- birthday present (for an old person)
- to forget
- to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
- near
- to kneel
- to come across; to run into; to meet; to hit
- sound; noise
- to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight
- 咚咚 Dōng dong: 咚咚 Dong1 dong5: Dongdong, cheerleading mascot of 2008 Beijing Olympics咚咚 dōng dōng: 咚咚 dong1 dong1: (onom.) thud; thumping; thudding; pounding
- 直 Zhí: 直 Zhi2: surname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God直 zhí: 直 zhi2: straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
- to receive
- urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious
- idiot; fool
- to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person)
- 礼 Lǐ: 礼 Li3: surname Li; abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites礼 lǐ: 礼 li3: gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy
- (myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu; fresh or confectionery peaches offered as a birthday gift
- to bump one's head; to kowtow with head-banging on the ground
- poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- to be all skin and bones (idiom); also written 皮包骨[pi2 bao1 gu3]
- content with one's situation; to know contentment (hence happiness)
- (cooked) rice
- to celebrate a birthday
- to live comfortably; to enjoy a happy life
- together
- to erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears); to raise (one's eyebrows); to stick up (one's thumb); to turn up (one's collar); (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)
- to restrict; to limit; to confine; restriction; limit; CL:個|个[ge4]
- red braised pork
- each; every
- pork skin
- to cut up (into pieces); to slice; to carve; to dice; to shred
- 切 qiē: 切 qie1: to cut; to slice; to carve; (math.) tangential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)
- full to the point of bursting; (coll.) at most
- to dry (sth) by airing
- soy sauce
- five spice seasoned; incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
- small flame (when cooking, simmering etc)