reach agreement
- to strictly maintain
- erhua form of 女孩[nu : 3 hai2]
- (for) a lifetime
- (idiom) surreptitious; sneaky
- just and honorable
- to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc)
- lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
- graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words; cheating wheedling; dishonest rhetoric
- to throw into
- (idiom) reasonable; fair
- to get angry
- secret trouble; sorrow; difficulties
- to fall out with sb; to become hostile
- pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰[hua1 yang4 hua2 bing1] figure skating)
- cabin; lodge; cottage; chalet; hut; shed
- extravagant; luxurious
- operation; action; CL:個|个[ge4]; to move about; mobile
- to peep at; to spy on; to peek
- (literary) chin; jaw; (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect