- slowly; gradually
- 拉 lā: 拉 la1: to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels拉 lá: 拉 la2: to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash拉 là: 拉 la4: used in 拉拉蛄[la4 la4 gu3]
- 路 Lù: 路 Lu4: surname Lu路 lù: 路 lu4: road (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind
- end; extremity; limit
- here
- sometimes
- to have nothing to do; to idle one's time away (idiom)
- because; owing to; on account of
- 从 Cóng: 从 Cong2: surname Cong从 cóng: 从 cong2: from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
- to make up; fabrication; fictional; imaginary
- person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
- to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- ought to; should; must
- to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper
- these
- they; them
- wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- answer; solution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- no more; no longer
- aggressors; invaders
- rather
- to listen (respectfully)
- to be patient; patience
- careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out; (dialect) thrifty; frugal
- to be good at understanding others (idiom)
- to feel as if it had happened to oneself; to sympathize; (polite expression of gratitude for a favor received by a friend etc) I take it as a personal favor
- to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
- to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- to attempt; to try
- to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
- identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以[yi3] + ... + 的身份[de5 shen1 fen4]); status (social, legal etc); position; rank
- to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
- reader
- fact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 也 Yě: 也 Ye3: surname Ye也 yě: 也 ye3: also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- like this; so; such
- 当 dāng: 当 dang1: (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)当 dāng: 当 dang1: to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at当 dàng: 当 dang4: at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)
- to complete; to accomplish
- after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
- other people; others; other person
- 书 shū: 书 shu1: book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write书 Shū: 书 Shu1: abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
- frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- to open one's mouth; to start to talk
- startled; to frighten; scared out of one's skin