- cooking oil
- school; CL:所[suo3]
- to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class
- inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]); (bound form) shop; store
- to do business; to trade
- to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to
- a good deal of; quite a lot
- lit. can pass through (an opening); fig. can get by (in life); tolerably well; not too bad; How are you getting by?; How's life?
- family property; patrimony
- kitchen utensils (literary)
- nature; natural; naturally
- steady; stable; sedate; calm; (of sleep) sound; (of a transition) smooth
- 当头 dàng tou: 当头 dang4 tou5: (coll.) pledge; surety当头 dāng tóu: 当头 dang1 tou2: coming right into one's face; imminent; to put first
- to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss
- immediately afterwards; shortly after that
- lunch; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
- next year
- beginning of spring; the lunar New Year
- water gruel; thin porridge
- to dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick
- to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
- outside of a city
- 采 cǎi: 采 cai3: to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather采 cǎi: 采 cai3: color; complexion; looks采 cài: 采 cai4: used in 采邑[cai4 yi4] and 采地[cai4 di4]
- wild herb; potherb
- cotton-padded mattress; CL:床[chuang2]
- hexagon
- corn; maize; CL:粒[li4]
- 剥 bāo: 剥 bao1: to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck剥 bō: 剥 bo1: to peel; to skin; to flay; to shuck
- powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3 si1]); to be a fan of
- to estimate; to assess; to calculate; (coll.) to reckon; to think (that ...)
- cornflour; corn starch
- to cook; to boil
- dense; crowded; thick; many