- to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs); also pr. [zhao2 xiang3]
- unreliable
- it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
- grave; serious; severe; critical
- to remind; to call attention to; to warn of
- people's commune
- Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies
- to regain; to retake; to take back; to withdraw; to revoke
- 归 Gūi: 归 Gui1: surname Gui归 gūi: 归 gui1: to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
- country; nation; state
- to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax
- harvest
- landlord; landowner; host
- to refine; to smelt
- steel
- 砌 qiè: 砌 qie4: used in 砌末[qie4 mo5]砌 qì: 砌 qi4: to build by laying bricks or stones
- blast furnace
- to make steel; steelmaking
- steel
- rice (crop); unhulled rice
- wheat; CL:粒[li4]
- to go from house to house
- pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]
- 不了 bù le: 不了 bu4 le5: no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)不了 bù liǎo: 不了 bu4 liao3: (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth); (pattern: {verb} + 個|个[ge5] + ~) without end; incessantly
- dining hall; cafeteria; CL:個|个[ge4],間|间[jian1]
- Buddhist monk
- temple; ancestral shrine; CL:座[zuo4]; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial
- to convert; to turn into (sth else); to adapt (a story to another medium)
- hat; cap; (fig.) label; bad name; CL:頂|顶[ding3]
- stage
- to sing; to call loudly; to chant
- Shaoxing opera
- venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)